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