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