1 Which of the following best describes the poem's tone? Aloof Gleeful Regretful Aggressive 2 What does "thereupon" mean? Right after Therefore On top of Supposedly 3 What is the poem's central allusion? The Book of Genesis Irish folklore Paradise Lost The parables of Jesus 4 How is the addressee's friend characterized? As sluggish and weary As fiery and opinionated As beautiful and kind As clever and critical 5 What does the word "precedents" mean? Underlying principles People in charge of institutions Prior examples Comforting narratives 6 What is the poem's stanzaic arrangement? It consists of a longer, 27-line stanza, a sestet, and a quatrain It consists of two fourteen-line sonnets in a row It consists of a single forty-line stanza It consists of twenty couplets 7 The poem's addressee is probably based on whom? Augusta Gregory Georgiana Hyde-Lees Maud Gonne W.B. Yeats 8 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABABCDCD ABBACDDCEFFE AABBCCDD It does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme 9 Which of the following appears to be true of the speaker? The speaker is a banker The speaker is a mother The speaker is a poet The speaker is a soldier 10 What is the poem's meter? Dactylic trimeter Iambic hexameter Trochaic pentameter Iambic pentameter 11 Which of the following does the speaker want? To become a banker or schoolteacher To love the addressee in a lofty, effortful way To return to prelapsarian paradise To be recognized as a hardworking poet and lover 12 In which poetry collection did this first appear? In the Seven Woods The Wanderings of Oisin The Tower The Winding Stair 13 What does the word "pauper" mean? A poor person A poet A very old person A person who works in a kitchen 14 What does the word "idler" mean? An artist A sick person A lazy person A member of the clergy 15 When was this poem published? 1903 1914 1900 1921 16 When does the work take place? Christmas afternoon Early spring A summer evening The middle of the night 17 What does the word "high," as used in this poem, mean? Physically far from the ground Elevated Wealthy Intoxicated 18 Which of the following, according to the poem, is not taught in schools? The art of writing poetry The art of following norms of feminine beauty The art of reading the Bible The art of understanding nature 19 The line "I had a thought for no one’s but your ears" contains which device? Understatement Personification Metonymy Synecdoche 20 What does Yeats compare the fading daylight to? The embers of a fire A dream that has been forgotten Coins in a pocket Drops of water from a fountain 21 Which character does not speak out loud in this poem? The addressee The speaker The friend All of the above—the characters sit in silent reflection 22 The speaker compares poetry to which of the following? Sewing Farming Childbearing Hunting 23 Which of the following is true of the poem? It is written in the second person It switches speakers several times It is a sonnet It expresses skepticism about biblical stories 24 Which of the following is not described as a casualty or victim of Adam's curse? Poetry Childhood Love Physical beauty 25 What does the moon symbolize? The light and redemption found in dark times The omnipresence of the divine The speaker's cynicism about love The eternal beauty of nature