1 Who is the speaker of "Nick and the Candlestick"? A new mother A soldier A Christian zealot A coal miner 2 What does the speaker allude to in the poem's final line? Greek mythology Agriculture Irish independence Jesus 3 How many stanzas are in the poem? 10 6 20 14 4 To what does the poem most frequently allude? First-wave feminism Christianity World War I Fairytales 5 Which line is an example of simile? "I am a miner." "Old cave of calcium" "I have hung our cave with roses" "They weld to me like plums." 6 The speaker addressing her listener as "embryo" is an example of what? Synecdoche Metonymy Simile Hyperbole 7 What does the word "exude" mean? To repeatedly question The exit of a cave To release or ooze To leave out or exclude 8 Who does the speaker address? God A salesman A coworker Her child 9 What does the cave most nearly symbolize? Motherhood Nature Capitalism Illness 10 What is a first communion? An examination in British elementary schools A ceremony in the Catholic church A historical period in the eighteenth century A concept in Marxist theory 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABAB ABBA ABCA It has no regular rhyme scheme 12 What does the word "Victoriana" allude to? The material rewards of military victory The life of Queen Victoria Nothing; it is a nonsense word The material culture and attitudes of the nineteenth century 13 Which is most prominent in the line "Old cave of calcium"? Internal rhyme Alliteration Apostrophe Sibilance 14 Which tone characterizes the poem's closing stanzas? Skeptical Frightened Exhausted Hopeful 15 What does the candle most nearly symbolize? Healing The preindustrial age The baby Intellectual enlightenment 16 To which object does the speaker compare the mine? A car A palace A pipe A womb 17 What types of stanzas are in the poem? quintains couplets tercets quatrains 18 What does the word "stalactites" mean? formations that hang from a cave ceiling formations that rise from a cave floor formations that push out of a cave wall underwater volcanoes in mines and caves 19 What do roses and rugs most nearly symbolize? Materialism Domestic safety Inequality Luxury 20 What object does the speaker compare fish to? Teeth Hands Knives Pillows 21 Which is not a prominent theme of this poem? Home and the domestic Religion Labor and work Motherhood 22 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "waxy stalactites"? S I A W 23 Which best describes the mine in which the poem is partially set? Unexpectedly lively Spooky and suspenseful Alien and bizarre Empty and sad 24 Which appears in the lines "And the fish, the fish—/Christ! they are panes of ice" Simile Anaphora Metaphor Personification 25 Which line does not contain alliteration? "You are the baby in the barn." "Atoms that cripple drip" "The blood blooms clean" ""Solid the spaces lean on, envious"