London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"
carriages

shelves

clouds

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

Education

Religion

Agriculture
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?
That it is ultimately illusory

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

That it is crowded and unsafe

That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence
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"
make someone obligated

weigh down

cool off

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

Organized religion

The angry father

The factory boss
7 Which best describes the narrator?
He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow

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
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 more powerful than the human-made world

That nature is terrifying and formidable, in contrast to much pastoral writing
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?
Personification

Symbolism

Synecdoche

Allusion
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?
Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

The Bible

Dante's Divine Comedy
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?
AB BC CD DE EA

ABA BCB CDC DED

ABA CBC DCD EDE

ABBA CBBC ACCA
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
The trees

The roads

The sun

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

Obsession

Power imbalance

Interconnectedness
14 Which is the most common meter for English terza rima poetry?
anapestic dimeter

trochaic hexameter

dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?
Derek Walcott

William Wordsworth

Dante Alighieri

Geoffrey Chaucer
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?
Throw snowballs

Look at the snowy trees

Go sledding

Eat snow
17 Define the word "hearken"
listen

assemble

throw

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

Anaphora

Alliteration

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

A mountain climb

A sailing trip

An expedition
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?
Iambic pentameter

Iambic trimeter

There is no consistent meter

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

Nature and nature's power

God's love

Interpersonal coldness
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?
They are end-stopped

They are neither

They are a mix of the two

They are enjambed
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?
A box

A charm

A tree

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

S

R

N
25 Define the word "asunder"
to make noise

exhausted

apart

an old-fashioned snowplow

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