1 Who is the "They" in "What Were They Like?" The farmers of Laos The people of Vietnam American soldiers Any victim of war 2 What is described as "stone" in the poem? Paths Lanterns Ornaments Walls 3 The poem was written about which historical event? The Korean War World War II The Holocaust The Vietnam War 4 Which tense does the poem mostly use? Present tense Past tense Future tense Past perfect tense 5 The Vietnamese people described in the poem are Regular people Farmers Peasants All of the above 6 Bone, ivory, jade, and silver are given as examples of Ornaments Frivolity Luxury Jewelry 7 What is compared to a "mirror" in the poem Rice paddies The horrors of war Lanterns Jade mirrors 8 In the poem, do the Vietnamese have an epic poem? They had an epic poem about the arrival of spring They had a religious epic No one knows They had an epic poem about war 9 "Moths in moonlight" describe Vietnamese insects Vietnamese songs Vietnamese war planes Vietnamese proverbs 10 Who is called "sir" in the poem? The American soldier The respondent The questioner The Vietnamese old man 11 What is NOT one of the main meaning of "buds" in the poem? Agriculture Spring Children Reproduction 12 Which is NOT an example of uncertainty in the poem? "It is silent now" "It is not remembered" "A dream ago" "Perhaps" 13 Which is Denise Levertov's other famous anti-war poem? "First Encounter" "Life at War" "Wichita Vortex Sutra" "If We Must Die" 14 With which school of poetry is Denise Levertov NOT associated? Modernism New American Poetry Black Mountain New York School 15 The poem's setting is unnamed an American base a bomb shelter a Vietnamese village 16 The tone of the second stanza can be described as Elegaic Impassionate Formal Enthusiastic 17 Which is NOT a major theme in the poem? The common humanity of all people The cost of war The viciousness of American soldiers The importance of protecting cultures 18 Hearts turned to stone is an example of a Allegory Motif Metonymy Metaphor 19 Finish the line: "Ornament is for ..." Times of celebration Peace Rich people Joy 20 The questioner wants to know whether the Vietnamese distinguished between speech and Epic poetry Singing Screams Whispers 21 Were the Vietnamese "inclined to quiet laughter?" The laughed loudly and joyfully They preferred to sing Perhaps before the war They were very serious 22 "Moths in moonlight" is an example of Motif Rhyme Metaphor Alliteration 23 The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1982 1968 1975 1967 24 Who was another major poet who wrote poems against the war in Vietnam? Jack Kerouac Anne Carson George Sassoon Allen Ginsberg 25 Levertov referred to her poetic form as Epic verse Projective verse Free verse Organic verse
