1 Which of the following is an instance of metaphor? "I start for a second" The poem contains no metaphors "Tell me how old I am" "bird-calls / dribble" 2 How many stanzas are in this poem? 8 4 6 9 3 The phrase "fly their kites" contains which of the following? Alliteration Verbal irony Assonance Sibilance 4 What does "staggeringly" mean in this context? With emphatic movements Drunkenly Unbelievably In a stumbling manner 5 What types of stanzas make up this poem? Quatrains Couplets Tercets Sestets 6 What does "sift" most closely mean here? Sicken Split Fall Dirty 7 What does "blench" mean? Flinch Fall Crush 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 quiet, pastoral place representing the paired tranquility and boredom of age It is a dangerous landscape representing illness and death It is a harsh, strange landscape representing old age It is a paradisal space representing heaven 10 The phrase "Nobody tells me anything" is an instance of which of the following? Simile Personification Hyperbole Understatement 11 Which poetic form does "The Mountain" resemble? The villanelle The sestina The haiku The sonnet 12 In what year was "The Mountain" first published? 1884 1952 1996 1928 13 The phrase "like cotton in my ears" is an instance of which of the following? Metonymy Personification Simile Metaphor 14 What does "impenetrable" mean? Intimidatingly beautiful Impossible to get through Impossible to contain Incapable of thought 15 Where does the speaker live? Brazil Massachusetts This isn't stated in the poem London 16 What does "clambering" mean? Struggling Cooking Confusing Climbing 17 Which of the following is NOT an example of personification? "stars go fly their kites." "They say it is my fault" "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 An unidentified elderly person A young woman imagining her old age A young man addressing his beloved 19 Which best describes the poem's major conflict? It is the speaker's argument with her daughter about living together It is the speaker's attempt to reach the top of the mountain It is the speaker's discussion with her past self as she grows old It is the speaker's struggle to maintain dignity and comfort in old age 20 In which magazine did this poem first appear? The New Yorker Poetry Time The Paris Review 21 What does "demarcation" mean? Vacation Disagreement Tarnish Division 22 The phrase "deepest demarcation" is an instance of which of the following? Assonance Onomatopoeia End rhyme Alliteration 23 Which of the following best describes this poem's tone? Resigned Anxious Serene Jolly 24 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? AABB CCDD It has no regular rhyme scheme ABADACAD ABABAB CDCDCD EF 25 What is the poem's meter? Spondaic monometer Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter Though the poem has rhythmic patterns, it has no regular meter
