1 Who is the speaker of "Nick and the Candlestick"? A soldier A new mother A coal miner A Christian zealot 2 What does the speaker allude to in the poem's final line? Greek mythology Agriculture Irish independence Jesus 3 How many stanzas are in the poem? 20 6 10 14 4 To what does the poem most frequently allude? World War I Christianity First-wave feminism Fairytales 5 Which line is an example of simile? "I have hung our cave with roses" "I am a miner." "They weld to me like plums." "Old cave of calcium" 6 The speaker addressing her listener as "embryo" is an example of what? Hyperbole Simile Synecdoche Metonymy 7 What does the word "exude" mean? The exit of a cave To repeatedly question To leave out or exclude To release or ooze 8 Who does the speaker address? A salesman God Her child A coworker 9 What does the cave most nearly symbolize? Motherhood Illness Capitalism Nature 10 What is a first communion? A historical period in the eighteenth century A ceremony in the Catholic church A concept in Marxist theory An examination in British elementary schools 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABCA ABAB It has no regular rhyme scheme ABBA 12 What does the word "Victoriana" allude to? The material culture and attitudes of the nineteenth century Nothing; it is a nonsense word The material rewards of military victory The life of Queen Victoria 13 Which is most prominent in the line "Old cave of calcium"? Sibilance Internal rhyme Alliteration Apostrophe 14 Which tone characterizes the poem's closing stanzas? Exhausted Skeptical Hopeful Frightened 15 What does the candle most nearly symbolize? The baby Intellectual enlightenment Healing The preindustrial age 16 To which object does the speaker compare the mine? A womb A car A pipe A palace 17 What types of stanzas are in the poem? tercets quatrains quintains couplets 18 What does the word "stalactites" mean? underwater volcanoes in mines and caves formations that hang from a cave ceiling formations that push out of a cave wall formations that rise from a cave floor 19 What do roses and rugs most nearly symbolize? Materialism Inequality Luxury Domestic safety 20 What object does the speaker compare fish to? Pillows Knives Teeth Hands 21 Which is not a prominent theme of this poem? Motherhood Labor and work Home and the domestic Religion 22 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "waxy stalactites"? I A S W 23 Which best describes the mine in which the poem is partially set? Empty and sad Alien and bizarre Spooky and suspenseful Unexpectedly lively 24 Which appears in the lines "And the fish, the fish—/Christ! they are panes of ice" Personification Anaphora Metaphor Simile 25 Which line does not contain alliteration? "The blood blooms clean" "Atoms that cripple drip" ""Solid the spaces lean on, envious" "You are the baby in the barn."
