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