Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

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

An underground spring

A vial of poison

A puddle of rainwater
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

It has no set rhyme scheme

AABBAAC

ABBA CDDC
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
He is a shy half-man, half-moth creature

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 man who can turn into a moth
4 Which of the following occurs in the work's final stanza?
The poem shifts into the Man-Moth's point of view

Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

The speaker begins using the second person
5 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's habit of keeping his hands in his pockets to what?
A person being buried

A child hiding from a bully

A person using mufflers

A mouse entering a hole
6 Which best describes the Man-Moth?
Cruel

Unrelenting

Empathetic

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

Personification

Metonymy

Metaphor
8 What does the word "palms," as used in this poem, mean?
To put aside or procrastinate

Conceals with the hand

A part of the hand

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

A tear

The moon

The third rail
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man

The Man-Moth

An unidentified omniscient individual

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

Think

Attempt

Climb
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
4

8

6

3
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Parent-child relationships

Poetry

Animal cruelty

Loneliness
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
V sounds

A sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase

S sounds
15 The third rail is most plausibly a metaphor for what?
Discrimination

Marriage

Addiction

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

Joyous

Lamenting

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

Assonance

Hyperbole

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

Understatement

Metaphor

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

The night

The tunnel

The moon
20 Where is this poem set?
A fictional small mountain town

Rio de Janeiro

A surreal, anonymous city

New York
21 What does the word "façade" mean?
The front of a building

Facial expression

To fly or flutter

A type of party
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?
The subway's tunnels

A swarm of insects

The phases of the moon

A winding river
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?
Vulnerability

Suspicion

Unease

Caution
24 In what year was this poem published?
1997

1953

1928

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

A superhero movie

An extinct moth species

A child's drawing

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