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