W. H. Auden: Poems Quizzes

W. H. Auden: Poems Quiz 1

1 In "Spain" what period is struggle?
Yesterday

Today

Never

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

Bicycle races

Romantic love

Construction of railways
3 "Spain" ends with what tone or mood?
Positive

Ambivalent

Melancholy

Joyous
4 In "Spain" Auden is writing primarily about what?
WWII

The Inquisition

WWI

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

Belief in the value of Greek

Enlarging of consciousness

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

Alas

Rejoice

It remains silent
7 In "The Average" what do the parents want for their son?
A good job and riches

An athletic career

Health and military honors

A wife and children
8 In "The Average" where does the son metaphorically find himself?
The desert

The city

The mountains

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

He feels overwhelmed

He feels indifferent

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

The Spanish Civil War

WWII

The War of 1812
11 In "September 1, 1939" what city is the narrator in?
Birmingham

Barcelona

Madrid

New York
12 In "September 1, 1939" which ancient Greek does the poet reference?
Thucydides

Aristotle

Socrates

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

Cry

Die

Fry
14 In "September 1, 1939" what does each woman or man want?
To not be forgotten

To be free

To be loved alone

To be important
15 In "Night Mail" what does the title refer to?
A person

A ship

A book

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

Bills

Money

Letters
17 In "Night Mail" who gets mail?
Children

Only women

The elderly

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

forgotten

poor

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

The mayor

The clocks

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

Depressed

Disillusioned

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

Sickness

Worry

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

Upbeat

Realistic

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

A crowd

The poet

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

The telephone to be cut off

The clocks to be stopped

The mourners to be quiet
25 In "Funeral Blues" the poet is mourning the death of his:
Mother

Lover

Friend

Father

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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