1 What is the speaker's point of view? first-person from the perspective of someone observing a living space third-person from the perspective of someone living in poverty third-person from the perspective of someone observing a living space first-person from the perspective of someone living in poverty 2 Besides the structure of the building, what else is the speaker criticizing in the first lines of the poem? The structure of poverty The issue of food waste The lack of access to water The ability of the inhabitants to build 3 Where did Dharker state that the poem refers to? The slums of Lahore The slums of Dubai The slums of Scotland The slums of Mumbai 4 Where does the poem state that it takes place? The slums of Scotland The slums of Mumbai Unspecified The slums of Dubai 5 What is the effect of the poem's setting? The setting is Scotland, which grants the reader knowledge about where the poet grew up There is no effect made by the setting The setting is Lahore, which grants the reader knowledge about where the poet was born The lack of specificity makes the poem applicable to anywhere in the world 6 What is the problem outlined by the speaker in the first two lines? The whole structure leans dangerously There are not enough straight lines The eggs hang out over the dark edge of a slanted universe Nails clutch at open seams 7 Describe the poem's stanzas. There are three quatrains There are three stanzas that vary in length There are four quatrains There are four stanzas that vary in length 8 What is the form of the poem? Free verse Blank verse Sonnet Iambic pentameter 9 Which of the following is a simile? "Into this rough frame, / Someone has squeezed / A living space" "The whole structure leans dangerously / Towards the miraculous." "Gathering the light / Into themselves," "As if they were / The bright, thin walls of faith" 10 Which is an example of alliteration? "As if they were / The bright, thin walls of faith" "Gathering the light / Into themselves," “or parallel. Beams / balance crookedly on supports” "The whole structure leans dangerously / Towards the miraculous." 11 What is alliteration? repetition of usually final consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in five or more neighboring words or syllables repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables repetition of usually final consonant sounds in five or more neighboring words or syllables 12 What is the tone of the poem? Critical, Hopeful Assertive, Pessimistic Joyful, Reflective Acerbic, Ironic 13 Which is an example of personification? Gathering the light / Into themselves, Someone has squeezed / A living space Nails clutch at open seams. Beams / Balance crookedly on supports 14 What is personification? the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form a comparison of two things that are not the same repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables a technique that involves non-human things displaying literal human traits and being capable of human behavior 15 Who or what is the protagonist? Dharker The speaker The reader The people who are determined to create a living space despite difficult circumstances 16 Who or what is the antagonist? The mayor The building The poet The structure of poverty. 17 What is the poem's major conflict? The major conflict of the poem is that the building falls down. The major conflict of the poem is that people have no choice but to live in dangerous living conditions. The major conflict of the poem is that the eggs crack. The major conflict of the poem is that the eggs could crack. 18 What does "parallel" mean? lines that interact lines that cross side by side and having the same distance continuously between them side by side and having an uneven distance continuously between them 19 What does "slanted" mean? bent sloping or leaning in a particular direction parallel straight 20 Which line best exhibits the architectural eye of the speaker? "That / Is the problem" "There are just not enough / Straight lines," "These eggs in a wire basket" "Gathering the light / Into themselves," 21 How does the poet show the resilience of the building's inhabitants? By showing them building the house. By showing what they do to rebuild their lives after the monsoon season. By using the building itself and the eggs as metaphors. The inhabitants are evoked in absence. By showing them cook eggs. 22 What does the word "dared" imply? Resilience Courage and audacity Hope Troublemaking 23 Which stanza is the shortest? The middle one in order to reflect how the inhabitants squeeze life into the space The middle one to reflect how the building could fall down They are all the same length The final one to show the pressure that the inhabitants are under 24 Who gathers the light into themselves in the poem? The speaker The eggs The inhabitants The building 25 What are eggs compared to? Through a metaphor, they are compared to a house of faith. Symbolically, they represent the inhabitants. Through a metaphor, they represent the inhabitants. Symbolically, they are compared to a house of faith. Through a simile, they are compared to a house of faith. Symbolically, they represent the inhabitants. Through a simile, they represent the inhabitants. Symbolically, they are compared to a house of faith.