1 This poem uses a rhyme scheme consistently. False True 2 This poem is a sonnet. False True 3 Which of the following best describes the relationship between the speaker and Felix Randal? Priest and parishioner Brother and sister Friends Father and son 4 This poem is inspired by a real-life scenario that Hopkins encountered. True False 5 Hopkins is best known for developing what form of rhythm? Sprung rhythm Trochaic meter Free rhythm Iambic pentameter 6 What does the word "ransom" mean in this poem? To deliver from sin Belief in God A payment demanded for the release of a hostage or prisoner Relief from pain 7 What does "offended" mean in this poem? To feel violated To fend something off To feel insulted To transgress or to violate 8 What was Felix Randal's occupation? A coachman A farrier A priest A student 9 What does "fettle" mean in the context of this poem? To sort something out A sort of stinging insect To be forgiven for sin To meddle with something 10 How did Felix Randal feel about the speaker? He felt singled-out He felt more uneasy over time He felt even more scorned by God He felt comforted 11 What is Felix's transformation in this poem? He spends time abroad and comes back much more cultured He goes from being strong and young to weak and sickly He learns the nature of hard work through his job as a farrier He grows from a nervous adolescent to a boisterous man 12 How does the speaker feel about Felix Randal? He feels reluctant to proselytize to a man who does not believe in God He feels as if he and Felix are brothers He is touched by Felix's grief at the prospect of his own death He feels a responsibility to Felix's parents 13 Whom does Felix curse? The speaker God His son His parents 14 What happens to the drayhorse in this poem? Its hooves show the first signs of Felix's illness, which causes him to do his work more carelessly It dies at almost the same time as Felix Felix works on its hooves The speaker rides it to be at Felix's side in his last moments 15 What place do the "four disorders" have in this poem? They cause the speaker's own illness They create Felix's illness They cause the speaker's aversiveness to Felix They create Felix's impatience and skepticism 16 What does the speaker discover at the beginning of the poem? That Felix has attempted to leave his deathbed That Felix has died That Felix has fallen ill That Felix has become incapable of doing his job 17 What does the "it" in "reason rambled in it" refer to? The speaker's mind Felix's body The forest outside the speaker's house God's plan 18 What word has the closest meaning to "tendered" in this poem? Mended Gilded Given Softened 19 What does Hopkins do with the rhythm in the final line? He makes it falter so it resembles Felix's faltering life He makes it become singsongy, like a nursery rhyme to Felix's young self He moves into a more formal rhythm to elegize Felix He makes it resemble the noise of Felix hammering the horse's hoof 20 Whom does the speaker describe as "big-boned and hardy-handsome"? The dreyhorse Felix Randal God Himself 21 Whose tongue and tears are mentioned in the poem? Felix Randal's God's The dreyhorse's The speaker's 22 What is the speaker's duty mentioned in the first line? To give Felix his final rites To try to heal Felix To baptize Felix To shoe horses 23 "This seeing the ____ endears them to us, us too it endears." sorry hopeful sick downtrodden 24 Felix Randal is absolved of his sins before his death. True False 25 The speaker regrets not being at Felix's side sooner. False True