Remembrance Quizzes

Remembrance Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1856

1851

1841

1846
2 When does the poem take place?
During winter

During summer

During spring

During autumn
3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Octaves

Sextets

Quatrains

Couplets
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?
Her lover's grave

On mountains

By a sea shore

At the top of green hills
5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died?
Two

Fifteen

Five

Twelve
6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"?
That the winter is particularly brutal

That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive

That she lives in a region with cloudy weather

That she has never found love again
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
Free verse

ABAB

ABCB

ABBA
8 What is the genre of the poem?
Pastoral

Acrostic

Villanelle

Elegy
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Dry

Understated

Mournful

Sunny
10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"?
Herman Melville

Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson

William Carlos Williams
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"

"Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy."

"While the world's tide is bearing me along;"
12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem?
Making an arduous trek across the mountain

Deciding whether or not she will remarry

Moving on from the memory of her dead lover

Overcoming a lengthy illness
13 Who wrote the poem "For the Union Dead"?
Elizabeth Bishop

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Robert Lowell

Henry David Thoreau
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?
A young mother

A priestess

A woman who is grieving her dead lover

A recently married bride
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Five

Nine

Six

Eight
16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering?
"All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given"

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"

"Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee"

"Down to that tomb already more than mine"
17 What does the speaker refer to when she says "While the world's tide is bearing me along"?
How time has passed quickly in for her

The demands the world has made on her life

The way the world has not given her a moment's rest

The way time has lessened the weight of her grief
18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing?
Jane Eyre

Agnes Gray

Middlemarch

Wuthering Heights
19 What were Brontë's sisters' names?
Elizabeth and Mary

Anne and Charlotte

Jane and Margaret

Cristine and Clarissa
20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Closure

Marriage

Death

Time
21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A rose

A golden ring

A lightning bolt

A grave
22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem?
Dour

Enthusiastic

Anxious

Dreary
23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"?
Her age

The snowfall of that year

The coldest winter of her lifetime

The number of years her beloved has been dead
24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem?
Depressing

Uplifting

Nervous

Ecstatic
25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem?
Anxiety

Love

Marriage

Loss

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