I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?

The early nineteenth century

The late eighteenth 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 Shepherd's Calendar

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Rural Muse

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

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

High Beech asylum

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

Helpston

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

The beauty of the countryside

The instability of the individual

The evils of social isolation

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

abcabc

aabbcc

abababab

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

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

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

Free verse (no fixed meter)

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?

As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As entirely non-existent

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

Mists

Specters

Odors

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

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

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 turbulence

Its capacity to drown him

Its vastness

Its lack of landmarks
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

Weird

Gross

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

Parallelism

Repetition

Simile

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

A return to childhood

Death

The apocalypse

Sleep
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?

I am the self-consumer of my woes

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?

Grieve

Live

Pray

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

Mournful and reflective

Cheerful and hopeful

Resentful and frustrated

Overwhelmed and emotional
22 How does the speaker see grief?

As a problem

As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

As something that makes him stronger
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?

Memory, vapours, the sea

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, the grass, 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 entirely abandons hope

The speaker believes his life can improve
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

There to abide with my Creator, God

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

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