Remembrance Quizzes

Remembrance Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1856

1841

1851

1846
2 When does the poem take place?

During spring

During summer

During winter

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

Sextets

Quatrains

Couplets

Octaves
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?

At the top of green hills

On mountains

By a sea shore

Her lover's grave
5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died?

Two

Fifteen

Twelve

Five
6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"?

That she lives in a region with cloudy weather

That she has never found love again

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

That the winter is particularly brutal
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABAB

ABCB

Free verse

ABBA
8 What is the genre of the poem?

Elegy

Villanelle

Acrostic

Pastoral
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Mournful

Dry

Understated

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Herman Melville

Walt Whitman

William Carlos Williams
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"

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

"While the world's tide is bearing me along;"

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"
12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem?

Overcoming a lengthy illness

Moving on from the memory of her dead lover

Deciding whether or not she will remarry

Making an arduous trek across the mountain
13 Who wrote the poem "For the Union Dead"?

Henry David Thoreau

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?

A woman who is grieving her dead lover

A young mother

A priestess

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

Six

Eight

Five

Nine
16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering?

"Down to that tomb already more than mine"

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"

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

"All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given"
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 way the world has not given her a moment's rest

The demands the world has made on her life

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

Middlemarch

Agnes Gray

Wuthering Heights

Jane Eyre
19 What were Brontë's sisters' names?

Jane and Margaret

Cristine and Clarissa

Elizabeth and Mary

Anne and Charlotte
20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?

Death

Closure

Time

Marriage
21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?

A golden ring

A grave

A lightning bolt

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

Dour

Dreary

Enthusiastic

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

The snowfall of that year

The number of years her beloved has been dead

Her age

The coldest winter of her lifetime
24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem?

Nervous

Uplifting

Ecstatic

Depressing
25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem?

Marriage

Loss

Anxiety

Love

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