1 What kind of poet is Archibald MacLeish? Transcendental Romantic Modernist Victorian 2 How does Memory Green begin? With a question With a demand With a wish With an affirmative statement 3 What is the effect of the second person in Memory Green? Nature is on our side The reader is implicated Time is personified The writer keeps his distance 4 Besides wind, what is the most frequently used image in Memory Green? Dark skies Teary eyes Empty streets Dying leaves 5 What does the word "sweetness" refer to in Memory Green? Cheerfulness Good health Excitement Nostalgia 6 The changing weather has what effect in Memory Green? Evokes time's effects on the mind Evokes a religious fervor Evokes fear about environmental change Evokes frustration about unpredictable weather 7 Why does MacLeish reference the senses in Memory Green? The senses represent freedom The senses trigger memories and emotion The senses bring ecstatic joy The senses overpower nature 8 What do you think the speaker wants the reader to feel? Content and peaceful Invigorated and energized Tickled and amused Wistful and moved 9 What is the most important point of naming both Friedrichstrasse and the Parisian quay? They are places known to be windy They are places of artistic expression They are recognizable to modernist readers The ability to feel nostalgia is universal and goes beyond place 10 Why does MacLeish use the future verb tense ("You will...")? He hopes to evoke a mystical quality He wants every reader to believe him He knows the person he is speaking about Because the experience he describes is part of the human condition 11 How is Memory Green similar to other MacLeish poems? It makes the reader want to laugh with joy It touches on limitations of the human experience It helps the reader forget his troubles for a while It has an underlying motive of environmental conservation 12 When during the poem does the reader first become aware that MacLeish is referring to nostalgia? "And the southwest wind that smells of rain and summer / Strips the huge branches of their dying leaves," "You will not understand why suddenly sweetness / Fills in your heart nor the tears come to your eyes:" "You will close your eyes: With whom, you will say, / Ah where?" "Or you in Paris on the windy quay / Shuffle the shallow fallen leaves before you" 13 Why does "Memory Green" end on a question? Because MacLeish has mixed feelings about seasons Because the speaker is asking the reader for answers Because MacLeish wants to show how silly nostalgia is Because we will always try to remember what we cannot 14 What concept is mentioned in both Memory Green and Ars Poetica? Language Memory History Grief 15 Where was Archibald MacLeish born? Illinois Scotland England California 16 Where did Archibald MacLeish attend university? Edinburgh Yale Cambridge Harvard 17 What big event happened a few years after MacLeish married? He won his first Pulitzer Prize He served in WWI He served as Librarian of Congress He wrote a famous screenplay 18 Where did MacLeish attend law school? Columbia Oxford Yale Harvard 19 When did MacLeish leave the law profession? The day he published his first book The day he joined the army The day he met Ada Hitchcock The day he made partner 20 What did MacLeish do in order to write Conquistador? He followed the route of Hemingway He studied fascism in Spain He became an expatriate He followed the route of Cortez' army 21 What are two main ties connecting MacLeish's life to the Roosevelt family? a speech and an apology a war and a play a library and a screenplay a poem and a novel 22 Based on his life and work, what was MacLeish obsessed with conceptually? time money celibacy humor 23 What was the name of MacLeish's wife? Elle Cummings Amy Cortez Ada Hitchcock Ava Winthrop 24 Which war did MacLeish serve in? WWI Vietnam WWII Mexican-American War 25 What do the tears in "Memory Green" indicate? All tears are tears of grief One can have a strong feeling and not know why The subject of the poem has dementia The constant wind is causing the subject's eyes to water