1 What are "polliwogs"? Tadpoles Strong sea winds Nonsensical ideas Goats 2 How many stanzas are in this poem? 9 6 7 12 3 Which animals are NOT on the island with Crusoe? Goats Turtles Monkeys Birds 4 On which early novel is this poem based? Tom Jones Pamela Tristram Shandy Robinson Crusoe 5 To what does Crusoe compare the island's snails? Guano Irises Goats Children 6 Which of the following is NOT personified in this poem? The waterspouts The volcanoes The trousers The knife 7 Crusoe describes the volcanic craters as what? Ravenous Anxious Parched Longing 8 Where has Crusoe promised to send his possessions? To a museum To his biographer To the navy To Friday's family 9 What form does this poem take? Villanelle Sestina It follows no set form Ghazal 10 In which collection did this poem first appear? Geography III The Collected Works of Elizabeth Bishop One Art The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 11 Crusoe compares the waterspouts he watches to what? Flutes and knives Snakes and rainbows Priests and chimneys Children and fairies 12 What types of stanzas make up this poem? Sestets Couplets Quatrains There is no single stanza type 13 What is the poem's meter? Anapestic pentameter Iambic hexameter It has no single meter but frequently uses iambic pentameter Iambic pentameter 14 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It contains rhyme but follows no set scheme It contains no rhyme at all AABB CCDD ABABCDCD 15 Which most closely fits Crusoe's description of the island? It is scary at first but ultimately safe It is calm, quiet, and peaceful to the point of monotony It is boring but frightening It is thrilling and unpredictable 16 What is the poem's climax? Crusoe's rescue Crusoe and Friday's meeting Crusoe's discovery of the parasol The shipwreck 17 Who is Friday? A member of the shipwrecked crew An indigenous man who Crusoe befriends Crusoe's brother An enslaved man abducted onto Crusoe's ship 18 This poem quotes a work by which writer? Aphra Behn William Wordsworth Robert Lowell Charles Dickens 19 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem? Memory Isolation Love and grief Feminism and womanhood 20 When was this poem written? 1719 1812 2004 1976 21 Which is an example of onomatopoeia? "crucifix" "bored" "Hiss" "stinging" 22 What is "basalt"? A poetic form A type of volcanic rock An island formation An eighteenth-century ship 23 Where is the speaker at the time of the poem's narration? England A deserted island A ship at sea Friday's house 24 What are "rollers" as described in this poem? An alcoholic beverage Waves A flock of birds A tool to curl hair 25 Crusoe compares the sound of turtles to which of the following? A giant walking A drum A teakettle A tree
