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