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Aubade Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
3

10

6

7
2 In what year was “Aubade” published?
1977

1972

1985

1989
3 What is the poem’s general meter?
Anapestic

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic

Iambic tetrameter
4 What does the speaker do in the first line?
Go to church

Complete a crossword puzzle

Work and get drunk

Go out with friend
5 What worries the speaker most about death?
Feeling nothing

The eternity of it

It coming randomly

Making his loved ones sad
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?
ABABCCDEED

ABCB

ABAB

ABBA
8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"?
His sister's

His father's

His girlfriend's

His mother's
9 What is a brocade?
A type of clothing

A type of bag

A type of fabric

A type of jewelry
10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade?
Religion

Isolation

Death

Romantic love
11 What religion did Larkin follow?
Judaism

None

Buddhism

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

Death

Doctors

Teachers
13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as?
A doctor

A teacher

A policeman

A librarian
14 At what age did Larkin die?
72

47

63

55
15 What is NOT an example of alliteration?
"whined at than withstood"

"furnace-fear"

"to hold and horrify"

"intricate rented world"
16 Where is the poem set?
The speaker's bedroom

The speaker's friend's house

The speaker's place of work

The speaker's school
17 What is an example of a simile?
"An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings"

"Meanwhile telephones crouch"

"Postmen like doctors go from house to house"

"That vast moth-eaten musical brocade"
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 believes in religion, but not rationalism

He believes in rationalism, but not religion

He's comforted by both

He objects to both
20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"?
Confidence

Courage

Anxiety

Happiness
21 Which literary device does NOT appear?
Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Metaphor

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

White

Gray

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

Love

Religion

Science
24 At what time does the speaker wake up?
10 am

6 am

8 am

4 am
25 What line is NOT an example of iambic pentameter?
"The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse"

"Of dying, and being dead"

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

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

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