1 How many lines does each stanza have? 7 3 10 6 2 In what year was “Aubade” published? 1989 1985 1977 1972 3 What is the poem’s general meter? Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Anapestic Trochaic 4 What does the speaker do in the first line? Go out with friend Work and get drunk Complete a crossword puzzle Go to church 5 What worries the speaker most about death? Making his loved ones sad Feeling nothing It coming randomly The eternity of it 6 What is an aubade? A poem about religion A poem set in dawn or early morning A poem about death A poem set at night 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABABCCDEED ABCB ABAB ABBA 8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"? His mother's His girlfriend's His father's His sister's 9 What is a brocade? A type of fabric A type of bag A type of clothing A type of jewelry 10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade? Isolation Romantic love Religion Death 11 What religion did Larkin follow? None Judaism Buddhism Christianity 12 What is does Larkin compare postmen to in the last line? Death Teachers Writers Doctors 13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as? A teacher A librarian A policeman A doctor 14 At what age did Larkin die? 55 63 47 72 15 What is NOT an example of alliteration? "intricate rented world" "furnace-fear" "to hold and horrify" "whined at than withstood" 16 Where is the poem set? The speaker's place of work The speaker's bedroom The speaker's friend's house The speaker's school 17 What is an example of a simile? "Postmen like doctors go from house to house" "That vast moth-eaten musical brocade" "Meanwhile telephones crouch" "An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings" 18 Which word best describes the tone of the poem? Playful Joyful Gloomy Romantic 19 What describes the speaker's feelings about religion and rationalism? He believes in religion, but not rationalism He's comforted by both He objects to both He believes in rationalism, but not religion 20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"? Confidence Anxiety Courage Happiness 21 Which literary device does NOT appear? Simile Metaphor Alliteration Onomatopoeia 22 What color is the sky in the final verse? Blue Pink Gray White 23 What does the speaker describe as a "vast moth-eaten musical brocade"? Religion Death Science Love 24 At what time does the speaker wake up? 8 am 10 am 4 am 6 am 25 What line is NOT an example of iambic pentameter? "And so it stays just on the edge of vision" "The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse" "Of dying, and being dead" "Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing"