I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The late eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were laborers

They were from London

They were barely literate
3 Who was Clare's first love?
Susan Smith

Patty Turner

Mary Joyce

John Keats
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Rural Muse

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Shepherd's Calendar
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career 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

He never published his poetry during his life
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
Northampton Lunatic Asylum

High Beech asylum

London

Helpston
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!"?
abababab

abcabc

ababab

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

Free verse (no fixed meter)

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As the exclusive attribute of poets

As dependent on the perception of other people

As entirely non-existent

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Mists

Ghosts

Specters

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

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

Into the living sea of waking dreams
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 vastness

Its turbulence

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

Worships

Delusions

Respects
15 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "strange" in line 12?
Distant

Gross

Alien

Weird
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Parallelism

Repetition

Metaphor

Simile
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
The apocalypse

Sleep

Death

A return to childhood
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
The destruction of the countryside

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

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?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

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

Live

Grieve

Pray
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Resentful and frustrated

Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional

Mournful and reflective
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As an inevitable part of life

As something that makes him stronger

As a problem

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 believes his life can improve

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker entirely abandons hope
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

There to abide with my Creator, God

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

I am the self-consumer of my woes

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