Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Quizzes

Aunt Jennifer's Tigers "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" Quiz

1 What is the "screen" in line 1 of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"?

Fabric stretched over a hoop

A TV playing a nature documentary

An iPad playing a video

Paper stretched within a frame
2 Why do the tigers belong to Aunt Jennifer?

She found them

She is making them

She purchased them

She cares for them
3 Which of the following best replaces "denizens" in line 2?

Employees

Devotees

Followers

Occupants
4 Where is "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" set?

A library

A tropical forest

A medieval story

A household
5 The line "they do not fear the men beneath the tree" is an example of what literary device?

Alliteration

Metaphor

Foreshadowing

Allegory
6 Which of the following tiger attributes does Rich NOT emphasize?

Cheer

Fierceness

Bravery

Vanity
7 What other animal are Rich's tiger descriptions reminiscent of?

A tortoise

A pony

A lion

A frog
8 Which of the following best describes the image of the tigers?

Amateur

Surreal

Fanciful

Realistic
9 How does Rich relate the tigers to Jennifer?

The tigers are the opposite of Jennifer

The tigers are like Jennifer

The tigers are the best parts of Jennifer

The tigers are the worst parts of Jennifer
10 What does the verb "fluttering" in line 5 suggest about Aunt Jennifer?

She is active

She is stupid

She is lighthearted

She is uncertain
11 "The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band" is an example of what literary device?

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Foreshadowing

Understatement
12 What is so heavy about Uncle's wedding band?

The marriage it symbolizes

The metal it is made out of

The guilt it reminds Jennifer of

The history it carries
13 Why does Rich emphasize Jennifer's hands?

Jennifer's hands reveal the troubles she is otherwise able to conceal

Jennifer's hands are the most beautiful part of her

By not mentioning the heart, Rich suggests that Jennifer doesn't love her husband

Jennifer's hands represent her ability to act in the world
14 What is the connection between Jennifer's ivory needle and the tigers?

The needle is fierce like they are

Both tigers and ivory have been removed from the jungle by Jennifer

The ivory comes from the jungle, while the tigers live there

The needle is blunt, while the tiger's teeth are sharp
15 What can we infer with certainty about Jennifer's marriage from the second stanza?

Jennifer was always a weak woman

Jennifer's husband is abusive

Jennifer feels that her marriage is a burden

Jennifer's wedding ring doesn't fit
16 The phrase "her terrified hands" is an example of what literary device?

Symbolism

Metaphor

Allusion

Personification
17 What does it mean that Jennifer was "mastered" by her "ordeals"?

They prevented her from living a full life

Surviving ordeals allowed her to master life

She was too weak to overcome them

Jennifer gave up in the face of her ordeals
18 Which of the following best describes the relationship between the third stanza and the first and second stanzas?

The third stanza condenses and intensifies the structure of the first two stanzas

The third stanza reverses what the first two stanzas established

The third stanza keeps Jennifer's characterization the same, but changes the characterization of the tigers

The third stanza parallels the first two stanzas, but uses a different meter and rhyme scheme
19 Which image in the third stanza is not a repeat from earlier in the poem?

"The tigers...will go on prancing"

"Ringed with ordeals"

"Terrified hands"

"Aunt is dead"
20 Which new attribute for the tigers does Rich suggest in the third stanza?

They are immortal

They are fearless

They are vain

They are created
21 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABAB

ABCB

AABC

AABB
22 What is the meter of the poem?

Trochee pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Free verse
23 What is the speaker's tone towards Jennifer?

Distant but sympathetic

Polemical and argumentative

Childlike and affectionate

Distant and frustrated
24 If we read "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" as an allegory for female creativity, what does Uncle represent?

Rich's father

Marriage

The lure of poetry

Patriarchal power
25 What is the relationship between Jennifer's life and the image she embroiders?

The image doesn't relate to her life

The image is a cruel contrast to her life

The image is a brief escape from her life

The image shows her how valuable life is, despite its difficulties

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