1 Who has died in the poem? The King The speaker's mother The speaker's cousin The speaker 2 Which of the following is a prominent motif in the poem? Trees Celestial bodies Sleep Cold 3 Where does the speaker think Arthur will go next? To join the royal court To bed upstairs To the frozen lake To be buried in the cemetery 4 Which best describes the speaker? Sad Devastated Naive Ferocious 5 Who shot the loon? Arthur Uncle Arthur The speaker's father The speaker 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 twentieth century The early Victorian era The 2010s The Tudor era 8 What is the poem's structure? Two stanzas of fourteen lines each, followed by two stanzas of seven lines each Four stanzas of seven lines each Five stanzas of ten lines each Six stanzas of varied length 9 When was this poem first published in a book? 1978 1912 1891 1965 10 Which of the following colors appear as motifs? Black and blue Blue and yellow Black and white Red and white 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 city in the Midwestern U.S. A Canadian provice A London neighborhood A town in Wales 13 Which royal figure is NOT mentioned in the poem? Princess Alexandra King George Queen Victoria Queen Mary 14 The statement "Arthur's coffin was / a little frosted cake" is an instance of what? Personification Hyperbole Metaphor Simile 15 What is a loon? A mourning parent A type of bird A shroud A funeral dirge 16 Which of the following is a prominent theme of the poem? Nature Childhood Christianity 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 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? Synecdoche Understatement Simile Alliteration 20 What does the word "chromograph" mean? Early type of color photograph Early telephone model Coffin Device used for playing recorded music 21 Who is the poem's speaker? A page in the British royal court The father of a dead child A dead woman A young child 22 In which season does this poem seemingly take place? Summer Winter Fall Spring 23 Who is Jack Frost? A folkloric figure A real-life childhood friend of Elizabeth Bishop A minor biblical character A popular Victorian essayist 24 What is ermine? A will A type of fur A liquor commonly consumed in Nova Scotia An infant too young to walk 25 Which of the following is a simile? "He was all white, like a doll" "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."
