1 John Clare was a part of which literary movement? Classical Modernist Romanticism Gothic 2 Where was John Clare born? London An industrial city in the North America, before moving back to England A small English village 3 What was Clare's economic background? Gentry Lower-middle class Working class Upper-middle class 4 Which of the following was NOT a frequent subject of Clare's early poems? Country sport Desire for the city The lives of animals Rural traditions 5 When was John Clare born? 1845 1784 1823 1793 6 What are heroic couplets? Lines of poetry in an alternating rhyme scheme, abab A pair of rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter Two-line stanzas that do not rhyme A pair of rhyming lines describing a battle 7 How were heroic couplets perceived in the nineteenth century? As old-fashioned As avant-garde As infantile As conventional 8 How did John Clare's early work respond to previous poets? He rejected their style He borrowed extensively from them He occasionally alluded to their work He was ignorant of their work 9 Which of the following literary devices does John Clare employ in "The Badger"? Synecdoche Simile Metaphor Enjambment 10 In what voice is "The Badger" written? Third-person omniscient First-person omniscient Second-person limited First-person limited 11 What is the setting of "The Badger"? A dog-fighting arena A crowded city street A country village and the surrounding woods A lonely house in the middle of nowhere 12 Who is NOT individually characterized in "The Badger"? The hunters The badger The poacher The drunkard 13 What tense is the badger written in? Simple present Habitual present Future Simple past 14 Which of the following is a convincing argument for Clare's sympathy towards the badger? Clare centers the badger's experiences Clare emphasizes negative human impact on the natural world Clare implies that the hunting practices are deceitful All of the above 15 Who is the protagonist of "The Badger"? The poacher The badger The women The hunters 16 How does Clare present the practice of badger baiting? As a barbaric and outdated practice As a chance to get rid of a pest As a necessary evil As a natural country tradition 17 Which of the following is NOT an attribute of the badger that Clare celebrates? Affection Ferocity Courage Violence 18 In the second stanza, Clare writes "The bulldog knows his match and waxes cold,/The badger grins and never leaves his hold." This is an example of what literary device? Parallelism Allusion Alliteration Simile 19 Which of the following does NOT personify the badger? When badgers fight, then everyone's a foe The badger grins and never leaves his hold The blackguard laughs and hurries on the fray And leaves his hold and crackles, groans, and dies 20 What does the word "hold" symbolize in the second and third stanzas? The men's grip on the badger The badger's need for affection The badger's desire to return home The badger's courage and ferocity 21 How does the poem portray the badger's death? As an ordinary part of country life As victorious, a cause for celebration As tragic and noble As unnecessary and cruel 22 Which of the following is NOT a convincing argument for reading "The Badger" as condoning the practice it describes? The poem celebrates the badger's death as noble The poem presents the hunt as routine The poem sympathizes more with the men than the badger The poet's tone is distant 23 How does Clare convey the excitement of the hunt? He employs a speaker who delights in the hunt He uses dense figurative language, comparing the hunt to a great battle He rapidly switches between subjects, forcing the reader's attention to remain mobile All of the above 24 How does Clare portray violence in "The Badger" As an evil to be rooted out As a battle between one beast and its single foe As a general atmosphere As the exclusive fault of humans 25 What was the status of rural tradition in Clare's lifetime? Being revived as people returned to the countryside from the cities Largely a feature of the past due to industrialization Stable and seemingly eternal Still existing, but rapidly being displaced by industrialization