1 When was the poem published? 2015 2000 2001 2006 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Warm and direct Dark and eerie Earnest and simple Distant and removed 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Parker's Mood Myth Incident Native Guard 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A heroic ballad A love song A ghost story A sea shanty 5 What does the poem depict? A major holiday A family's home being burned down Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross A murder in the woods 6 What prize did Trethewey receive for the collection that "Incident" was included in? A Golden Globe The Bollingen Prize The National Book Award The Pulitzer Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Sonnet Villanelle Haiku Pantoum 8 Where was Trethewey born? Montreal, Canada Richmond, Virginia Austin, Texas Gulfport, Mississippi 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet The second and fourth lines of a stanza are reused as the first and third lines of the next stanza Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme 10 Where is the poem set? In a small town at night, likely in the South In Little Rock, Arkansas In the woods In Birmingham, Alabama 11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in? Native Guard Thrall Domestic Work Monument 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? I We She They 13 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," "we darkened our rooms, lit the hurricane lamps." "It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns." "We tell the story every year—" 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Demons Angels Loose flames Beasts 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "Nothing really happened." "the charred grass still green." 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? A specially designed lightbulb An oil lantern A flashlight A candle 17 Why does the speaker use the word "trembling" to describe the wick of the hurricane lamp? Because it rhymes with the next line Because the fire wasn't burning brightly Because the men outside were afraid Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? Rivers The trees The moon Flames 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker peers out the window The morning after the cross burning When the men are shown around the cross When the speaker retells the story 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? The governor The members of the Klan The other townspeople A disembodied force 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Burnt and blackened Crunched Shining brightly Grilled 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Fear Love Repression Storytelling 23 What is depicted in the poem "Myth"? The story of Orpheus The story of Iphigenia The story of Icarus The story of Hades 24 What is the genre of the poem? Historical poetry Ekphrasis Pastiche Victorian poetry 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker is bad at telling stories That the speaker is nosy That the speaker's family is close
