London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"

shelves

clouds

nooks

carriages
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 in a sense merely a part of the natural world

That it is ultimately illusory

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

That it is crowded and unsafe
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 reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it

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

weigh down

split in half

cool off

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

The angry father

Urban life

The factory boss

Organized religion
7 Which best describes the narrator?

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

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 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

That nature is under threat from human activity
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?

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

Dante's Divine Comedy

The Bible

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?

ABA BCB CDC DED

ABBA CBBC ACCA

AB BC CD DE EA

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

The roads

The sun

The buildings

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

Interconnectedness

Sensory pleasure

Obsession

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

anapestic dimeter

dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter

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

Dante Alighieri

Geoffrey Chaucer

Derek Walcott

William Wordsworth
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?

Look at the snowy trees

Go sledding

Eat snow

Throw snowballs
17 Define the word "hearken"

listen

build

assemble

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

Alliteration

Assonance

Anaphora

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

A mountain climb

A war

A sailing trip

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

There is no consistent meter

Iambic trimeter

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?

God's love

Nature and nature's power

Human interconnectedness

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

They are end-stopped

They are enjambed

They are neither

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

A box

A tree

A charm

A factory
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

an old-fashioned snowplow

to make noise

exhausted

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