London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"
clouds

shelves

nooks

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

Agriculture

Industry

Religion
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?
That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence

That it is ultimately illusory

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 renews their childlike joy and wonder

It helps teach them important practical tasks

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable

It reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it
5 Define the word "encumber"
cool off

split in half

weigh down

make someone obligated
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?
The angry father

Urban life

Organized religion

The factory boss
7 Which best describes the narrator?
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

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go
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 under threat from human activity

That nature is more powerful than the human-made world
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?
Allusion

Symbolism

Personification

Synecdoche
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?
Dante's Divine Comedy

The Bible

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?
ABA CBC DCD EDE

ABBA CBBC ACCA

ABA BCB CDC DED

AB BC CD DE EA
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
The trees

The roads

The sun

The buildings
13 Which of the following has terza rima historically been used to convey?
Power imbalance

Interconnectedness

Sensory pleasure

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

iambic pentameter

anapestic dimeter

dactylic pentameter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?
William Wordsworth

Derek Walcott

Geoffrey Chaucer

Dante Alighieri
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?
Eat snow

Go sledding

Throw snowballs

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

build

listen

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

Anaphora

Hyperbole

Assonance
19 What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the workers' walk through the snow?
A war

An expedition

A mountain climb

A sailing trip
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?
Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

There is no consistent meter

Trochaic hexameter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?
Interpersonal coldness

Nature and nature's power

God's love

Human interconnectedness
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?
They are enjambed

They are a mix of the two

They are end-stopped

They are neither
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?
A charm

A tree

A box

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

N

S

T
25 Define the word "asunder"
to make noise

apart

exhausted

an old-fashioned snowplow

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