Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

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

A vial of poison

An underground spring

A puddle of rainwater

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

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

AABBAAC

ABBA CDDC

It has no set rhyme scheme
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 who can turn into a moth

He is a man cursed to live in a moth's body by night
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 child hiding from a bully

A person being buried

A person using mufflers

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

Empathetic

Creative

Cruel

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

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

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

To put aside or procrastinate

A part of the hand

Conceals with the hand

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

His wings

A tear

The third rail

The moon
10 Who is the speaker?

The Man-Moth's daughter

The Man-Moth

The Man

An unidentified omniscient individual
11 What does the word "draught" mean?

Climb

Think

Attempt

Drink
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?

4

6

8

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

Loneliness

Animal cruelty

Parent-child relationships

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

V sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase

A sounds

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

Religion

Discrimination

Marriage

Addiction
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

Internal rhyme

Assonance

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

Metaphor

Understatement

Personification

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

The night

The tunnel

The moon

The lake
20 Where is this poem set?

New York

A surreal, anonymous city

Rio de Janeiro

A fictional small mountain town
21 What does the word "façade" mean?

Facial expression

A type of party

To fly or flutter

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

The phases of the moon

A winding river

A swarm of insects

The subway's tunnels
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?

Unease

Vulnerability

Suspicion

Caution
24 In what year was this poem published?

1953

1928

1946

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

A child's drawing

A superhero movie

A newspaper misprint

An extinct moth species

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