1 What kind of poet is Archibald MacLeish? Modernist Transcendental Romantic Victorian 2 How does Memory Green begin? With a question With a demand With a wish With an affirmative statement 3 What is the effect of the second person in Memory Green? The reader is implicated The writer keeps his distance Time is personified Nature is on our side 4 Besides wind, what is the most frequently used image in Memory Green? Teary eyes Dying leaves Dark skies Empty streets 5 What does the word "sweetness" refer to in Memory Green? Good health Cheerfulness Excitement Nostalgia 6 The changing weather has what effect in Memory Green? Evokes a religious fervor Evokes time's effects on the mind Evokes fear about environmental change Evokes frustration about unpredictable weather 7 Why does MacLeish reference the senses in Memory Green? The senses bring ecstatic joy The senses overpower nature The senses represent freedom The senses trigger memories and emotion 8 What do you think the speaker wants the reader to feel? Content and peaceful Tickled and amused Wistful and moved Invigorated and energized 9 What is the most important point of naming both Friedrichstrasse and the Parisian quay? They are recognizable to modernist readers The ability to feel nostalgia is universal and goes beyond place They are places known to be windy They are places of artistic expression 10 Why does MacLeish use the future verb tense ("You will...")? Because the experience he describes is part of the human condition He wants every reader to believe him He hopes to evoke a mystical quality He knows the person he is speaking about 11 How is Memory Green similar to other MacLeish poems? It helps the reader forget his troubles for a while It touches on limitations of the human experience It has an underlying motive of environmental conservation It makes the reader want to laugh with joy 12 When during the poem does the reader first become aware that MacLeish is referring to nostalgia? "You will close your eyes: With whom, you will say, / Ah where?" "You will not understand why suddenly sweetness / Fills in your heart nor the tears come to your eyes:" "And the southwest wind that smells of rain and summer / Strips the huge branches of their dying leaves," "Or you in Paris on the windy quay / Shuffle the shallow fallen leaves before you" 13 Why does "Memory Green" end on a question? Because we will always try to remember what we cannot Because MacLeish wants to show how silly nostalgia is Because the speaker is asking the reader for answers Because MacLeish has mixed feelings about seasons 14 What concept is mentioned in both Memory Green and Ars Poetica? Memory Grief History Language 15 Where was Archibald MacLeish born? England California Scotland Illinois 16 Where did Archibald MacLeish attend university? Cambridge Harvard Yale Edinburgh 17 What big event happened a few years after MacLeish married? He served in WWI He wrote a famous screenplay He won his first Pulitzer Prize He served as Librarian of Congress 18 Where did MacLeish attend law school? Harvard Columbia Yale Oxford 19 When did MacLeish leave the law profession? The day he met Ada Hitchcock The day he published his first book The day he joined the army The day he made partner 20 What did MacLeish do in order to write Conquistador? He studied fascism in Spain He followed the route of Hemingway He became an expatriate He followed the route of Cortez' army 21 What are two main ties connecting MacLeish's life to the Roosevelt family? a library and a screenplay a war and a play a poem and a novel a speech and an apology 22 Based on his life and work, what was MacLeish obsessed with conceptually? humor celibacy money time 23 What was the name of MacLeish's wife? Amy Cortez Elle Cummings Ava Winthrop Ada Hitchcock 24 Which war did MacLeish serve in? Vietnam Mexican-American War WWI WWII 25 What do the tears in "Memory Green" indicate? The constant wind is causing the subject's eyes to water One can have a strong feeling and not know why The subject of the poem has dementia All tears are tears of grief