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The Lucy Poems Quiz for "Strange fits of passion have I known"

1 Whom is the speaker planning to visit in the poem?

His best friend

His mother

His father

His lover
2 At which time of day does the poem take place?

Night

Early morning

Noon

Late afternoon
3 What is the tone of the poem?

mysterious and romantic

angry and sad

joyful and postiive

frightening and confusing
4 "Fresh as a rose" is an example of

a paradox

a simile

a metaphor

onomatopoeia
5 Which words give the impression that the speaker is drawing closer to his destination?

house after house

path after path

hoof after hoof

step after step
6 Which of the following does the moon seem to represent?

both of these answers

a guiding light

neither of these answers

a symbol of the speaker's lover
7 The moon is depicted as all of the following except:

evening

dancing

descending

sinking
8 What are the "strange fits of passion"?

the speaker's occasional outbursts of anger

the speaker's desire to marry his lover

the speaker's anxiety and fear over losing his lover

the speaker's artistic impulses
9 The atmosphere of the poem as a whole may be described as

romantic

dreamlike

disturbing

melancholy
10 What is the speaker's destination?

a plantation

a farm

an apartment

a cottage
11 What seems to suddenly provoke the speaker's fits of passion?

the sight of a dropped moon

the sight of his lover

an accident with his horse

the realization that he does not know where his lover lives
12 Which of the following are not mentioned as part of the landscape?

the barn

the hill

the cottage

the orchard-plot
13 "In one of those sweet dreams I slept" contains an example of

personification

assonance

understatement

alliteration
14 The image of the moon at the poem's conclusion creates a sense of

joy

love

foreboding

calm
15 The comparison of Lucy to a rose suggests that she is

mortal

beautiful

fragile

all of these answers

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