1 What does the word "mire" most closely mean? Muck Tower Center Ocean 2 Who is Hades? The emperor who founded the city of Constantinople A famous patriarch of the early Orthodox Church An Egyptian pharaoh The Greek god of the underworld 3 What type of stanzas make up the poem? Tercets Sestets Quintains Octaves 4 What does the word "begot" most closely mean? Tricked Possessed Created Understood 5 What is the poem's form? Sonnet Villanelle Sestina It does not follow a traditional form 6 Which type of meter are most of the poem's lines written in? Iambic pentameter Iambic trimeter Trochaic trimeter Iambic tetrameter 7 What does the word "superhuman" most closely mean? Extremely human-like Animal-like and instinctive Very large Possessed of unusual or magical powers 8 What is the meter of the line "breathless mouths may summon"? Iambic trimeter Iambic pentameter Dactylic pentameter Trochaic trimeter 9 What does the word "bobbin" most closely mean? A multi-story Ottoman mansion A despotic ruler, especially in the ancient world An implement used in sewing and weaving A type of ballroom dance popular in the early 20th century 10 What does the word "shade" most closely mean? Ghost Tent Night Curtain 11 What does the word "singe" most closely mean? Burn Clean Monkey Opera 12 Which objects are personified in this work? The domes The marbles The moon The bobbin 13 What does the word "smithies" most closely mean? Members of the royal court Metal forgeries Rivers to the underworld Narrow alleyways 14 What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza? ABABCDCD AABBCDDC ABABCBCDC ABBACDDC 15 What is the meter of the line "Fresh images beget"? Iambic trimeter Iambic pentameter Spondaic pentameter Trochaic tetrameter 16 The line "Can like the cocks of Hades crow" contains an instance of what? Personification Metaphor Metonymy Simile 17 What does the word "flit" most closely mean? Blink Equivocate Hide Dart 18 What is the meter of the line "Can like the cocks of Hades crow"? Trochaic trimeter Dactylic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Trochaic tetrameter 19 What does the word "gong" most closely mean? A meter that Yeats made up and used in his poetry An instrument that can be struck to make a ringing sound A wormlike creature from Greek myth A type of Byzantine church 20 Which of the following phrases is not alliterative? "mire or blood" "moonlit dome disdains" "Night resonance recedes" "cannot singe a sleeve" 21 Which best describes the poem's conflict? It is a conflict between the Byzantine and Persian empires It is a conflict between spiritual and physical existence It is a conflict between the speaker and the shade It is a conflict between the Emperor and his soldiery on the one hand, and everyday citizens on the other 22 To which of the following does Yeats frequent allude in this work? Greek myth Easter Orthodox theology Ottoman history Celtic legend 23 Which of the following words is an instance of onomatopoeia? none of these are onomatopoetic trance bough singe 24 The phrase "mire and blood" is a synecdoche representing what? War The physical world Family The spiritual world 25 How many stanzas does the poem contain? 3 5 4 2