1 In what year was the poem published? 1970 1965 1980 1969 2 Which of the following is an example of a metaphor used in the poem? "A horny fiend, I crept" (line 3) "to his place on a high beam" (line 11) "the wrecked thing that could / not bear the light nor hide" (lines 37-38) "I am the owl" (line 8) 3 Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABBABB ABCABC ABABCC AABBCC 4 What is the speaker's "prize" in line 8? Waking up early before her parents The owl The barn The gun 5 Who is the "old no-sayer, robber of power / by sleep" in lines 7-8? The speaker The owl The speaker's mother The speaker's father 6 As used in lines 17-18, "a wisp-haired judge whose law / would punish beak and claw" is an example of which literary device? Metaphor Antonym Simile Personification 7 Which adjective best describes the speaker's tone in stanza 1? Somber but hopeful Excited and condescending Horrified and remorseful Straightforward and intellectual 8 Which adjective best describes the speaker's tone in stanzas 5 and 6? Straightforward and intellectual Horrified and remorseful Somber but hopeful Excited and condescending 9 Which of the owl's features is NOT mentioned by the speaker? Its eyes Its wings Its bowels Its tail 10 How many times does the speaker shoot the owl? Once Twice Three times Many times 11 From what point of view and tense is "Barn Owl" told? Third-person limited, present tense First-person, past tense Third-person limited, past tense First-person, present tense 12 Which of the following is NOT a phrase that the speaker uses to describe herself in the poem? "master of life and death" "a lonely child" "a child / obedient, angel-mind-" "a horny fiend" 13 Which stanza contains the poem's climax? Stanza One Stanza Five Stanza Four Stanza Two 14 Gwen Harwood is a(n) ____ poet. Canadian British American Australian 15 Which of the following is an example of caesura? child who believed death clean My father reached my side, Let him dream of a child My first shot struck. He swayed, 16 Before shooting the owl, what did the speaker believe about death? She had never heard of death That it was clean and final That is was messy and obscene That it only applied to humans 17 What is the title of the companion poem to "Barn Owl" in the diptych "Father and Child"? "Nightfall" "Quadrant" "The Fallen Gun" "A Child's Rebellion" 18 Which of the following is an example of slant rhyme in the poem? "gave me the fallen gun. / 'End what you have begun.'" "to his place on a high beam / in our old stables, to dream" "a wisp-haired judge whose law / would punish beak and claw" "Let him dream of a child / obedient, angel-mind-" 19 When does the poem take place? In early morning At night In the afternoon At dusk 20 In line 25, "bundle of stuff" best means The objects that the speaker is carrying The fallen gun The injured owl The urine-scented hay 21 Which of the following best describes the structure of each stanza? Free-form A quartet A couplet A sestet 22 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration? "My first shot struck. He swayed," "dropped, / and dribbled" "home at this hour" "Let him dream of a child" 23 Which of the following is NOT a feature of the barn as stated in the poem? A red door A beam Hay on the floor Loose straw on the floor 24 Which of the following is an example of religious subtext in the poem? "dribbled through the loose straw" "blessed by the sun" "gave me the fallen gun." "those eyes that did not see" 25 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the poem? The owl Nightfall Sunlight Vision