W. H. Auden: Poems Quizzes

W. H. Auden: Poems Quiz 1

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1 In "Spain" what period is struggle?

Today

Yesterday

Never

Tomorrow
2 In "Spain" tomorrow might have all of the following except what?

Construction of railways

Bicycle races

Romantic love

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

Positive

Joyous

Ambivalent

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

WWII

WWI

The Spanish Civil War

The Inquisition
5 In "Spain" the past features all the following except what?

Belief in the value of Greek

Carving of angels

Enlarging of consciousness

Abolition of fairies and giants
6 In "Spain" what does History say to the defeated?

Rejoice

Congratulations

Alas

It remains silent
7 In "The Average" what do the parents want for their son?

A wife and children

A good job and riches

Health and military honors

An athletic career
8 In "The Average" where does the son metaphorically find himself?

The desert

The city

The sea

The mountains
9 In "The Average" how does the son feel about his parents' expectations?

He feels indifferent

He feels energized

He feels annoyed

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

The War of 1812

The Spanish Civil War

WWI

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

Madrid

New York

Birmingham

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

Aristotle

Socrates

Thucydides

Plato
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 free

To be important

To not be forgotten

To be loved alone
15 In "Night Mail" what does the title refer to?

A book

A train

A ship

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

News

Money

Bills

Letters
17 In "Night Mail" who gets mail?

Only women

Everyone

The elderly

Children
18 "Night Mail" asks, "who can bear to feel himself ______?"

forgotten

hated

loved

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

The clocks

A lover

The mayor

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

Disillusioned

Realistic

Naive

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

Time

Sickness

Apathy

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

Upbeat

Realistic

Indifferent

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

The clocks

A crowd

The lovers

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

The mourners to be quiet

The pianos silenced

The clocks to be stopped

The telephone to be cut off
25 In "Funeral Blues" the poet is mourning the death of his:

Father

Mother

Friend

Lover

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?

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The Nabarra

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

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