W. H. Auden: Poems Quizzes

W. H. Auden: Poems Quiz 1

1 In "Spain" what period is struggle?
Tomorrow

Never

Today

Yesterday
2 In "Spain" tomorrow might have all of the following except what?
Romantic love

Bicycle races

Construction of railways

Art and music
3 "Spain" ends with what tone or mood?
Joyous

Positive

Ambivalent

Melancholy
4 In "Spain" Auden is writing primarily about what?
The Inquisition

WWII

WWI

The Spanish Civil War
5 In "Spain" the past features all the following except what?
Carving of angels

Abolition of fairies and giants

Enlarging of consciousness

Belief in the value of Greek
6 In "Spain" what does History say to the defeated?
Rejoice

Alas

It remains silent

Congratulations
7 In "The Average" what do the parents want for their son?
An athletic career

Health and military honors

A wife and children

A good job and riches
8 In "The Average" where does the son metaphorically find himself?
The sea

The mountains

The city

The desert
9 In "The Average" how does the son feel about his parents' expectations?
He feels overwhelmed

He feels indifferent

He feels annoyed

He feels energized
10 What does "September 1, 1939" come at the beginning of?
WWI

The Spanish Civil War

The War of 1812

WWII
11 In "September 1, 1939" what city is the narrator in?
Barcelona

New York

Birmingham

Madrid
12 In "September 1, 1939" which ancient Greek does the poet reference?
Plato

Socrates

Aristotle

Thucydides
13 "September 1, 1939" says that we must love one another and/or what?
Fry

Die

Cry

Lie
14 In "September 1, 1939" what does each woman or man want?
To be loved alone

To be important

To be free

To not be forgotten
15 In "Night Mail" what does the title refer to?
A book

A ship

A person

A train
16 In "Night Mail" what do men in Scotland long for?
Bills

Letters

News

Money
17 In "Night Mail" who gets mail?
Everyone

The elderly

Children

Only women
18 "Night Mail" asks, "who can bear to feel himself ______?"
poor

forgotten

hated

loved
19 In "As I Walked Out One Evening" whom or what does the poet hear first?
The mayor

The river

The clocks

A lover
20 In "As I Walked Out One Evening" the lover can best be described as what?
Disillusioned

Naive

Depressed

Realistic
21 In "As I Walked Out One Evening" the clocks say love will fade due to all of the following except what?
Sickness

Time

Apathy

Worry
22 In "As I Walked Out One Evening" the clocks can best be described as what?
Fatalistic

Upbeat

Indifferent

Realistic
23 In "As I Walked Out One Evening" who is left alone at the end?
A crowd

The poet

The lovers

The clocks
24 In "Funeral Blues" the poet asks for all of the following except what?
The pianos silenced

The telephone to be cut off

The mourners to be quiet

The clocks to be stopped
25 In "Funeral Blues" the poet is mourning the death of his:
Friend

Lover

Father

Mother

Q) Discuss WH. Auden's vernacular language in the poem " Funeral Blues?

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How does the poem the Shield of Achilles contrast the ancient and the modern times?

Critic Scott Horton argues that the poem has contemporary resonance for Auden and his audience, reflecting a warning about the Cold War and the authoritarian warmongering of the 1950s: “Auden is not portraying the tragedies of the last war as...

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The Nabarra

I am unable to find a poem titled, The Nabarra, by Auden.

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