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