I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?

The late eighteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?

They were from London

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were barely literate

They were laborers
3 Who was Clare's first love?

Susan Smith

John Keats

Mary Joyce

Patty Turner
4 What was Clare's first book?

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Rural Muse

The Shepherd's Calendar

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity

He never published his poetry during his life

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

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?

Helpston

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

High Beech asylum

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

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside

The instability of the individual

The uncertainty of existence
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?

abababab

ababab

aabbcc

abcabc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?

Free verse (no fixed meter)

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

Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed 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 the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As entirely non-existent

As dependent on the perception of other people
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?

Specters

Odors

Mists

Ghosts
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

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 turbulence

Its capacity to drown him

Its vastness
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?

Goals

Delusions

Worships

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

Alien

Distant

Gross

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

Metaphor

Simile

Repetition

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

The apocalypse

A return to childhood

Sleep

Death
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The speaker's feelings of woe

The destruction of the countryside

Existence without a sense of self
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am the self-consumer of my woes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?

Live

Grieve

Pray

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

Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional

Mournful and reflective

Resentful and frustrated
22 How does the speaker see grief?

As something that makes him stronger

As something that brings him closer to God

As a problem

As an inevitable part of life
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, the grass, vapours

The grass, the sea, vapours
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

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 the self-consumer of my woes

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

There to abide with my Creator, God

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