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1 When was the poem published?

1841

1851

1856

1846
2 When does the poem take place?

During summer

During spring

During winter

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

Quatrains

Sextets

Couplets

Octaves
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?

On mountains

By a sea shore

At the top of green hills

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

Fifteen

Five

Two

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

That she has never found love again

That the winter is particularly brutal

That she lives in a region with cloudy weather

That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABAB

ABBA

ABCB

Free verse
8 What is the genre of the poem?

Villanelle

Acrostic

Elegy

Pastoral
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Understated

Sunny

Mournful

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

William Carlos Williams

Herman Melville

Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"

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

"Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy."
12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem?

Moving on from the memory of her dead lover

Deciding whether or not she will remarry

Making an arduous trek across the mountain

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

Henry David Thoreau

Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop

Nathaniel Hawthorne
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?

A recently married bride

A woman who is grieving her dead lover

A young mother

A priestess
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Five

Six

Eight

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

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

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

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"

"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"?

The way time has lessened the weight of her grief

The demands the world has made on her life

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

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

Wuthering Heights

Middlemarch

Agnes Gray

Jane Eyre
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?

Time

Marriage

Death

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

A lightning bolt

A grave

A rose

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

Anxious

Dour

Dreary

Enthusiastic
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 number of years her beloved has been dead

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

Anxiety

Love

Loss

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