1 When was the poem published? 2006 2001 2015 2000 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Dark and eerie Warm and direct Earnest and simple Distant and removed 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Incident Myth Parker's Mood Native Guard 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A heroic ballad A ghost story A love song A sea shanty 5 What does the poem depict? A murder in the woods Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross 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 Pulitzer Prize The National Book Award A Golden Globe The Bollingen Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Sonnet Pantoum Haiku Villanelle 8 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Austin, Texas Montreal, Canada Richmond, Virginia 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 Birmingham, Alabama In the woods In Little Rock, Arkansas In a small town at night, likely in the South 11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in? Native Guard Monument Thrall Domestic Work 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? She They I We 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 Loose flames Angels 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "Nothing really happened." "the charred grass still green." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? An oil lantern A candle A flashlight A specially designed lightbulb 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 the men outside were afraid Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment Because it rhymes with the next line 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? The trees The moon Flames Rivers 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? The governor The members of the Klan A disembodied force The other townspeople 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Burnt and blackened Shining brightly Grilled Crunched 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Love Fear Repression Storytelling 23 What is depicted in the poem "Myth"? The story of Icarus The story of Orpheus The story of Iphigenia The story of Hades 24 What is the genre of the poem? Victorian poetry Pastiche Ekphrasis Historical poetry 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker is bad at telling stories That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is nosy
