1 Who is the poem's speaker? A toddler A boarding school student A father of three A university professor 2 What is the speaker's relationship to the deceased? They are a parent and child They are brothers They are a grandparent and grandchild They are best friends 3 How old was the speaker's loved one when they died? 4 80 17 10 4 Where does the speaker wait before getting picked up from school? The sick bay The biology lab The dormitory The courtyard 5 Who sits with and soothes the speaker's father? Belinda O'Toole Eric Matthews Jacob Johnson Jim Evans 6 The short "E" sounds in the line “Counting bells knelling classes to a close” create which of the following? Personification Assonance Alliteration Onomatopoeia 7 Where does the poem take place? Wales Ireland Scotland England 8 How does the speaker's loved one die? From being struck by a car From polio From a wartime gunshot wound From cancer 9 How does the speaker feel when encountering public mourning rituals? Excited Grateful Embarrassed Exhausted 10 What emotion does the speaker's mother express? Anger Curiosity Guilt Protectiveness 11 How does the behavior of the speaker's father differ from his typical behavior? He is angry here, but normally is patient He cries here, but normally is stoic He is quiet here, but is normally gregarious He is in denial here, but is normally direct and blunt 12 Which Irish tradition is described in the poem? The burial The last rites The wake The stopping of clocks 13 What do the flowers at the bedside of the dead symbolize? Purity Immortality Love War 14 What kind of flowers are left beside the dead? Poppies Snowdrops Cowslips Lillies 15 Which of the following are personified in the poem? Flowers and candles The shroud covering the corpse Bells Pipes and cigarettes 16 Which line contains the most prominent instance of alliteration? "A four-foot box, a foot for every year." "Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple" "At two o'clock our neighbours drove me home." "By old men standing up to shake my hand" 17 Which of the following comparisons are used to obliquely convey the age of the dead? The number of candles The funeral guests' greetings The size of the coffin The descriptions of the other family members 18 The poem's title can best be described as which of the following? Metaphorical Allegorical Understated Hyperbolic 19 Which genre does the poem belong to? Satire Epic Elegy Aubade 20 Which type of stanza does the poem primarily consist of? Quintains Quatrains Couplets Tercets 21 Which word best describes the poem's tone? Soothing Disgusted Somber Angry 22 The line "No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear," includes which of the following? Simile Synecdoche Alliteration Metonymy 23 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic? "blow" "coo" "held" "stanched" 24 How many stanzas are in this poem? 10 8 5 4 25 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of this poem? The arts The failure of language Family relationships Death and grief
