1 Who is the "They" in "What Were They Like?" The farmers of Laos American soldiers Any victim of war The people of Vietnam 2 What is described as "stone" in the poem? Paths Ornaments Walls Lanterns 3 The poem was written about which historical event? The Korean War The Holocaust The Vietnam War World War II 4 Which tense does the poem mostly use? Past perfect tense Present tense Past tense Future tense 5 The Vietnamese people described in the poem are Farmers Regular people Peasants All of the above 6 Bone, ivory, jade, and silver are given as examples of Jewelry Frivolity Ornaments Luxury 7 What is compared to a "mirror" in the poem Lanterns The horrors of war Jade mirrors Rice paddies 8 In the poem, do the Vietnamese have an epic poem? They had a religious epic They had an epic poem about the arrival of spring No one knows They had an epic poem about war 9 "Moths in moonlight" describe Vietnamese war planes Vietnamese proverbs Vietnamese songs Vietnamese insects 10 Who is called "sir" in the poem? The respondent The Vietnamese old man The questioner The American soldier 11 What is NOT one of the main meaning of "buds" in the poem? Agriculture Spring Children Reproduction 12 Which is NOT an example of uncertainty in the poem? "It is silent now" "Perhaps" "It is not remembered" "A dream ago" 13 Which is Denise Levertov's other famous anti-war poem? "Wichita Vortex Sutra" "Life at War" "First Encounter" "If We Must Die" 14 With which school of poetry is Denise Levertov NOT associated? New York School New American Poetry Black Mountain Modernism 15 The poem's setting is a Vietnamese village a bomb shelter unnamed an American base 16 The tone of the second stanza can be described as Elegaic Impassionate Formal Enthusiastic 17 Which is NOT a major theme in the poem? The viciousness of American soldiers The importance of protecting cultures The cost of war The common humanity of all people 18 Hearts turned to stone is an example of a Metaphor Allegory Metonymy Motif 19 Finish the line: "Ornament is for ..." Joy Times of celebration Rich people Peace 20 The questioner wants to know whether the Vietnamese distinguished between speech and Singing Epic poetry Screams Whispers 21 Were the Vietnamese "inclined to quiet laughter?" They preferred to sing Perhaps before the war They were very serious The laughed loudly and joyfully 22 "Moths in moonlight" is an example of Alliteration Motif Metaphor Rhyme 23 The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1968 1975 1982 1967 24 Who was another major poet who wrote poems against the war in Vietnam? Allen Ginsberg Jack Kerouac Anne Carson George Sassoon 25 Levertov referred to her poetic form as Epic verse Free verse Organic verse Projective verse