Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

1 The Man-Moth's tear is compared to what?
An underground spring

A puddle of rainwater

A glass of wine

A vial of poison
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

It has no set rhyme scheme

AABBAAC

ABBA CDDC
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
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

He is a man cursed to live in a moth's body by night
4 Which of the following occurs in the work's final stanza?
The speaker begins using the second person

The poem shifts into the Man-Moth's point of view

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

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 child hiding from a bully

A mouse entering a hole

A person being buried

A person using mufflers
6 Which best describes the Man-Moth?
Cruel

Unrelenting

Creative

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Personification
8 What does the word "palms," as used in this poem, mean?
A type of tree

A part of the hand

Conceals with the hand

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

The moon

The third rail

A tear
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man-Moth

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man

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

Drink

Attempt

Think
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
4

6

3

8
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Parent-child relationships

Loneliness

Animal cruelty

Poetry
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
A sounds

S sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase

V sounds
15 The third rail is most plausibly a metaphor for what?
Marriage

Addiction

Religion

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

Erudite

Dreamlike

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

Alliteration

Internal rhyme

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

Understatement

Onomatopoeia

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

The tunnel

The lake

The moon
20 Where is this poem set?
New York

A fictional small mountain town

A surreal, anonymous city

Rio de Janeiro
21 What does the word "façade" mean?
A type of party

Facial expression

The front of a building

To fly or flutter
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?
A swarm of insects

The phases of the moon

A winding river

The subway's tunnels
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?
Vulnerability

Unease

Caution

Suspicion
24 In what year was this poem published?
1946

1997

1953

1928
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?
A child's drawing

A superhero movie

An extinct moth species

A newspaper misprint

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