1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2015 2012 2020 2005 2 What is the tone of the poem? Upbeat Somber Contemplative Elegiac 3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in? Thrall Collected Works Monument Native Guard 4 What historical figure is the poem about? George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Ocrtaves Tercets Sestets Couplets 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Mount Vernon Homestead Alexandria Monticello 7 What does the speaker compare her father to? A song A portrait A field guild A bird 8 What is the genre of the poem? Confessional poetry Historical poetry Aubade Ode 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her father Her relationship with the past Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with her grandfather 10 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration? "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" "In the portrait of Jefferson that hangs" "his forehead white with illumination —" "across the centuries, his lips fixed as if" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings Natasha Trethewey A tour guide at Monticello 12 Where is the poem primarily set? In Colonial Williamsburg At Harper's Ferry In Washington D.C. At Monticello 13 Who wrote "Mayor Harold Washington"? Gwendolyn Brooks Langston Hughes Maya Angelou James Baldwin 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A beautiful ruin A haunted villa An abandoned city A deserted castle 15 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker not wanting to visit Monticello The speaker's bad relationship with her father The speaker's dislike of Virginia The speaker's disagreement with her father about Thomas Jefferson 16 What image does the poem begin with? Monticello The speaker's father Jefferson's horse stable A portrait of Jefferson 17 How long is the poem? Eighteen stanzas Seventeen lines Twenty lines Five stanzas 18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell? "Incident" "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" "Medusa" "Shiloh" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Trochaic hexameter Iambic pentameter Dactylic trimeter Free verse 20 Where was Trethewey born? Newport, Rhode Island Austin, Texas Gulfport, Mississippi Charlottesville, Virginia 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Susan Hartfield Sarah Henfield Sally Hess Sally Hemings 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Joking Bitter Critical Angry 23 To what does the phrase "dark subtext" refer? Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War The speaker's father's marital problems The poor quality of his portrait The contradictions between Jefferson's beliefs and his personal life 24 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark When the speaker realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird When the speaker visits Monticello 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? The speaker's father Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings The speaker
