1 Which best describes the speaker? The speaker is an aging hunter The speaker is unidentified The speaker is a baby deer The speaker is a lightly veiled version of the poet 2 How does the buck die? From disease From hunters The cause of the death is never stated From the cold 3 Which sound creates alliteration in the phrase "Under the heavy hemlocks"? N V M H 4 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the buck? Curious observation Intimate friendship Violent pursuit Tentative interaction 5 Millay uses a simile to compare falling snow to which of the following? Blood Tears A bomb A feather 6 Who does the speaker address in the poem's opening lines? The doe The snow Herself The sky 7 When was this poem published? 1928 1918 1945 1933 8 What is a buck? A deer without antlers A female deer A baby deer A male deer 9 Which of the following lines includes personification? into the wood of hemlocks bowed with snow. I saw them suddenly go letting fall a feather of snow How strange a thing is death 10 Which collection was this poem originally a part of? The Ballad of the Harp Weaver Second April The Buck in the Snow Renascance 11 Which detail may allude to the story of the garden of Eden? The wall The apple trees The snow The hemlocks 12 What is the poem's form? Ode Haiku Sonnet It does not follow a traditional poetic form 13 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? AAAAA A BACDAA ABBA BBCC ABCBA ABABAB CDCDCD AAAAA B CCCCC 14 What is the most prominent effect of the poem's repeated long O end rhymes? Emphasis on the similar-sounding word "doe" A ghostly, mournful mood A firm, opinionated tone A quizzical tone 15 Which best defines the word "hemlock" as used in this poem? A type of deer A heavy lock used in barns A poisonous plant A conifer tree 16 How does Millay emphasize the contrast between the buck's blood and the snow? By juxtaposing their red and white colors By placing the words "blood" and "snow" in two different lines By using the word "scalding" By using assonance 17 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem? Human/Animal interactions Racism Death Nature 18 Which of the following does the "white sky" NOT suggest? The winter cold Nature's indifference The coming of death The effects of climate change 19 What can the blood be said to symbolize? Ancestry War Life Guilt 20 What types of stanza appear in this work? An octave and a sestet Two quintains and two couplets A quintet, a monostich, and a sestet Two quintets and a couplet 21 What does the orchard symbolize? The speaker's creativity The world of human society The abundance of summer Nature's power over humanity 22 How does Millay dramatize the revelation of the buck's death? By using an exclamation point By making it unclear whether he is alive By placing it in a separate line By altering the rhyme scheme 23 Alliterative S sounds in the phrase "I saw them. I saw them suddenly go" communicate which of the following? The rushing of water outside The deers' inability to speak clearly The speaker's secrecy A sense of speed and movement 24 Who is the poem's antagonist? The doe The speaker Death The buck 25 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone? Contemplative Reflective Furious Philosophical
