1 This poem uses a rhyme scheme consistently. False True 2 This poem is a sonnet. True False 3 Which of the following best describes the relationship between the speaker and Felix Randal? Brother and sister Father and son Friends Priest and parishioner 4 This poem is inspired by a real-life scenario that Hopkins encountered. True False 5 Hopkins is best known for developing what form of rhythm? Free rhythm Trochaic meter Sprung rhythm Iambic pentameter 6 What does the word "ransom" mean in this poem? To deliver from sin Belief in God Relief from pain A payment demanded for the release of a hostage or prisoner 7 What does "offended" mean in this poem? To feel insulted To transgress or to violate To fend something off To feel violated 8 What was Felix Randal's occupation? A student A coachman A priest A farrier 9 What does "fettle" mean in the context of this poem? To be forgiven for sin To sort something out To meddle with something A sort of stinging insect 10 How did Felix Randal feel about the speaker? He felt even more scorned by God He felt singled-out He felt more uneasy over time He felt comforted 11 What is Felix's transformation in this poem? He grows from a nervous adolescent to a boisterous man He goes from being strong and young to weak and sickly He learns the nature of hard work through his job as a farrier He spends time abroad and comes back much more cultured 12 How does the speaker feel about Felix Randal? He is touched by Felix's grief at the prospect of his own death He feels a responsibility to Felix's parents He feels reluctant to proselytize to a man who does not believe in God He feels as if he and Felix are brothers 13 Whom does Felix curse? The speaker His parents His son God 14 What happens to the drayhorse in this poem? The speaker rides it to be at Felix's side in his last moments It dies at almost the same time as Felix Felix works on its hooves Its hooves show the first signs of Felix's illness, which causes him to do his work more carelessly 15 What place do the "four disorders" have in this poem? They create Felix's impatience and skepticism They cause the speaker's aversiveness to Felix They cause the speaker's own illness They create Felix's illness 16 What does the speaker discover at the beginning of the poem? That Felix has become incapable of doing his job That Felix has attempted to leave his deathbed That Felix has fallen ill That Felix has died 17 What does the "it" in "reason rambled in it" refer to? Felix's body The speaker's mind The forest outside the speaker's house God's plan 18 What word has the closest meaning to "tendered" in this poem? Given Gilded Softened Mended 19 What does Hopkins do with the rhythm in the final line? He makes it falter so it resembles Felix's faltering life He moves into a more formal rhythm to elegize Felix He makes it resemble the noise of Felix hammering the horse's hoof He makes it become singsongy, like a nursery rhyme to Felix's young self 20 Whom does the speaker describe as "big-boned and hardy-handsome"? Himself The dreyhorse Felix Randal God 21 Whose tongue and tears are mentioned in the poem? Felix Randal's The dreyhorse's God's The speaker's 22 What is the speaker's duty mentioned in the first line? To try to heal Felix To baptize Felix To give Felix his final rites To shoe horses 23 "This seeing the ____ endears them to us, us too it endears." downtrodden hopeful sick sorry 24 Felix Randal is absolved of his sins before his death. True False 25 The speaker regrets not being at Felix's side sooner. True False