1 What does the word "mire" most closely mean? Tower Ocean Muck Center 2 Who is Hades? The emperor who founded the city of Constantinople A famous patriarch of the early Orthodox Church An Egyptian pharaoh The Greek god of the underworld 3 What type of stanzas make up the poem? Quintains Octaves Tercets Sestets 4 What does the word "begot" most closely mean? Possessed Tricked Understood Created 5 What is the poem's form? Sestina Villanelle Sonnet It does not follow a traditional form 6 Which type of meter are most of the poem's lines written in? Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Iambic trimeter Trochaic trimeter 7 What does the word "superhuman" most closely mean? Extremely human-like Very large Animal-like and instinctive Possessed of unusual or magical powers 8 What is the meter of the line "breathless mouths may summon"? Iambic pentameter Dactylic pentameter Trochaic trimeter Iambic trimeter 9 What does the word "bobbin" most closely mean? An implement used in sewing and weaving A multi-story Ottoman mansion A despotic ruler, especially in the ancient world A type of ballroom dance popular in the early 20th century 10 What does the word "shade" most closely mean? Night Ghost Curtain Tent 11 What does the word "singe" most closely mean? Burn Monkey Clean Opera 12 Which objects are personified in this work? The marbles The bobbin The domes The moon 13 What does the word "smithies" most closely mean? Rivers to the underworld Narrow alleyways Metal forgeries Members of the royal court 14 What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza? ABABCDCD ABABCBCDC ABBACDDC AABBCDDC 15 What is the meter of the line "Fresh images beget"? Iambic pentameter Iambic trimeter Trochaic tetrameter Spondaic pentameter 16 The line "Can like the cocks of Hades crow" contains an instance of what? Simile Metonymy Metaphor Personification 17 What does the word "flit" most closely mean? Hide Blink Equivocate Dart 18 What is the meter of the line "Can like the cocks of Hades crow"? Iambic tetrameter Trochaic tetrameter Dactylic pentameter Trochaic trimeter 19 What does the word "gong" most closely mean? A meter that Yeats made up and used in his poetry An instrument that can be struck to make a ringing sound A type of Byzantine church A wormlike creature from Greek myth 20 Which of the following phrases is not alliterative? "mire or blood" "cannot singe a sleeve" "moonlit dome disdains" "Night resonance recedes" 21 Which best describes the poem's conflict? It is a conflict between the speaker and the shade It is a conflict between the Emperor and his soldiery on the one hand, and everyday citizens on the other It is a conflict between spiritual and physical existence It is a conflict between the Byzantine and Persian empires 22 To which of the following does Yeats frequent allude in this work? Greek myth Easter Orthodox theology Ottoman history Celtic legend 23 Which of the following words is an instance of onomatopoeia? none of these are onomatopoetic bough trance singe 24 The phrase "mire and blood" is a synecdoche representing what? Family War The physical world The spiritual world 25 How many stanzas does the poem contain? 2 5 3 4
