1 Who is the speaker of "Nick and the Candlestick"? A new mother A coal miner A Christian zealot A soldier 2 What does the speaker allude to in the poem's final line? Irish independence Jesus Greek mythology Agriculture 3 How many stanzas are in the poem? 14 10 6 20 4 To what does the poem most frequently allude? World War I First-wave feminism Fairytales Christianity 5 Which line is an example of simile? "They weld to me like plums." "I am a miner." "Old cave of calcium" "I have hung our cave with roses" 6 The speaker addressing her listener as "embryo" is an example of what? Synecdoche Metonymy Hyperbole Simile 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? A coworker A salesman Her child God 9 What does the cave most nearly symbolize? Illness Motherhood Nature Capitalism 10 What is a first communion? A historical period in the eighteenth century An examination in British elementary schools A concept in Marxist theory A ceremony in the Catholic church 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It has no regular rhyme scheme ABCA ABAB ABBA 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"? Sibilance Alliteration Internal rhyme Apostrophe 14 Which tone characterizes the poem's closing stanzas? Exhausted Skeptical Hopeful Frightened 15 What does the candle most nearly symbolize? Healing The baby The preindustrial age Intellectual enlightenment 16 To which object does the speaker compare the mine? A palace A womb A pipe A car 17 What types of stanzas are in the poem? quintains couplets quatrains tercets 18 What does the word "stalactites" mean? formations that push out of a cave wall formations that rise from a cave floor underwater volcanoes in mines and caves formations that hang from a cave ceiling 19 What do roses and rugs most nearly symbolize? Inequality Materialism Domestic safety Luxury 20 What object does the speaker compare fish to? Hands Teeth Pillows Knives 21 Which is not a prominent theme of this poem? Religion Home and the domestic Motherhood Labor and work 22 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "waxy stalactites"? S A I W 23 Which best describes the mine in which the poem is partially set? Alien and bizarre Empty and sad Spooky and suspenseful Unexpectedly lively 24 Which appears in the lines "And the fish, the fish—/Christ! they are panes of ice" Simile Metaphor Personification Anaphora 25 Which line does not contain alliteration? "Atoms that cripple drip" "The blood blooms clean" ""Solid the spaces lean on, envious" "You are the baby in the barn."