1 The poem's early stanzas are reminiscent of which genre? Thrillers Folk songs Early English novels Cartoons 2 Which historical event might the poem be alluding to? Apartheid in South Africa The civilian casualties of World War II The 1927 Mississippi river flood European colonization of Africa 3 Which of the following is personified in this poem? The animals The sea The cook-pot The dowry 4 What is the poem's stanzaic structure? Two quintets, a quatrain, and an eighteen-line stanza Two twelve-line stanzas and three tercets Three quatrains and a couplet Ten couplets 5 Which word serves the most clearly onomatopoetic function in the poem? "hum" "struggling" "lap-lapping" "shouts" 6 Fill in the blank "Goats and _____ were struggling in the water" Roosters Fowls Pigs Sheep 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It has no consistent rhyme scheme ABA ABA CDC CDC EFFE EFFE ABA ABA ABBA ABBA CDCCDC AB AB AB CB CB CB EB EB EB ABBA 8 What is the poem's tone? Angry Whimsical Impatient Mournful 9 Which of the following devices appears in the poem's title? Apostrophe Metaphor Ekphrasis Simile 10 Who is the poem's speaker? Aku The speaker is unidentified Aku's son Adena 11 Who is the poem's antagonist? The men The sea There is no antagonist The goats 12 Which of the following is used to describe the sound of the sea? Hum Roar Drumbeat Song 13 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter It has no consistent meter Trochaic pentameter Anapestic tetrameter 14 Which sounds produce alliteration in the line "it came one day in the dead of night"? E N C D 15 Which of the following devices plays a prominent role in the line "The sea eats the land at home"? Internal rhyme Assonance Rhetorical Question Consonance 16 Which of the following is an example of irony in the poem? Aku is the most religious person in town but has a crisis of faith The people have been polluting the sea, but the sea ends up harming them in return The sea acts maliciously even though it acts without intent The town's residents wish for a fresh start, but end up facing a disaster 17 What is the poem's refrain? "At home the sea is in the town" "The sea eats the land at home" "Her gods have deserted her" "It came one day at the dead of night" 18 Fill in the blank: "Aku stood outside where her _____ stood" Cooking-pot Garden Mother Ruined house 19 What is the poem's setting? A future version of an unnamed African city A coastal town New York City A series of beach towns worldwide 20 Which of the following verbs does Awoonor NOT use to describe the sea? Collect Carry Run Trap 21 On which day of the week does the flood take place? Tuesday Friday Monday Sunday 22 Fill in the blank: "Collecting the firewood from the _____" hearths homes porches piles 23 Which of the following objects are not mentioned as being destroyed? Ladles Firewood Walls Photographs 24 Who is the poem's protagonist? The sea The townspeople The rescuers The ancestors 25 What is the poem's major conflict? Adena and Aku's argument Adena's attempt to outsmart the sea The man's negotiations with the sea The townspeople's attempt to recover from the storm's aftermath
