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Aubade Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

3

7

10

6
2 In what year was “Aubade” published?

1972

1977

1989

1985
3 What is the poem’s general meter?

Anapestic

Trochaic

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
4 What does the speaker do in the first line?

Complete a crossword puzzle

Go out with friend

Work and get drunk

Go to church
5 What worries the speaker most about death?

It coming randomly

Feeling nothing

Making his loved ones sad

The eternity of it
6 What is an aubade?

A poem set in dawn or early morning

A poem set at night

A poem about death

A poem about religion
7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABAB

ABCB

ABABCCDEED

ABBA
8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"?

His sister's

His girlfriend's

His mother's

His father's
9 What is a brocade?

A type of jewelry

A type of fabric

A type of clothing

A type of bag
10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade?

Isolation

Religion

Death

Romantic love
11 What religion did Larkin follow?

Judaism

Christianity

None

Buddhism
12 What is does Larkin compare postmen to in the last line?

Writers

Teachers

Death

Doctors
13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as?

A doctor

A policeman

A teacher

A librarian
14 At what age did Larkin die?

72

47

55

63
15 What is NOT an example of alliteration?

"to hold and horrify"

"intricate rented world"

"whined at than withstood"

"furnace-fear"
16 Where is the poem set?

The speaker's friend's house

The speaker's school

The speaker's place of work

The speaker's bedroom
17 What is an example of a simile?

"Postmen like doctors go from house to house"

"Meanwhile telephones crouch"

"That vast moth-eaten musical brocade"

"An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings"
18 Which word best describes the tone of the poem?

Playful

Joyful

Romantic

Gloomy
19 What describes the speaker's feelings about religion and rationalism?

He believes in rationalism, but not religion

He's comforted by both

He objects to both

He believes in religion, but not rationalism
20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"?

Anxiety

Happiness

Confidence

Courage
21 Which literary device does NOT appear?

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Simile
22 What color is the sky in the final verse?

White

Pink

Gray

Blue
23 What does the speaker describe as a "vast moth-eaten musical brocade"?

Science

Religion

Love

Death
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?

"Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing"

"The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse"

"And so it stays just on the edge of vision"

"Of dying, and being dead"

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