London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"

nooks

carriages

shelves

clouds
2 What can St. Paul's best be said to symbolize?

Education

Industry

Religion

Agriculture
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?

That it is crowded and unsafe

That it is ultimately illusory

That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence

That it is in a sense merely a part of the natural world
4 How does the snow affect London's children in this poem?

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable

It renews their childlike joy and wonder

It helps teach them important practical tasks

It reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it
5 Define the word "encumber"

weigh down

make someone obligated

cool off

split in half
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?

Organized religion

The factory boss

The angry father

Urban life
7 Which best describes the narrator?

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow

They are an omniscient observer seemingly in close proximity to the action

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?

That nature is under threat from human activity

That nature is more powerful than the human-made world

That nature is terrifying and formidable, in contrast to much pastoral writing

That nature and the human cannot truly be separated
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?

Synecdoche

Personification

Allusion

Symbolism
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

Dante's Divine Comedy

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

The Bible
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?

ABA BCB CDC DED

ABA CBC DCD EDE

ABBA CBBC ACCA

AB BC CD DE EA
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?

The roads

The sun

The trees

The buildings
13 Which of the following has terza rima historically been used to convey?

Interconnectedness

Obsession

Power imbalance

Sensory pleasure
14 Which is the most common meter for English terza rima poetry?

dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter

anapestic dimeter

trochaic hexameter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?

Derek Walcott

William Wordsworth

Geoffrey Chaucer

Dante Alighieri
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?

Go sledding

Eat snow

Throw snowballs

Look at the snowy trees
17 Define the word "hearken"

assemble

throw

build

listen
18 Which of the following devices is prominent in the line "Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying"?

Anaphora

Hyperbole

Assonance

Alliteration
19 What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the workers' walk through the snow?

A war

A mountain climb

An expedition

A sailing trip
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?

There is no consistent meter

Iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic hexameter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?

Nature and nature's power

Human interconnectedness

Interpersonal coldness

God's love
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?

They are enjambed

They are end-stopped

They are a mix of the two

They are neither
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?

A tree

A box

A factory

A charm
24 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "And trains of sombre men, past tale of number"?

T

R

S

N
25 Define the word "asunder"

apart

to make noise

exhausted

an old-fashioned snowplow

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