1 Which of the following is NOT a contrast present in the first stanza? Large vs. small Black vs. white Still vs. moving Loud vs. quiet 2 What is the first body part of the blackbird we see? shadow eye beak wing 3 To what does the speaker compare his state of being "of three minds?" To a tree containing three blackbirds To three blackbirds in flight To three different men looking at a blackbird To three different snowy nights 4 Other than the three minds and three blackbirds of section II, what is another trinity (union of three things) in the poem? The blackbird, snow, and mountain The three men of Haddam The man, woman, and blackbird The carriage, window, and snow 5 Which is more beautiful, inflections or innuendoes? Inflections, because the birdsong is euphonious to the ear Neither, because the blackbird is neither beautiful nor interesting Neither, because the speaker does not know which to prefer Innuendoes, because the speaker appreciates what he cannot understand 6 What is the blackbird doing when it is only "a small part of the pantomime?" Tracing its shadow Singing to the poet Sitting amid the snow Flying in the wind 7 Which of the following is NOT an image that helps create the mood of terror in section VI? the back-and-forth motion of the blackbird the shadow the icicles on the glass the raging wind 8 How are the "thin men of Haddam" wasting their time? By writing love songs to the women By worrying too much about their lack of knowledge By writing poems about blackbirds By imagining idealized birds that don't exist 9 Other than "noble accents / And lucid, inescapable rhythms," what does the speaker claim to know? That the blackbird is involved in what he knows That the blackbird is an omen of death That the blackbird's song is more beautiful than his poetry will ever be That the blackbird is a messenger of Heaven 10 What might the "edge / Of one of many circles" represent? The edge between what we can see and not see The edge between afternoon and evening The edge between what is beautiful and ugly The edge of the town of Haddam 11 Who are the bawds of euphony? People who like poetry that is pretty but superficial People who write blackbirds into epic poems Women who are ignored by the men of Haddam Women who have beautiful singing voices 12 How might we describe the man in the glass coach, based on the tone of the poem's imagery? A man who perceives himself as superior A down-to-earth man of nature A great poet An attentive and wise reader 13 What does the man in the coach actually see when he gets frightened? Three blackbirds in a tree The shadow of his equipment The ice on his window The darkening sky of evening 14 Why does the speaker assume "The blackbird must be flying?" The wind is blowing. The day is ending. The river is moving. The mountains are empty. 15 What time of day is it when the poem ends? A snowy dawn Midnight A busy midday in town A dark afternoon 16 Where is the last place we see the blackbird? Walking around the speaker's feet Flying out of our line of sight Flying alongside a train Sitting in the branches of a tree 17 Which season is evoked most often by the imagery in the poem? spring winter autumn summer 18 What do glass windows most likely represent in the poem? The poet's linguistic craft The viewer's internal prejudices The key to understanding nature The viewer's point of view 19 What type of sentence does Stevens use in the section about the men of Haddam, that he uses nowhere else in the poem? Questions Commands Run-ons Fragments 20 Which image is most often associated with fright? A shadow Other men Tree limbs The eye of the blackbird 21 Which of the following best describes the difference between the blackbird's presence in section I and section XIII? visible vs. invisible fear vs. tranquility unknown vs. known motion vs. stillness 22 Other than sight, what sense is used most often to describe the blackbird? Taste Hearing Touch Smell 23 What does the poem suggest is something about interpretation of nature that we should be willing to accept? Uncertainty and ambiguity Hostility The lack of viable material to write poems about Tragedy 24 Stevens said that this sequence of stanzas is meant to be a collection of ________. sensations explanations contradicting viewpoints aphorisms 25 What does the poem suggest is the difference between finding the blackbird beautiful and finding it terrifying? The time of year Our mental perspective What the blackbird is doing Our geographic location