1 When was the poem published? 1955 2005 1991 1959 2 What literary movement was Robert Creeley commonly associated with? The Black Mountain poets The Beat poets The Surrealists The Futurists 3 Who is the protagonist of the poem? The speaker A CEO The speaker's friend A big car 4 Where does the poem take place? In a car In the desert Near a forest By a lake 5 What does Creeley use the abbreviation "sd" to mean? "sad" "said" "seized" "sold" 6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "for / christ’s sake," "because I am / always talking," "name, the darkness sur-" "can we do against" 7 What does Creeley use the abbreviation "yr" to mean in the poem? "your" "yore" "you're" "year" 8 What type of stanzas does the poem use? Quatrains Couplets Tercets Sextets 9 Which of the following is an image in the poem? Stars An airplane A big car The night sky 10 How does the speaker characterize himself in the first stanza? Talkative Quiet Irritable Cheerful 11 What is the meter of the poem? Dactylic pentameter Free verse Iambic trimeter Dactylic hexameter 12 What best describes the tone of the poem? Colloquial and anxious Relaxed and casual Bitter and brief Formal and serious 13 What image does the speaker use to depict his concerns? Darkness A stormy sea The color red A rain cloud 14 What is the main conflict of the poem? The speaker's anxiety about driving The speaker's inability to get home The speaker's dislike of his friend The speaker's search for meaning in the world 15 How does the speaker's friend suggest he get over his worries? By purchasing a home By investing in the stock market By joining a gym By driving 16 What did Creeley often do with this poem? Read it out loud Hold it up as his greatest work Disavow it in public Anthologize it 17 When is the climax of the poem? In the second stanza In the third stanza In the first stanza In the last stanza 18 How does the poem begin? In the middle of a conversation At the height of an arguement In the midst of a nightmare During a road trip 19 What does the speaker's friend tell him to do at the end of the poem? Always bring a map Not take shortcuts Watch where he's going Never pay too much for a car 20 What effect do the abbreviations in the poem have on the overall mood? They make it more difficult to understand They make it seem unfinished They make it seem like it has typographical errors They make it feel more immediate 21 Which of the following poets was NOT a contemporary of Creeley's? Walt Whitman Ed Dorn Paul Blackburn Charles Olson 22 What literary device does Creeley use throughout the poem? Zeugma Unconventional capitalization Enjambment Synecdoche 23 What is unusual about the word "surrounds" in the poem? It appears on a line by itself It is broken up between two lines It is italicized It is underlined 24 What is the speaker's friend's name? John We don't know Robert Charles 25 What punctuation separates individual ideas in the poem? Commas Parentheses Periods Semicolons