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