1 The poem's early stanzas are reminiscent of which genre? Folk songs Cartoons Thrillers Early English novels 2 Which historical event might the poem be alluding to? The 1927 Mississippi river flood The civilian casualties of World War II European colonization of Africa Apartheid in South Africa 3 Which of the following is personified in this poem? The sea The animals The cook-pot The dowry 4 What is the poem's stanzaic structure? Three quatrains and a couplet Two twelve-line stanzas and three tercets Ten couplets Two quintets, a quatrain, and an eighteen-line stanza 5 Which word serves the most clearly onomatopoetic function in the poem? "hum" "struggling" "lap-lapping" "shouts" 6 Fill in the blank "Goats and _____ were struggling in the water" Pigs Fowls Roosters Sheep 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABBA CDCCDC AB AB AB CB CB CB EB EB EB ABBA It has no consistent rhyme scheme ABA ABA CDC CDC EFFE EFFE ABA ABA 8 What is the poem's tone? Angry Mournful Whimsical Impatient 9 Which of the following devices appears in the poem's title? Ekphrasis Simile Apostrophe Metaphor 10 Who is the poem's speaker? Aku's son Adena Aku The speaker is unidentified 11 Who is the poem's antagonist? There is no antagonist The sea The goats The men 12 Which of the following is used to describe the sound of the sea? Roar Hum Drumbeat Song 13 What is the poem's meter? Anapestic tetrameter It has no consistent meter Iambic pentameter Trochaic pentameter 14 Which sounds produce alliteration in the line "it came one day in the dead of night"? E N C D 15 Which of the following devices plays a prominent role in the line "The sea eats the land at home"? Consonance Assonance Rhetorical Question Internal rhyme 16 Which of the following is an example of irony in the poem? Aku is the most religious person in town but has a crisis of faith The town's residents wish for a fresh start, but end up facing a disaster The sea acts maliciously even though it acts without intent The people have been polluting the sea, but the sea ends up harming them in return 17 What is the poem's refrain? "Her gods have deserted her" "At home the sea is in the town" "The sea eats the land at home" "It came one day at the dead of night" 18 Fill in the blank: "Aku stood outside where her _____ stood" Mother Cooking-pot Garden Ruined house 19 What is the poem's setting? A future version of an unnamed African city A series of beach towns worldwide New York City A coastal town 20 Which of the following verbs does Awoonor NOT use to describe the sea? Trap Collect Run Carry 21 On which day of the week does the flood take place? Friday Sunday Monday Tuesday 22 Fill in the blank: "Collecting the firewood from the _____" piles homes porches hearths 23 Which of the following objects are not mentioned as being destroyed? Firewood Ladles Photographs Walls 24 Who is the poem's protagonist? The ancestors The townspeople The sea The rescuers 25 What is the poem's major conflict? Adena and Aku's argument The man's negotiations with the sea Adena's attempt to outsmart the sea The townspeople's attempt to recover from the storm's aftermath