1 How many lines does each stanza have? 10 6 7 3 2 In what year was “Aubade” published? 1985 1989 1977 1972 3 What is the poem’s general meter? Anapestic Iambic pentameter Trochaic Iambic tetrameter 4 What does the speaker do in the first line? Work and get drunk Go out with friend Go to church Complete a crossword puzzle 5 What worries the speaker most about death? The eternity of it Making his loved ones sad It coming randomly Feeling nothing 6 What is an aubade? A poem about religion A poem set in dawn or early morning A poem about death A poem set at night 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABABCCDEED ABCB ABAB ABBA 8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"? His girlfriend's His mother's His sister's His father's 9 What is a brocade? A type of bag A type of fabric A type of jewelry A type of clothing 10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade? Religion Death Romantic love Isolation 11 What religion did Larkin follow? Judaism Buddhism None Christianity 12 What is does Larkin compare postmen to in the last line? Teachers Death Doctors Writers 13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as? A teacher A doctor A policeman A librarian 14 At what age did Larkin die? 47 55 72 63 15 What is NOT an example of alliteration? "whined at than withstood" "furnace-fear" "intricate rented world" "to hold and horrify" 16 Where is the poem set? The speaker's friend's house The speaker's bedroom The speaker's place of work The speaker's school 17 What is an example of a simile? "That vast moth-eaten musical brocade" "Meanwhile telephones crouch" "Postmen like doctors go from house to house" "An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings" 18 Which word best describes the tone of the poem? Romantic Joyful Gloomy Playful 19 What describes the speaker's feelings about religion and rationalism? He objects to both He believes in rationalism, but not religion He's comforted by both He believes in religion, but not rationalism 20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"? Anxiety Courage Confidence Happiness 21 Which literary device does NOT appear? Simile Alliteration Metaphor Onomatopoeia 22 What color is the sky in the final verse? Blue Gray Pink White 23 What does the speaker describe as a "vast moth-eaten musical brocade"? Love Religion Death Science 24 At what time does the speaker wake up? 10 am 6 am 4 am 8 am 25 What line is NOT an example of iambic pentameter? "The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse" "And so it stays just on the edge of vision" "Of dying, and being dead" "Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing"
