The Song of Wandering Aengus Quizzes

The Song of Wandering Aengus Quiz

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile
2 This poem is representative of which movement?
Postmodernism

First-generation Romanticism

The Irish Literary Revival

The New York School
3 The phrase "a fire was in my head" is a metaphor meaning what?
That the speaker is feeling emotional and passionate

That the speaker is feeling stupid

That the speaker is angry

That the speaker is full of brilliant ideas
4 What is the poem's meter?
Iambic pentameter

Anapestic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

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

Lanterns

Berries

Moths
6 How many stanzas are in the poem?
3

4

2

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

E

K

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

Personification

Metaphor

Simile
9 Which best describes the poem's tone?
Didactic

Hopeful

Exhausted

Despairing
10 Which of the following is NOT associated with Aengus?
Youth

Poetry

Love

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

Nature

Love

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

Danger

Passion

War
13 Which line contains alliterative G sounds?
"And cut and peeled a hazel wand"

"I went to blow the fire a-flame"

"It had become a glimmering girl"

"And pluck till time and times are done"
14 How long are the poem's stanzas?
Two lines (couplets)

Four lines (quatrains)

Eight lines (octaves)

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

Witty

Glamorous

Dreamlike
16 Which is an instance of irony?
The fact that readers know the woman will disappear before Aengus notices it

The way that the forest is a site of magical events

The sudden transformation of the fish into a woman

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"

"Because a fire was in my head"

"With apple blossom in her hair"
18 Which word is an instance of onomatopoeia?
Dappled

Trout

Peeled

Rustled
19 Who is the poem's speaker?
An Irish revolutionary assassinated by British forces

An orphaned boy living in Victorian Dublin

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

The Irish god of love and youth
20 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABACDEDF

ABABAB

ABCBDEFE

ABBACDDE
21 Where is the poem set?
The Tower of London

A modern Irish city

Ireland, in a mythical past

A ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
22 Which is an example of hyperbole?
The repeated evocation of the natural world

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
23 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Ivy

Acorns

Apples

Oranges
24 In what year was this work published?
2003

1881

1906

1897
25 In which collection did this work first appear?
Sailing to Byzantium

The Wind Among the Reeds

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

The Tower

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