London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"
clouds

carriages

nooks

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

Agriculture

Industry

Education
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?
That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence

That it is in a sense merely a part of the natural world

That it is ultimately illusory

That it is crowded and unsafe
4 How does the snow affect London's children in this poem?
It helps teach them important practical tasks

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable

It renews their childlike joy and wonder

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

cool off

split in half

make someone obligated
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?
The factory boss

Organized religion

Urban life

The angry father
7 Which best describes the narrator?
They are an omniscient observer seemingly in close proximity to the action

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?
That nature is under threat from human activity

That nature and the human cannot truly be separated

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

That nature is more powerful than the human-made world
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?
Allusion

Symbolism

Synecdoche

Personification
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?
Dante's Divine Comedy

The Bible

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?
AB BC CD DE EA

ABA BCB CDC DED

ABBA CBBC ACCA

ABA CBC DCD EDE
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
The roads

The trees

The buildings

The sun
13 Which of the following has terza rima historically been used to convey?
Power imbalance

Interconnectedness

Obsession

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

anapestic dimeter

dactylic pentameter

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

William Wordsworth

Dante Alighieri

Derek Walcott
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?
Go sledding

Look at the snowy trees

Eat snow

Throw snowballs
17 Define the word "hearken"
listen

throw

assemble

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

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Assonance
19 What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the workers' walk through the snow?
An expedition

A mountain climb

A sailing trip

A war
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?
Trochaic hexameter

Iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter

There is no consistent meter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?
God's love

Interpersonal coldness

Human interconnectedness

Nature and nature's power
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?
They are neither

They are enjambed

They are end-stopped

They are a mix of the two
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?
A charm

A box

A factory

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

N

R

T
25 Define the word "asunder"
an old-fashioned snowplow

apart

exhausted

to make noise

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