Remembrance Quizzes

Remembrance Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1841

1851

1846

1856
2 When does the poem take place?

During spring

During autumn

During summer

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

Octaves

Couplets

Quatrains

Sextets
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?

At the top of green hills

Her lover's grave

On mountains

By a sea shore
5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died?

Five

Fifteen

Two

Twelve
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 felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive

That she has never found love again

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

Free verse

ABBA

ABCB

ABAB
8 What is the genre of the poem?

Villanelle

Elegy

Acrostic

Pastoral
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Sunny

Mournful

Dry

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

Herman Melville

Ralph Waldo Emerson

William Carlos Williams

Walt Whitman
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

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

"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"

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

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop

Henry David Thoreau

Nathaniel Hawthorne
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?

A young mother

A priestess

A recently married bride

A woman who is grieving her dead lover
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Nine

Eight

Five

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

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"

"All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given"

"Down to that tomb already more than mine"

"Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee"
17 What does the speaker refer to when she says "While the world's tide is bearing me along"?

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

The way time has lessened the weight of her grief

The demands the world has made on her life

How time has passed quickly in for her
18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing?

Middlemarch

Agnes Gray

Wuthering Heights

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

Cristine and Clarissa

Jane and Margaret

Anne and Charlotte

Elizabeth and Mary
20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?

Time

Death

Marriage

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

A grave

A rose

A lightning bolt

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

Enthusiastic

Dreary

Anxious

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

The coldest winter of her lifetime

The snowfall of that year

The number of years her beloved has been dead

Her age
24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem?

Depressing

Ecstatic

Uplifting

Nervous
25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem?

Love

Marriage

Loss

Anxiety

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