1 Who has died in the poem? The speaker The speaker's cousin The King The speaker's mother 2 Which of the following is a prominent motif in the poem? Cold Trees Sleep Celestial bodies 3 Where does the speaker think Arthur will go next? To the frozen lake To join the royal court To bed upstairs To be buried in the cemetery 4 Which best describes the speaker? Naive Devastated Sad Ferocious 5 Who shot the loon? Arthur The speaker's father Uncle Arthur The speaker 6 What is the poem's meter? It has no single consistent meter Iambic hexameter Trochaic pentameter Iambic pentameter 7 When does this poem evidently take place? The 2010s The early Victorian era The Tudor era The early twentieth century 8 What is the poem's structure? Four stanzas of seven lines each Five stanzas of ten lines each Two stanzas of fourteen lines each, followed by two stanzas of seven lines each Six stanzas of varied length 9 When was this poem first published in a book? 1965 1978 1891 1912 10 Which of the following colors appear as motifs? Black and white Blue and yellow Black and blue Red and white 11 The speaker uses a metaphor to compare a table to what? A person's back A frozen lake A dinner plate An open book 12 What is Nova Scotia? A city in the Midwestern U.S. A Canadian provice A town in Wales A London neighborhood 13 Which royal figure is NOT mentioned in the poem? King George Queen Mary Princess Alexandra Queen Victoria 14 The statement "Arthur's coffin was / a little frosted cake" is an instance of what? Hyperbole Simile Personification Metaphor 15 What is a loon? A mourning parent A type of bird A funeral dirge A shroud 16 Which of the following is a prominent theme of the poem? Christianity Nature Childhood Art and music 17 What does the flower most closely symbolize? Femininity and romance Death and purity Springtime Youth and life 18 Where does the poem take place? At a burial At a wake At a birthday party At a hospital 19 The lines "stood a stuffed loon / shot and stuffed" feature which of the following? Alliteration Understatement Synecdoche Simile 20 What does the word "chromograph" mean? Device used for playing recorded music Coffin Early type of color photograph Early telephone model 21 Who is the poem's speaker? A young child The father of a dead child A dead woman A page in the British royal court 22 In which season does this poem seemingly take place? Spring Fall Winter Summer 23 Who is Jack Frost? A real-life childhood friend of Elizabeth Bishop A folkloric figure A popular Victorian essayist A minor biblical character 24 What is ermine? A type of fur An infant too young to walk A liquor commonly consumed in Nova Scotia A will 25 Which of the following is a simile? "his eyes were red glass" "the red-eyed loon eyed it/from his white, frozen lake." "He was all white, like a doll" "They invited Arthur to be / the smallest page at court."
