W. H. Auden: Poems Quizzes

W. H. Auden: Poems Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed March 09, 2014

1 In "Spain" what period is struggle?

Today

Tomorrow

Yesterday

Never
2 In "Spain" tomorrow might have all of the following except what?

Romantic love

Construction of railways

Bicycle races

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

Melancholy

Joyous

Ambivalent

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

The Spanish Civil War

The Inquisition

WWII

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

Enlarging of consciousness

Carving of angels

Belief in the value of Greek

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 good job and riches

An athletic career

A wife and children

Health and military honors
8 In "The Average" where does the son metaphorically find himself?

The mountains

The city

The sea

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

He feels annoyed

He feels overwhelmed

He feels energized

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

The Spanish Civil War

WWI

The War of 1812

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

Barcelona

Madrid

New York

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

Thucydides

Socrates

Plato

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

Lie

Die

Fry

Cry
14 In "September 1, 1939" what does each woman or man want?

To be free

To be loved alone

To be important

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

A train

A ship

A person

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

Bills

Letters

News

Money
17 In "Night Mail" who gets mail?

Everyone

Only women

The elderly

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

hated

poor

forgotten

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

The clocks

The river

A lover

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

Realistic

Depressed

Naive

Disillusioned
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?

Upbeat

Indifferent

Realistic

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

A crowd

The poet

The clocks

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

The telephone to be cut off

The clocks to be stopped

The mourners to be quiet

The pianos silenced
25 In "Funeral Blues" the poet is mourning the death of his:

Friend

Lover

Mother

Father

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