Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

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

A vial of poison

A puddle of rainwater

An underground spring

A glass of wine
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It has no set rhyme scheme

AABBAAC

ABBA CDDC

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-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 man who can turn into a moth

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

Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza

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

The speaker begins using the second person

The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts
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

Empathetic

Creative

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

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

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

A type of tree

Conceals with the hand

To put aside or procrastinate

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

His wings

The moon

A tear

The third rail
10 Who is the speaker?

The Man

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man-Moth

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

Climb

Drink

Attempt

Think
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

Parent-child relationships

Animal cruelty

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

There is no assonance in this phrase

V sounds

S sounds

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

Discrimination

Religion

Addiction

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

Erudite

Dreamlike

Lamenting

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

Hyperbole

Assonance

Internal rhyme

Alliteration
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?

New York

A surreal, anonymous city

A fictional small mountain town

Rio de Janeiro
21 What does the word "façade" mean?

The front of a building

Facial expression

A type of party

To fly or flutter
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?

A swarm of insects

The subway's tunnels

The phases of the moon

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

Vulnerability

Unease

Suspicion

Caution
24 In what year was this poem published?

1946

1953

1928

1997
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?

An extinct moth species

A superhero movie

A newspaper misprint

A child's drawing

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