1 What is the form of the stanzas? Rhyming quintets Tercets with end-rhymed second and fourth lines Tercets with end-rhymed first and third lines Rhyming couplets 2 What does "the dry brown coughing beneath their feet" refer to? Sick people living in the basement The dry soil at the end of summer Children too sick to go to school Dead leaves 3 What is the handyman called to do? Rake the leaves Fix the tea kettle Fix the plumbing Patch up the road 4 What is the speaker doing in the poem? Looking to buy a home in Beverly Driving through Beverly in their car Listening to a phonograph Taking a walk through Beverly 5 The gardens are described as... Sparkling Silver Golden Glowing 6 Which of the following is an example of alliteration? And the living all to be made again in the sweatingest physical manner When they flow sweetly into their houses The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. We say ourselves fortunate to be driving by today 7 Which of the following is described as "a neat brilliancy"? The phonograph The tea The golden gardens The refuse 8 Which of the following is an example of personification? The dry brown coughing beneath their feet We know what they go to. To tea. They will throw some little black dots into some water and add sugar The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. 9 What is a phonograph? A radio A type of telephone A type of camera A record player 10 What do the residents of Beverly "go to" when they enter their houses? They go to perform manual labor They go to bed They go to listen to records They go to make tea 11 Which of the following is an example of relative suffering? Nobody is furious. Nobody hates these people. / At least, nobody driving by in this car. The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. While downstairs that woman's vague phonograph bleats, "Knock me a kiss." Not that anybody is saying that these people have no trouble. / Merely that it is trouble with a gold-flecked beautiful banner. 12 In what collection did this poem first appear? Annie Allen A Street in Bronzeville The Bean Eaters In the Mecca 13 Which of the following is an example of "refuse"? A tree with no leaves A broken chair A garden hose A phonograph 14 What season is it most likely? Fall Winter Summer Spring 15 What kind of animal bleats? Chicken Goat Dog Pig 16 Which of the following is an example of personification? We say ourselves fortunate to be driving by today. While downstairs that woman's vague phonograph bleats, "Knock me a kiss." And the refuse, the refuse is a neat brilliancy. It is just that so often they live till their hair is white. 17 Which of the following lines best represents the subject of the poem? We do not want them to have less. / But it is only natural that we should think we have not enough. When they flow sweetly into their houses / With softness and slowness touched by that everlasting gold, / We know what they go to. To tea. That we may look at them, in their gardens where / The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. Sometimes their passings are even more painful than ours. 18 How is the Beverly residents' trouble described? With a gold-flecked beautiful banner As the juice of the cheapest lemons that are sold As everlasting gold Not raggedly 19 Which of the following is an example of personification? And think, while a breath of pine blows, Merely that it is trouble with a gold-flecked beautiful banner. Nobody is furious. Nobody hates these people. We drive on, we drive on. 20 What do the different preparations of tea represent in this poem? Cultural differences in the proper way to prepare tea The differences in taste between Beverly residents and the speaker An indictment of the produce industry in Chicago The differences in quality of life between Beverly residents and the speaker 21 What is the meaning of the line, "It is just that so often they live till their hair is white." Rich people refuse to dye their hair. Affluent white people have an easier time living longer than working-class people of color. The residents of Beverly are vain. The residents of Beverly have better access to hospitals because of where their neighborhood is. 22 Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? When we speak to each other our voices are a little gruff. They make excellent corpses Sometimes their passings are even more painful than ours. And the living all to be made again in the sweatingest physical manner 23 What kinds of trees line the streets of Beverly? Oaks Willows Pines Palms 24 How does the speaker describe their voice after they drive through Beverly? Furious Gruff Hateful Soft 25 What does the speaker want? For the people in Beverly to all become poor and experience poverty To drink finer teas To have a beautiful garden To have the same resources and securities as the people in Beverly