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