London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"

carriages

shelves

clouds

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

Agriculture

Education

Religion

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

That it is in a sense merely a part of the natural world

That it is ultimately illusory

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

That it is crowded and unsafe
4 How does the snow affect London's children in this poem?

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable

It renews their childlike joy and wonder

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

It helps teach them important practical tasks
5 Define the word "encumber"

weigh down

split in half

make someone obligated

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

The angry father

The factory boss

Urban life

Organized religion
7 Which best describes the narrator?

They are an omniscient observer seemingly in close proximity to the action

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?

That nature is more powerful than the human-made world

That nature is under threat from human activity

That nature and the human cannot truly be separated

That nature is terrifying and formidable, in contrast to much pastoral writing
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?

Synecdoche

Personification

Allusion

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

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

Dante's Divine Comedy

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

AB BC CD DE EA

ABA CBC DCD EDE

ABA BCB CDC DED

ABBA CBBC ACCA
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?

The buildings

The trees

The sun

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

Interconnectedness

Obsession

Sensory pleasure

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

iambic pentameter

trochaic hexameter

dactylic pentameter

anapestic dimeter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?

William Wordsworth

Geoffrey Chaucer

Derek Walcott

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

Throw snowballs

Go sledding

Look at the snowy trees

Eat snow
17 Define the word "hearken"

build

assemble

listen

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

Assonance

Alliteration

Hyperbole

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

An expedition

A sailing trip

A war

A mountain climb
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter

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

Interpersonal coldness

Nature and nature's power

Human interconnectedness

God's love
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?

They are a mix of the two

They are end-stopped

They are neither

They are enjambed
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?

A box

A tree

A factory

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

N

T

R

S
25 Define the word "asunder"

to make noise

apart

exhausted

an old-fashioned snowplow

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