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