I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The mid nineteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century

The late eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They were laborers

They were barely literate

They were from London

They became estranged from Clare later in life
3 Who was Clare's first love?
John Keats

Mary Joyce

Patty Turner

Susan Smith
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Rural Muse

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
He never published his poetry during his life

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

His first book was a failure, but he gradually earned respect with his subsequent volumes

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
Northampton Lunatic Asylum

Helpston

High Beech asylum

London
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?
The evils of social isolation

The instability of the individual

The uncertainty of existence

The beauty of the countryside
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?
abcabc

ababab

abababab

aabbcc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Free verse (no fixed meter)

Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As entirely non-existent

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As dependent on the perception of other people

As the exclusive attribute of poets
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Ghosts

Specters

Odors

Mists
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

Into the living sea of waking dreams

My friends forsake me like a memory lost
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?
Its lack of landmarks

Its turbulence

Its vastness

Its capacity to drown him
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?
Goals

Worships

Respects

Delusions
15 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "strange" in line 12?
Gross

Weird

Distant

Alien
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Repetition

Metaphor

Simile

Parallelism
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
Death

A return to childhood

The apocalypse

Sleep
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The destruction of the countryside

The speaker's feelings of woe

Existence without a sense of self
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

I am the self-consumer of my woes
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?
Pray

Live

Grieve

Play
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional

Resentful and frustrated

Mournful and reflective
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As something that makes him stronger

As a problem

As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, the grass, vapours

The grass, the sea, vapours
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker entirely abandons hope
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

I am the self-consumer of my woes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

There to abide with my Creator, God

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