1 "All the world drops dead" is most likely a metaphor for what? The quiet of night The momentary blocking-out of sensations The aftermath of an epidemic The death of a single loved one 2 Which best describes the speaker's identity? A man leaving his lover because she has lost her grip on reality An old woman recounting her first heartbreak to a younger one A novelist trying to come up with a dramatic love story A woman or girl suffering from heartbreak and possible madness 3 The phrases "lift my lids" and "sung me moon-struck" both contain which of the following? Assonance Dramatic irony Allegory Internal rhyme 4 What does the word "seraphim" mean? A flourish added to handwritten calligraphy A type of pill once given to patients suffering from mental illness A type of angel in several religious traditions A mad but wise woman from Greek mythology 5 Which of the following genres does the poem NOT contain allusions to? The Bible Native American mythology Fairytales Nineteenth-century cookbooks 6 What is the poem's point of view? Second-person plural and third-person singular First-person and second-person singular First-person plural Third-person singular 7 What role do the parentheses around the line "I think I made you up inside my head" play? They show us that the speaker is whispering They imply that the speaker cannot integrate this thought with her other experiences They tell us that the speaker is trying to be casual and nonchalant They suggest that the line is spoken by a different, second speaker 8 Which does NOT describe the poem's tone? Carefree Uncertain Regretful Panicked 9 Which best describes the poem's major conflict? The speaker's desire to get revenge on an ex-lover The speaker's arguments with her doctors and psychiatrists The speaker's attempt to gain control over her own mind The speaker's attempt to persuade her lover to return 10 What meter is the poem written in? Spondaic dimeter Dactylic trimeter Anapestic pentamater Iambic pentameter 11 The "D" sounds in the phrase "all the world drops dead" are an example of which of the following? Hyperbole Alliteration Onomatopoeia Assonance 12 Which of the following phrases contains the clearest example of alliteration? I fancied you'd return the way you said The stars go waltzing out in blue and red I should have loved a thunderbird instead Exit seraphim and Satan's men 13 Which line can most accurately be described as the poem's climax? God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade I should have loved a thunderbird instead I lift my lids and all is born again But I grow old and I forget your name 14 What does the word "fancied" mean in the poem? Hoped Pretended Loved Dressed up 15 "God topples from the sky" can best be understood as a metaphor for which of the following? A tornado The aging of a parent The destruction of order Secularization following World War I 16 Which best describes the role of the word "bed" in the phrase "bewitched me into bed"? Metonymy Simile Understatement Symbolism 17 What does the thunderbird symbolize in the poem? Protection Insanity Consistency Freedom 18 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of the poem? Control Heartbreak Education Mental illness 19 Which of the following is NOT a source of irony on the poem's title? The speaker may not even be "mad," but may simply be suffering from heartbreak The speaker did not love, or even like, the person she is addressing The term "girl" seems to promise juvenile concerns, but the speaker's conflicts are deep and distressing The title makes us expect a happy love story, but the poem focuses on heartbreak 20 What is the name given to the poem's two repeating lines? Choruses Repetitions Themes Refrains 21 Why does the speaker shut her eyes? To gain control over and distance from an overwhelming world To endure the physical pain of electroshock therapy To fantasize about killing her lover To pretend she is sleeping and cannot see her lover 22 What does the word "bewitched" most closely imply about the speaker's relationship to her lover? That the lover lives in a fantasy world That the lover is a good storyteller That the lover seduced her through magical means That the lover has a great deal of control and power over her 23 What does the word "moon-struck" mean? Close to death Awed Sleep-deprived Lovesick 24 What is this poem's form? Villanelle Haiku Ghazal Sonnet 25 Which of the following lines contains personification? And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane The stars go waltzing out in blue and red I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead I think I made you up inside my head