Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

1 The Man-Moth's tear is compared to what?
A glass of wine

A puddle of rainwater

A vial of poison

An underground spring
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

AABBAAC

It has no set rhyme scheme

ABBA CDDC
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
He is a man who can turn into a moth

He is a species of moth that lives among humans

He is a man cursed to live in a moth's body by night

He is a shy half-man, half-moth creature
4 Which of the following occurs in the work's final stanza?
The speaker begins using the second person

Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

The poem shifts into the Man-Moth's point of view
5 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's habit of keeping his hands in his pockets to what?
A person using mufflers

A person being buried

A mouse entering a hole

A child hiding from a bully
6 Which best describes the Man-Moth?
Unrelenting

Empathetic

Creative

Cruel
7 The Man-Moth's shadow is compared to a photographer's cloth through what?
Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy
8 What does the word "palms," as used in this poem, mean?
A part of the hand

Conceals with the hand

To put aside or procrastinate

A type of tree
9 What gift does the Man-Moth offer others?
A tear

His wings

The third rail

The moon
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man-Moth

The Man

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man-Moth's daughter
11 What does the word "draught" mean?
Drink

Climb

Think

Attempt
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
8

4

6

3
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Poetry

Loneliness

Animal cruelty

Parent-child relationships
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
S sounds

A sounds

V sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase
15 The third rail is most plausibly a metaphor for what?
Marriage

Addiction

Discrimination

Religion
16 The poem's tone can best be described as:
Lamenting

Dreamlike

Joyous

Erudite
17 The phrase "he flits, / he flutters," is an instance of what?
Hyperbole

Alliteration

Assonance

Internal rhyme
18 The line "He does not see the moon; he observes only her vast properties," contains which of the following?
Understatement

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia
19 The Man-Moth's eye is metaphorically compared to what?
The lake

The moon

The night

The tunnel
20 Where is this poem set?
Rio de Janeiro

A surreal, anonymous city

A fictional small mountain town

New York
21 What does the word "façade" mean?
A type of party

To fly or flutter

Facial expression

The front of a building
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?
A winding river

A swarm of insects

The subway's tunnels

The phases of the moon
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?
Suspicion

Vulnerability

Unease

Caution
24 In what year was this poem published?
1953

1928

1997

1946
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?
A newspaper misprint

A superhero movie

A child's drawing

An extinct moth species

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