Richard Cory Quizzes

Richard Cory Quiz 1

By Isabella Ribeiro · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed June 03, 2023

1 Where was Edwin Arlington Robinson from?

Scotland

Germany

England

United States
2 Robinson's former sister-in-law believed "Richard Cory" was based on whom?

Winston Churchill

Robinson's brother Herman

Robinson himself

Robinson's best friend
3 Where did Robinson attend college?

Yale

Cambridge

University of Virginia

Harvard
4 How did Robinson die?

Gunshot wound

War

Cancer

Tuberculosis
5 When was "Richard Cory" first published?

1897

1920

1938

1866
6 In which collection of poetry did "Richard Cory" first appear?

The Man Against the Sky

The Torrent and the Night Before

Captain Craig and Other Poems

The Children of the Night
7 Which prominent U.S. figure offered Robinson a job?

John F. Kennedy

Ernest Hemingway

Theodore Roosevelt

F. Scott Fitzgerald
8 Who did Robinson marry?

Virginia Woolf

Nobody

His brother's ex-wife, Emma

His childhood sweetheart
9 What is the structure of each stanza in "Richard Cory"?

Quatrain

Alexandrine

Couplet

Tercet
10 What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza?

ABCD

ABAB

ABBA

ABAA
11 From what perspective is the poem written?

First-person

First-person plural

Third-person limited

Third-person omniscient
12 Which of these does not describe Richard Cory?

Wealthy

Slim

Arrogant

Gentlemanly
13 Complete the following lines: "He was a gentleman from sole to ___" (Line 3).

head

crown

hat

foot
14 What is the closest description of the way the townspeople perceive Richard Cory?

As a common person

As a pariah

As a demigod

As a criminal
15 Which of these is a first-person plural pronoun?

You

I

We

They
16 How does the speaker describe Richard Cory's way of speaking?

Kind

Human

Eloquent

Quiet
17 Complete the following line: "...he ___ when he walked" (Line 8).

glittered

danced

glided

hovered
18 For the surrounding community, Richard Cory represents what?

Corruption

Political savvy

White privilege

The American Dream
19 What is the primary literary device operative in the poem?

Meter

Personification

Irony

Parallelism
20 What does the mention of bread and meat imply about the townspeople?

They are impoverished.

They work in markets.

They squander their money.

They are wealthy.
21 Who, according to the poem, helps cultivate Richard Cory's public image?

Cory himself

Cory's best friend

Cory's wife

The surrounding community
22 Edwin Arlington Robinson rejected the use of what in his poems?

Free verse

Personification

Metaphor

Meter
23 The last two lines of the poem can best be described as what?

Twist

Irony

Understatement

All of these
24 How does Richard Cory die?

Suicide

Old age

War

Consumption
25 Who or what is the antagonist of the poem?

Richard Cory

Society and public image

The speaker

The townspeople

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