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

ABBA CDDC

It has no set rhyme scheme

AABBAAC
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
He is a species of moth that lives among humans

He is a man who can turn into a moth

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 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 being buried

A person using mufflers

A mouse entering a hole

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

Creative

Unrelenting

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

Simile

Metonymy

Personification
8 What does the word "palms," as used in this poem, mean?
A type of tree

Conceals with the hand

A part of the hand

To put aside or procrastinate
9 What gift does the Man-Moth offer others?
A tear

His wings

The moon

The third rail
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man-Moth

The Man-Moth's daughter

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man
11 What does the word "draught" mean?
Climb

Drink

Think

Attempt
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
8

4

3

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

Parent-child relationships

Poetry

Animal cruelty
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
S sounds

V sounds

A sounds

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

Addiction

Marriage

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

Dreamlike

Joyous

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

Hyperbole

Internal rhyme

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

Personification

Understatement

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

The moon

The night

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

A surreal, anonymous city

Rio de Janeiro

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

Facial expression

To fly or flutter

The front of a building
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?
Suspicion

Unease

Caution

Vulnerability
24 In what year was this poem published?
1928

1953

1946

1997
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?
An extinct moth species

A child's drawing

A superhero movie

A newspaper misprint

Man-Moth Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Man-Moth is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Study Guide for Man-Moth

Man-Moth study guide contains a biography of Elizabeth Bishop, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Man-Moth…