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