1 What is the Helicon primarily associated with? Romantic love Spiritual healing Moral redemption Artistic inspiration 2 What is the poem's major conflict? The speaker's parents' hopes for him versus his friends' pressures The speaker's desire to explore, counter to social expectation The speaker's inability to decide whether to live a rural or a cosmopolitan life The tension between modernity and local tradition 3 What does the phrase "the trapped sky" most likely refer to? The sky through a stained-glass window The appearance of a cloudy sky before a storm The reflection of the sky The adult speaker's narrow memory of childhood landscapes 4 What is the focus of the speaker's childhood exploration? Wells Ponds Caves Trees 5 What does the speaker like about echoes? They help him hear and understand himself anew They feel like confirmation of God or other spiritual beings They cause nearby animals to respond They make him feel that he is not alone, even in remote places 6 The speaker implies that he has changed his behavior as an adult for which reason? He realizes that his explorations were insensitive to his neighbors He has become physically weak, though he is mentally sharp He must care for his family and cannot take risks He does not want to be thought vain or undignified 7 The phrase "the dark drop" is an example of which of the following? Simile Understatement Personification Alliteration 8 How many stanzas are in the poem? 5 4 2 3 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABABAB ABAB ABCBCBA ABC CBA 10 To which mythological figure does the poem allude? Narcissus Hercules Persephone Odysseus 11 What type of stanzas comprise this poem? 5 3 4 6 12 Which word best describes the young speaker? Kind Industrious Curious Listless 13 What is meant by the word "scaresome"? Haunting Frightening Jumpy Scarce 14 How does the speaker reconnect to his childhood passions as an adult? Through documenting the sites he once explored Through visiting his old home Through family stories and folktales Through writing poetry 15 Which sound creates assonance in the phrase "pumps with buckets and windlasses"? U's S's P's B's 16 Which line contains alliterative R sounds? "I savoured the rich crash" "a rat slapped across my reflection." "I loved the dark drop, the trapped sky" "To stare, big-eyed Narcissus, into some spring" 17 Which of the following lines contains hyperbole? "I savoured the rich crash..." "A shallow one under a dry stone ditch" "...a rat slapped across my reflection." "As a child, they could not keep me from wells" 18 Which of the following elements of wells assume the most significance in this poem? Fluidity and movement Depth and darkness Echoes and reflections Dirtiness and murkiness 19 Which of the following is true of Ireland's holy wells? They are not true wells, but rather manmade pools They are largely concentrated in the Dublin area They are usually surrounded by religious buildings They are often associated with a patron saint 20 What is the "white face" described in stanza 3? An unidentified wild animal The speaker's reflection The spirit of the local holy well The speaker's deceased ancestors 21 Which of the following words is an example of onomatopoeia? scaresome Crash Ditch Dank 22 For which of the following purposes do people often use holy wells? Divining the future Cleaning spiritually unclean objects Healing the sick Watering crops 23 Which element of poetry does the speaker highlight in the poem's final lines? Enjambment Rhyme Metaphor Meter 24 Which does NOT describe the poem's tone? Bitter Nostalgic Contemplative Playful 25 What does the word "fructify" mean? To sweeten To sanctify or devote to a saint To rot or decay To make something productive