The Song of Wandering Aengus Quizzes

The Song of Wandering Aengus Quiz

1 The phrase "moth-like stars" is an instance of what?

Simile

Metonymy

Metaphor

Synecdoche
2 This poem is representative of which movement?

First-generation Romanticism

The Irish Literary Revival

The New York School

Postmodernism
3 The phrase "a fire was in my head" is a metaphor meaning what?

That the speaker is full of brilliant ideas

That the speaker is feeling emotional and passionate

That the speaker is angry

That the speaker is feeling stupid
4 What is the poem's meter?

Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic pentameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter
5 Yeats compares the stars to which of the following?

Berries

Lanterns

Moths

Scales
6 How many stanzas are in the poem?

2

4

3

1
7 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "kiss her lips"?

K

S

E

I
8 The phrase "The golden apples of the sun" is an instance of what?

Personification

Simile

Understatement

Metaphor
9 Which best describes the poem's tone?

Despairing

Hopeful

Exhausted

Didactic
10 Which of the following is NOT associated with Aengus?

Love

Youth

War

Poetry
11 Which of the following is not a major theme of this work?

Nature

Love

Aging

Childhood
12 What does fire most clearly symbolize in this work?

Danger

Home

War

Passion
13 Which line contains alliterative G sounds?

"It had become a glimmering girl"

"I went to blow the fire a-flame"

"And cut and peeled a hazel wand"

"And pluck till time and times are done"
14 How long are the poem's stanzas?

Eight lines (octaves)

Two lines (couplets)

Four lines (quatrains)

Six lines (sestets)
15 Which of the following describes the poem's mood?

Dreamlike

Cozy

Glamorous

Witty
16 Which is an instance of irony?

The way that the forest is a site of magical events

The sudden transformation of the fish into a woman

The fact that readers know the woman will disappear before Aengus notices it

The fact that Aengus becomes more sure of his success the longer his quest takes
17 Which of the following is an instance of metonymy?

"And when white moths were on the wing"

"Through hollow lands and hilly lands"

"With apple blossom in her hair"

"Because a fire was in my head"
18 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?

Rustled

Peeled

Dappled

Trout
19 Who is the poem's speaker?

The Irish god of love and youth

The son of W.B. Yeats's friend Augusta Gregory

An Irish revolutionary assassinated by British forces

An orphaned boy living in Victorian Dublin
20 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDE

ABCBDEFE

ABABAB

ABACDEDF
21 Where is the poem set?

A ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

The Tower of London

Ireland, in a mythical past

A modern Irish city
22 Which is an example of hyperbole?

The speaker's claim that he will spend eternity with the woman

The speaker's ease in using natural materials to make the fishing pole

The speaker's perseverance in the face of adversity

The repeated evocation of the natural world
23 Which of the following is a motif in this work?

Oranges

Ivy

Acorns

Apples
24 In what year was this work published?

1897

1881

1906

2003
25 In which collection did this work first appear?

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

The Tower

Sailing to Byzantium

The Wind Among the Reeds

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