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1 Define the word "crevices"

carriages

nooks

clouds

shelves
2 What can St. Paul's best be said to symbolize?

Religion

Industry

Education

Agriculture
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?

That it is ultimately illusory

That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence

That it is crowded and unsafe

That it is in a sense merely a part of the natural world
4 How does the snow affect London's children in this poem?

It helps teach them important practical tasks

It renews their childlike joy and wonder

It reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable
5 Define the word "encumber"

make someone obligated

weigh down

split in half

cool off
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?

Urban life

The angry father

Organized religion

The factory boss
7 Which best describes the narrator?

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow

They are an omniscient observer seemingly in close proximity to the action
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?

That nature and the human cannot truly be separated

That nature is terrifying and formidable, in contrast to much pastoral writing

That nature is more powerful than the human-made world

That nature is under threat from human activity
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?

Allusion

Symbolism

Synecdoche

Personification
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?

Dante's Divine Comedy

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

The Bible
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?

ABBA CBBC ACCA

ABA BCB CDC DED

AB BC CD DE EA

ABA CBC DCD EDE
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?

The sun

The buildings

The trees

The roads
13 Which of the following has terza rima historically been used to convey?

Power imbalance

Sensory pleasure

Interconnectedness

Obsession
14 Which is the most common meter for English terza rima poetry?

anapestic dimeter

dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter

trochaic hexameter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?

Geoffrey Chaucer

Derek Walcott

Dante Alighieri

William Wordsworth
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?

Go sledding

Eat snow

Throw snowballs

Look at the snowy trees
17 Define the word "hearken"

assemble

listen

build

throw
18 Which of the following devices is prominent in the line "Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying"?

Alliteration

Anaphora

Assonance

Hyperbole
19 What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the workers' walk through the snow?

An expedition

A sailing trip

A mountain climb

A war
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

There is no consistent meter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?

Interpersonal coldness

God's love

Human interconnectedness

Nature and nature's power
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?

They are neither

They are end-stopped

They are enjambed

They are a mix of the two
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?

A tree

A box

A factory

A charm
24 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "And trains of sombre men, past tale of number"?

T

N

S

R
25 Define the word "asunder"

exhausted

an old-fashioned snowplow

to make noise

apart

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