The Mountain (Elizabeth Bishop poem) Quizzes

The Mountain (Elizabeth Bishop poem) Quiz

1 Which of the following is an instance of metaphor?
"bird-calls / dribble"

"Tell me how old I am"

"I start for a second"

The poem contains no metaphors
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
8

6

9

4
3 The phrase "fly their kites" contains which of the following?
Sibilance

Verbal irony

Alliteration

Assonance
4 What does "staggeringly" mean in this context?
In a stumbling manner

With emphatic movements

Drunkenly

Unbelievably
5 What types of stanzas make up this poem?
Couplets

Quatrains

Tercets

Sestets
6 What does "sift" most closely mean here?
Split

Sicken

Fall

Dirty
7 What does "blench" mean?
Fall

Crush

Flinch

Belch
8 Which of the following is a refrain?
"The claws are lost somewhere."

"Tell me how old I am."

"I am growing deaf."

"Nobody tells me anything."
9 Which best describes the extended metaphor of the mountain enviroment?
It is a quiet, pastoral place representing the paired tranquility and boredom of age

It is a harsh, strange landscape representing old age

It is a dangerous landscape representing illness and death

It is a paradisal space representing heaven
10 The phrase "Nobody tells me anything" is an instance of which of the following?
Hyperbole

Simile

Understatement

Personification
11 Which poetic form does "The Mountain" resemble?
The sestina

The sonnet

The haiku

The villanelle
12 In what year was "The Mountain" first published?
1884

1996

1928

1952
13 The phrase "like cotton in my ears" is an instance of which of the following?
Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Metonymy
14 What does "impenetrable" mean?
Impossible to get through

Incapable of thought

Intimidatingly beautiful

Impossible to contain
15 Where does the speaker live?
London

This isn't stated in the poem

Brazil

Massachusetts
16 What does "clambering" mean?
Climbing

Struggling

Cooking

Confusing
17 Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?
"stars go fly their kites."

"the valleys stuff/impenetrable mists"

"They say it is my fault"

"An open book confronts me"
18 Who is the poem's speaker?
An older man looking back on his life

A young woman imagining her old age

A young man addressing his beloved

An unidentified elderly person
19 Which best describes the poem's major conflict?
It is the speaker's attempt to reach the top of the mountain

It is the speaker's argument with her daughter about living together

It is the speaker's struggle to maintain dignity and comfort in old age

It is the speaker's discussion with her past self as she grows old
20 In which magazine did this poem first appear?
The Paris Review

Poetry

The New Yorker

Time
21 What does "demarcation" mean?
Vacation

Tarnish

Disagreement

Division
22 The phrase "deepest demarcation" is an instance of which of the following?
Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Assonance

End rhyme
23 Which of the following best describes this poem's tone?
Jolly

Resigned

Anxious

Serene
24 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABADACAD

AABB CCDD

ABABAB CDCDCD EF

It has no regular rhyme scheme
25 What is the poem's meter?
Though the poem has rhythmic patterns, it has no regular meter

Spondaic monometer

Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

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