Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

1 The Man-Moth's tear is compared to what?
A vial of poison

A puddle of rainwater

An underground spring

A glass of wine
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABBAAC

ABBA CDDC

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

It has no set rhyme scheme
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
He is a man cursed to live in a moth's body by night

He is a species of moth that lives among humans

He is a man who can turn into a moth

He is a shy half-man, half-moth creature
4 Which of the following occurs in the work's final stanza?
The poem shifts into the Man-Moth's point of view

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

The speaker begins using the second person

Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza
5 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's habit of keeping his hands in his pockets to what?
A person being buried

A person using mufflers

A mouse entering a hole

A child hiding from a bully
6 Which best describes the Man-Moth?
Creative

Empathetic

Unrelenting

Cruel
7 The Man-Moth's shadow is compared to a photographer's cloth through what?
Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy
8 What does the word "palms," as used in this poem, mean?
Conceals with the hand

A type of tree

A part of the hand

To put aside or procrastinate
9 What gift does the Man-Moth offer others?
His wings

The third rail

The moon

A tear
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man

The Man-Moth's daughter

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man-Moth
11 What does the word "draught" mean?
Climb

Drink

Attempt

Think
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
8

6

4

3
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Parent-child relationships

Poetry

Animal cruelty

Loneliness
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
V sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase

S sounds

A sounds
15 The third rail is most plausibly a metaphor for what?
Addiction

Religion

Discrimination

Marriage
16 The poem's tone can best be described as:
Lamenting

Dreamlike

Erudite

Joyous
17 The phrase "he flits, / he flutters," is an instance of what?
Alliteration

Assonance

Hyperbole

Internal rhyme
18 The line "He does not see the moon; he observes only her vast properties," contains which of the following?
Understatement

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Metaphor
19 The Man-Moth's eye is metaphorically compared to what?
The tunnel

The moon

The night

The lake
20 Where is this poem set?
Rio de Janeiro

New York

A surreal, anonymous city

A fictional small mountain town
21 What does the word "façade" mean?
To fly or flutter

The front of a building

A type of party

Facial expression
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?
A swarm of insects

A winding river

The subway's tunnels

The phases of the moon
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?
Vulnerability

Caution

Unease

Suspicion
24 In what year was this poem published?
1953

1928

1946

1997
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?
An extinct moth species

A superhero movie

A child's drawing

A newspaper misprint

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