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The Hill We Climb Quiz

1 What was the original medium for "The Hill We Climb"?
Online blog post

Published pamphlet

Poetry chapbook

Spoken-word poetry
2 Which of the following lines refers to the context in which the poem was first presented?
"the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states"

"we've seen a force that would shatter our nation"

"when day comes we step out of the shade"

"only to find herself reciting for one"
3 Which of the following best describes the tone of the poem?
Complex, Worried, Resigned

Urgent, Outraged, Farcical

Nostalgic, Forceful, Animated

Assertive, Cautionary, Imploring
4 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?
"our blunders become their burdens"

"weathered and witnessed"

"interrupted by intimidation"

"a sea we must wade"
5 What is implied in the line "quiet isn't always peace"?
Silence is needed for complete peace.

Whenever there is peace, a disturbance will be lurking behind the quiet.

A lack of protest does not always indicate peace.

Only when peace is reached can quiet be achieved.
6 This poem does NOT contain which of the following?
Onomatopoeia

Assonance

Consonance

Alliteration
7 Which of the following does NOT describe the country in the poem?
"far from polished"

"bruised but whole"

"weathered and witnessed"

"aflame and unafraid"
8 Which of the following is NOT a symbol found in the poem?
"the hill we climb"

"the new dawn blooms"

"the belly of the beast"

"hope and laughter"
9 What does the line "we will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one" most imply?
We must destroy the world and create a new and better one afterwards.

The world is a child we have to raise to maturity.

The wounds of the world cannot be healed.

The world is currently imperfect, but with our efforts it will be made magnificent.
10 What is the line "a sea we must wade" an example of?
Metonymy

Metaphor

Alliteration

Simile
11 What does the line "we are striving to forge a union with purpose" imply?
There is no intention behind the creation of this union.

The ability to form a union must also have a proper intent behind it.

We are trying to forge a nation but we are not succeeding without intention.

The intent behind the principles of the nation are more important than its perfection.
12 In the line "we lift our gazes not to what stands between us, but what stands before us," what is the function of the gaze?
To indicate the speaker's focus

To indicate defiance against the country

To rebel against the systems of the country

To glare at those who oppose change
13 What does the motif of the light and shade represent in the poem?
Innocence

Hope

Happiness

Beauty
14 Which of the following best describes the meter of the poem?
Free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Blank verse

Iambic pentameter
15 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Redemption

Hope

Death

National unity
16 Which of the following best describes the central conflict of the poem?
Even in the darkest times, hope must be retained and action must still be taken against injustice.

A nation, once broken, cannot be repaired.

Hope is difficult to find, and so there's no point in trying.

There are those who wish to destroy America, but they are having trouble motivating themselves to succeed.
17 Which of the following is NOT an example of rhyme used in the poem?
"inherit," "repair it"

"division," "envision"

"blade," "made," "glade"

"beast," "peace"
18 To which well-known document does "a union that is perfect" refer to?
The Preamble to the Constitution

The Gettysburg Address

The First Amendment

The Declaration of Independence
19 Which of the following is an example of chiasmus?
"Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division."

"How could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?...How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?"

"We seek harm to none and harmony for all."

"striving to form a union that is perfect... striving to forge a union with purpose."
20 Which of the following contains a play on words?
"battered and beautiful"

"gold-limbed hills of the west"

"love becomes our legacy"

"what just is isn't always just-ice"
21 What does "where our forefathers first realized revolution" refer to?
The people of the previous administration

Those who organized the George Floyd protests

The founding fathers of America that first revolted against the British empire

The philosophers of the Enlightenment
22 What is the significance of the word "aflame" at the end of the poem?
The redemption that the poem calls for with the rest of the poem can only be found in flame.

The word reclaims the violence of the past few months, which frequently featured fires.

The passion of the rest of the poem culminates with this word.

With the recurring motif of light and dawn, the word "aflame" describes the national hope that "we" now embody.
23 Towards the end of the poem, "the new dawn blooms as we free it." Why does the dawn need to be freed?
The dawn was previously trapped behind the darkness and we could not find it.

Before, we could not find the dawn in the darkness, but now it deserves to shine freely.

The dawn had not previously existed, so once it did it deserved freedom.

Before, the dawn was hiding from us, but now it has accepted its fate and shines freely.
24 How is the poem divided?
Into parts

Into stanzas

No division

Into ideas
25 To what does the image of the hill refer to?
The race to get to the top of American society.

The challenges that the American people have had to and will have to face.

The lack of faith in American democracy.

The progress that has been made in American history.

"The Hill We Climb" was first performed by Amanda Gorman on January 20, 2021, at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. As the youngest inaugural poet in history and the first National Youth Poet Laureate, Gorman's performance was an...

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What words does Gorman use to point towards the future?

She uses words like "dawn" , "striving", and "purpose" that point to the future.

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How does she starts to answer the question she poses in the first lines of the poem, “where can we find light in this never-ending shade”

The speaker begins to answer the question by using the metaphor of a new day, a dawn that comes after the darkness. She sees a nation that isn't broken beyond repair.

And yet the dawn is ours
before we knew it.
Somehow we do it.
Somehow we've...

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