1 During what century did John Clare write the majority of his poems? Nineteenth Seventeenth Twentieth Eighteenth 2 What literary movement was John Clare a part of? Gothic Romantic Modernist Classical 3 Which of the following is Clare's poetry NOT known for? Attention to detail Melancholy tone Fantasy elements Simplicity of style 4 Who were John Clare's parents? Aristocrats Middle-class professionals Poor farmers Factory workers 5 "The Yellowhammer's Nest" is a representative of what era of Clare's career? Early career Late career Childhood writings Mid-career 6 In what collection did Clare publish "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? His first collection His final collection His second collection He never published the poem 7 What is a yellowhammer? A type of songbird Another word for yellowjacket A brightly colored tool Slang for any singing bird 8 Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between speaker and reader in "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Distant Intimate Tense Rivalry 9 What is the tense at the beginning of the poem? Past tense Future tense Present tense Unclear 10 What is ecology? The classification of biological creatures The study of biological relationships The study of biological creatures The study of the importance of environmental factors 11 Which of the following best characterizes Clare's portrayal of natural creatures? He portrays them as beautiful decorations in the countryside He portrays them as intrinsically better than humans He portrays them as pests who steal the harvest He instills them with the same emotional depth as humans 12 Which of the following is NOT an example of Clare paying unusual attention to detail? Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells Its husk seeds tall and high—'tis rudely planned A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams. 'Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, 13 What is ironic about the beginning of the poem? The speaker characterizes the stream as harmless by saying what it could harm The speaker feels close to the yellowhammer, even though he ends up destroying its nest The yellowhammer flies off to protect itself from the cowboy, which actually allows the snake to destroy its nest The speaker invites his companion to see the nest, even though his companion only wants to harvest berries 14 Which of the following is NOT a central theme of "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? The importance of little things The importance of friendship Nature's capacity as a poet The inescapability of death 15 How does Clare depict the snake's attack on the nest? As a victory for the snake As just part of the circle of life As a tragedy As an example of the yellowhammer's weakness 16 What is Castalay? Clare's childhood home The home of the muses in Greek mythology A famous forest in Britain A spring frequented by nymphs in Greek mythology 17 What does Clare's allusion to Parnassus imply? The yellowhammer's partner is the real poet The yellowhammer's partner is a fantasy The yellowhammer's partner is her muse The yellowhammer's partner is a poor singer 18 Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between the speaker and the yellowhammer? The speaker sees himself as better than the yellowhammer, even though she is really more wise The speaker admires the yellowhammer's beauty but scorns her weakness The speaker stoops to the yellowhammer's level and sees the world from her perspective The speaker sees himself and the yellowhammer as having different but complimentary strengths 19 Which line most closely parallels "A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams"? And mournful hath the little warblers sung Leaving a houseless home, a ruined nest— Most poet-like where brooks and flowery weeds Yet in the sweetest places cometh ill, 20 Which of the following is NOT true of the snake attack as Clare describes it? It is a tragedy It has already happened It is all-consuming It is a possibility 21 Thinking about "The Yellowhammer's Nest" as a whole, which of the following best describes its mood? Bittersweet Tragic Disinterested Cheerful 22 What is the meter of "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Iambic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Iambic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) Trochaic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) 23 What is the rhyme scheme of "The Yellowhammer's Nest?" ABAB ABABCDCC ABACBCDD No fixed rhyme scheme 24 Which of the following contains a metaphor? And that old molehill like as Parnass' hill When such like woes hath rent its little breast. Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells And like as though the plague became a guest, 25 Which of the following is an example of allusion? 'Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, And that old molehill like as Parnass' hill Leaving a houseless home, a ruined nest— And like as though the plague became a guest,
