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