1 Who first read Brontë's poems and encouraged her to publish them? Her father Her sister Charlotte Jane Austen Her brother Bramwell 2 What is the poem's central theme? Eternity Fate Despair Hope 3 What novel is Brontë known for writing? Wuthering Heights Pride and Prejudice Clarissa House of the Seven Gables 4 When was "Hope" published? 1896 1865 1841 1846 5 What was the title of the collection that this poem was published in? Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë The Collected Work of the Brontë Sisters Wuthering Heights Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 6 How many stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Couplets Sestets Quatrains 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABBC ABAB ABBA ABCB 8 What is the genre of the poem? War epic Love sonnet Pastoral poetry Victorian poetry 9 Which of the following publications reviewed Brontë's poetry favorably? The Athenaeum The Bostonian The London Times The Bradford Daily 10 What does the speaker personify in the poem? Religious fervor Despair Hope Joy 11 How does the speaker describe hope in the poem? As a two-faced liar As a timid friend As an unreliable narrator As a fairweather companion 12 Which of the following lines contains hyperbole? "And she turned her face away!" "Watching how my fate would tend," "When my last joys strewed the ground," "Like a false guard, false watch keeping," 13 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Hope was but a timid friend;" "Even Sorrow saw, repenting," "When my last joys strewed the ground," "Balm to all my frenzied pain," 14 Which of these images is a symbol in the poem? Relics Mirrors Eyes Glass 15 What does the speaker mean when she says that Hope is a "false guard"? That Hope only observes her, but never tries to help her That Hope is never doing a good job of keeping watch That Hope is a double agent That Hope never carries a shield 16 What does Hope do at the end of the poem? Sings Comforts the speaker Turns away from the speaker Flies away 17 When does Hope stop singing? When bad luck befalls the speaker When the speaker observes her When the speaker tries to sing with her When the speaker tries to talk to her 18 How does the speaker characterize her relationship with Hope? Mysterious Loving Dependable Unreliable 19 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Anne and Charlotte Beth and Meg Mary and Lydia Elinor and Marianne 20 What is the best description of the tone of poem? Angry Cold Somber Puzzling 21 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker's unbalanced relationship with Hope The speaker's difficulties with religious devotion The speaker's loss of joy The speaker's struggle with loss 22 What is the poem's climax? Hope comforts the speaker The speaker vanishes Hope abandons the speaker at her lowest moment The speaker confronts hope 23 How many stanzas does the poem have? Five Ten Twenty Two 24 What does the word "strife" mean in the poem? Verbal agreement Bitter conflict War Harvest 25 Which of the following is a motif in the poem? Music Debate Watching Love