1 "All the world drops dead" is most likely a metaphor for what? The quiet of night The aftermath of an epidemic The momentary blocking-out of sensations The death of a single loved one 2 Which best describes the speaker's identity? An old woman recounting her first heartbreak to a younger one A woman or girl suffering from heartbreak and possible madness A novelist trying to come up with a dramatic love story A man leaving his lover because she has lost her grip on reality 3 The phrases "lift my lids" and "sung me moon-struck" both contain which of the following? Internal rhyme Dramatic irony Assonance Allegory 4 What does the word "seraphim" mean? A type of angel in several religious traditions A type of pill once given to patients suffering from mental illness A mad but wise woman from Greek mythology A flourish added to handwritten calligraphy 5 Which of the following genres does the poem NOT contain allusions to? Fairytales Nineteenth-century cookbooks Native American mythology The Bible 6 What is the poem's point of view? Second-person plural and third-person singular First-person and second-person singular Third-person singular First-person plural 7 What role do the parentheses around the line "I think I made you up inside my head" play? They imply that the speaker cannot integrate this thought with her other experiences They suggest that the line is spoken by a different, second speaker They show us that the speaker is whispering They tell us that the speaker is trying to be casual and nonchalant 8 Which does NOT describe the poem's tone? Regretful Carefree Panicked Uncertain 9 Which best describes the poem's major conflict? The speaker's desire to get revenge on an ex-lover The speaker's attempt to gain control over her own mind The speaker's arguments with her doctors and psychiatrists The speaker's attempt to persuade her lover to return 10 What meter is the poem written in? Iambic pentameter Dactylic trimeter Spondaic dimeter Anapestic pentamater 11 The "D" sounds in the phrase "all the world drops dead" are an example of which of the following? Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Hyperbole 12 Which of the following phrases contains the clearest example of alliteration? The stars go waltzing out in blue and red Exit seraphim and Satan's men I fancied you'd return the way you said I should have loved a thunderbird instead 13 Which line can most accurately be described as the poem's climax? I lift my lids and all is born again God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade But I grow old and I forget your name I should have loved a thunderbird instead 14 What does the word "fancied" mean in the poem? Pretended Dressed up Hoped Loved 15 "God topples from the sky" can best be understood as a metaphor for which of the following? The aging of a parent Secularization following World War I A tornado The destruction of order 16 Which best describes the role of the word "bed" in the phrase "bewitched me into bed"? Metonymy Understatement Simile Symbolism 17 What does the thunderbird symbolize in the poem? Consistency Freedom Insanity Protection 18 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of the poem? Mental illness Heartbreak Education Control 19 Which of the following is NOT a source of irony on the poem's title? The title makes us expect a happy love story, but the poem focuses on heartbreak The term "girl" seems to promise juvenile concerns, but the speaker's conflicts are deep and distressing The speaker did not love, or even like, the person she is addressing The speaker may not even be "mad," but may simply be suffering from heartbreak 20 What is the name given to the poem's two repeating lines? Choruses Repetitions Themes Refrains 21 Why does the speaker shut her eyes? To pretend she is sleeping and cannot see her lover To gain control over and distance from an overwhelming world To endure the physical pain of electroshock therapy To fantasize about killing her lover 22 What does the word "bewitched" most closely imply about the speaker's relationship to her lover? That the lover has a great deal of control and power over her That the lover is a good storyteller That the lover lives in a fantasy world That the lover seduced her through magical means 23 What does the word "moon-struck" mean? Sleep-deprived Lovesick Close to death Awed 24 What is this poem's form? Ghazal Sonnet Villanelle Haiku 25 Which of the following lines contains personification? I think I made you up inside my head And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead The stars go waltzing out in blue and red