London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"

carriages

nooks

shelves

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

Education

Religion

Industry

Agriculture
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 crowded and unsafe

That it is ultimately illusory

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 reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable

It renews their childlike joy and wonder

It helps teach them important practical tasks
5 Define the word "encumber"

cool off

make someone obligated

split in half

weigh down
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?

Organized religion

The factory boss

Urban life

The angry father
7 Which best describes the narrator?

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow

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

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?

That nature and the human cannot truly be separated

That nature is under threat from human activity

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?

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

Dante's Divine Comedy

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

ABBA CBBC ACCA

AB BC CD DE EA

ABA CBC DCD EDE

ABA BCB CDC DED
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?

The sun

The buildings

The roads

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

Power imbalance

Interconnectedness

Sensory pleasure

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

dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter

trochaic hexameter

anapestic dimeter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?

William Wordsworth

Derek Walcott

Geoffrey Chaucer

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

Look at the snowy trees

Eat snow

Go sledding

Throw snowballs
17 Define the word "hearken"

throw

build

listen

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

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Anaphora

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

An expedition

A sailing trip

A war

A mountain climb
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?

Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

Trochaic hexameter

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

God's love

Nature and nature's power

Interpersonal coldness

Human interconnectedness
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?

They are neither

They are end-stopped

They are enjambed

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

A factory

A box

A tree

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

N

T

S

R
25 Define the word "asunder"

apart

exhausted

to make noise

an old-fashioned snowplow

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