The Mountain (Elizabeth Bishop poem) Quizzes

The Mountain (Elizabeth Bishop poem) Quiz

1 Which of the following is an instance of metaphor?
"Tell me how old I am"

The poem contains no metaphors

"bird-calls / dribble"

"I start for a second"
2 How many stanzas are in this poem?
8

9

4

6
3 The phrase "fly their kites" contains which of the following?
Verbal irony

Alliteration

Sibilance

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

Drunkenly

With emphatic movements

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

Quatrains

Tercets

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

Split

Sicken

Dirty
7 What does "blench" mean?
Fall

Crush

Flinch

Belch
8 Which of the following is a refrain?
"Tell me how old I am."

"The claws are lost somewhere."

"I am growing deaf."

"Nobody tells me anything."
9 Which best describes the extended metaphor of the mountain enviroment?
It is a harsh, strange landscape representing old age

It is a dangerous landscape representing illness and death

It is a quiet, pastoral place representing the paired tranquility and boredom of age

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

Understatement

Hyperbole

Simile
11 Which poetic form does "The Mountain" resemble?
The villanelle

The sonnet

The sestina

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

1952

1928

1996
13 The phrase "like cotton in my ears" is an instance of which of the following?
Metonymy

Metaphor

Personification

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

Intimidatingly beautiful

Impossible to contain

Incapable of thought
15 Where does the speaker live?
London

This isn't stated in the poem

Brazil

Massachusetts
16 What does "clambering" mean?
Struggling

Confusing

Climbing

Cooking
17 Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?
"They say it is my fault"

"stars go fly their kites."

"the valleys stuff/impenetrable mists"

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

A young man addressing his beloved

An unidentified elderly person

A young woman imagining her old age
19 Which best describes the poem's major conflict?
It is the speaker's discussion with her past self as she grows old

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
20 In which magazine did this poem first appear?
The Paris Review

Time

Poetry

The New Yorker
21 What does "demarcation" mean?
Division

Vacation

Tarnish

Disagreement
22 The phrase "deepest demarcation" is an instance of which of the following?
End rhyme

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

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

Anxious

Serene

Resigned
24 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABB CCDD

ABADACAD

ABABAB CDCDCD EF

It has no regular rhyme scheme
25 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Spondaic monometer

Though the poem has rhythmic patterns, it has no regular meter

Iambic hexameter

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