1 When was the poem published? 2006 2000 2001 2015 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Earnest and simple Distant and removed Warm and direct Dark and eerie 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Parker's Mood Incident Native Guard Myth 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A ghost story A love song A sea shanty A heroic ballad 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 Bollingen Prize The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Award A Golden Globe 7 What form does the poem utilize? Haiku Sonnet Villanelle Pantoum 8 Where was Trethewey born? Montreal, Canada Gulfport, Mississippi Austin, Texas Richmond, Virginia 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? 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 Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables 10 Where is the poem set? In the woods In Birmingham, Alabama 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? Thrall Domestic Work Monument 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." "It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns." "We tell the story every year—" "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Beasts Loose flames Demons Angels 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "the charred grass still green." "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "Nothing really happened." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? An oil lantern A candle A specially designed lightbulb A flashlight 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? The moon Rivers Flames The trees 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"? Grilled Shining brightly Burnt and blackened Crunched 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Storytelling Fear Repression Love 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 Pastiche Ekphrasis Historical poetry 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker is nosy That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is bad at telling stories That the speaker witnessed something troubling
