Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

1 The Man-Moth's tear is compared to what?

An underground spring

A vial of poison

A glass of wine

A puddle of rainwater
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

It has no set rhyme scheme

ABBA CDDC

AABBAAC
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?

He is a man who can turn into a moth

He is a shy half-man, half-moth creature

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

He is a species of moth that lives among humans
4 Which of the following occurs in the work's final stanza?

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

The poem shifts into the Man-Moth's point of view

Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza

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 using mufflers

A person being buried

A mouse entering a hole

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

Creative

Unrelenting

Cruel

Empathetic
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?

Conceals with the hand

To put aside or procrastinate

A type of tree

A part of the hand
9 What gift does the Man-Moth offer others?

The moon

The third rail

His wings

A tear
10 Who is the speaker?

The Man-Moth

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man

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

Climb

Think

Attempt

Drink
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?

8

4

3

6
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?

Animal cruelty

Poetry

Loneliness

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

A sounds

S sounds

V sounds

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

Discrimination

Religion

Marriage

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

Erudite

Lamenting

Dreamlike

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

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Assonance

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

Understatement

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

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

The lake

The moon

The tunnel

The night
20 Where is this poem set?

New York

Rio de Janeiro

A fictional small mountain town

A surreal, anonymous city
21 What does the word "façade" mean?

To fly or flutter

The front of a building

Facial expression

A type of party
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?

Vulnerability

Unease

Suspicion

Caution
24 In what year was this poem published?

1946

1928

1997

1953
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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