The Whitsun Weddings Quizzes

The Whitsun Weddings Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
9

8

6

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
8

6

10

7
3 What is Whitsun also known as?
Advent

Easter

Christmas

Pentecost
4 What is the speaker's connection to the weddings?
He is a groom

He is the father of a bride

None

He is the grandfather of a groom
5 What year was Larkin born?
1942

1934

1917

1922
6 Where was Larkin born?
France

Scotland

Ireland

England
7 What is NOT an example of a simile?
"olive-ochres"

"Its postal districts packed like squares of wheat"

"like an arrow-shower/Sent out of sight, somewhere becoming rain."

"The secret like a happy funeral"
8 What is an example of alliteration?
"I nearly died"

"new and nondescript"

"as the tightened brakes took hold"

"somewhere becoming rain"
9 Which is NOT a theme of the poem?
Class

Love

Death

Isolation
10 Which word least describes the speaker?
Condescending

Lonely

Optimistic

Cynical
11 What is the weather on the day of the poem?
Cool

Hot

Rainy

Snowy
12 Who is dressed in "parodies of fashion"?
The fathers

The mothers

The grooms

The brides
13 Which family member is NOT mentioned?
Mother

Father

Aunt

Uncle
14 In what year did Larkin die?
1985

1992

1981

1997
15 What color are the girls NOT described as wearing?
Lemon

Olive

White

Mauve
16 What is an example of an oxymoron?
"some fifty minutes"

"happy funeral"

"religious wounding"

"free at last"
17 What is the speaker's destination?
Manchester

Cardiff

London

Edinburgh
18 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCABCABCD

ABABCDECDE

ABABCDCDEE

AABBCCDDEE
19 Finish the final line: "like an arrow-shower/Sent out of sight..."
"and someone running up to bowl"

"as the tightened brakes took hold"

"somewhere becoming rain"

"some fifty minutes"
20 How many weddings does the speaker claim "got under way"?
5

12

7

50
21 Which literary device does NOT appear?
Allusion

Alliteration

Simile

Onomatopoeia
22 Which mythical figure is alluded to?
Orpheus

Hercules

Cupid

Theseus
23 What group of poets is Larkin categorized with?
The Modernists

The Movement

The Postmodernists

The Romanticists
24 What is NOT an element of Romanticism?
Praise of the industrial world

Focus on emotions

Praise of the natural world

Classical allusions and imagery
25 Which best describes the speaker's attitude towards marriage and weddings?
Curious

Joyous

Skeptical

Hopeful

Throughout the poem, the speaker takes a cynical attitude towards marriage, seeing weddings as a “farcical” ceremony full of artificial costumes and embarrassing family members. He is also skeptical of the lasting love marriages supposedly honor,...

Asked by Rohan R #1282310

Answered by Aslan on 1/8/2023 1:33 AM