Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

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

A vial of poison

A puddle of rainwater

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

It has no set rhyme scheme

ABBA CDDC

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
He is a man who can turn into a moth

He is a species of moth that lives among humans

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?
Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

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

The speaker begins using the second person
5 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's habit of keeping his hands in his pockets to what?
A person being buried

A child hiding from a bully

A mouse entering a hole

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

Creative

Unrelenting

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

Simile

Metaphor

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

A part of the hand

To put aside or procrastinate

A type of tree
9 What gift does the Man-Moth offer others?
The third rail

A tear

His wings

The moon
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man-Moth

The Man

The Man-Moth's daughter

An unidentified omniscient individual
11 What does the word "draught" mean?
Climb

Drink

Attempt

Think
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
8

4

3

6
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Loneliness

Animal cruelty

Poetry

Parent-child relationships
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
S sounds

V sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase

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

Addiction

Discrimination

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

Lamenting

Erudite

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

Hyperbole

Internal rhyme

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

Personification

Onomatopoeia

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

The moon

The lake

The tunnel
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

Facial expression

The front of a building

A type of party
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?
The subway's tunnels

The phases of the moon

A winding river

A swarm of insects
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?
Vulnerability

Caution

Unease

Suspicion
24 In what year was this poem published?
1946

1953

1997

1928
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?
A superhero movie

A child's drawing

A newspaper misprint

An extinct moth species

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