1 Which device is most prominent in this poem? Hyperbole Apostrophe Synecdoche Rhyme 2 Fill in the blank: "The _____ Are fragile and motionless" soldiers trees blossoms children 3 How many stanzas are in the poem? 5 7 4 2 4 Who is the poem's speaker? A doctor A prison inmate An army officer A university student 5 What is the poem's meter throughout? Iambic pentameter There is no consistent meter Dactylic monometer Trochaic dimeter 6 Fill in the blank: "it is perfectly easy / If you have any strength in your _____" arm back thumb mind 7 Which of these lines includes simile? "You can do it quite easy / If you have any strength in your thumb." "And this / Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see" "This is the safety-catch, which is always released" "Japonica / Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens." 8 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "we call this / Easing the spring." "And please do not let me / See anyone using his finger." "For today we have the naming of the parts" "And this Is the upper sling swivel, / whose use you will see" 9 Which of the following does the poem juxtapose? Safety and adventure City life and the rustic War and nature Industry and agriculture 10 Fill in the blank: "And please do not let me / See anyone using his _____." finger phone rifle brain 11 Who is the speaker's implicitly evoked audience? A family of orphans A group of soldiers A couple on their wedding day A classroom of children 12 Which device appears in the sentence "The blossoms / Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see / Any of them using their finger." Understatement Simile Personification Anaphora 13 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia in the poem? Bolt Glistens Thumb Flick 14 Which of the following is NOT one of this poem's themes? War Sexuality Childhood Nature 15 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem? Japonica Guns Branches Fingers 16 What kind of stanzas does this poem have? Couplets Octets Sextets Quatrains 17 This can best be described as which of the following? An elegy An acrostic A nationalistic poem An anti-war poem 18 Which of the following is a symbol in this poem? The lower swing swivel The gun The officer The stars 19 What object does the poem center around? A gun A car A fur coat A hair dryer 20 Fill in the blank: "They call it easing the _____." Spring pain day passage 21 Which historical event does this poem allude to? The Vietnam War The Falklands War World War I World War II 22 Fill in the blank: "Today we have _____ / Yesterday, We had daily cleaning." review of the weapon what to do after firing naming of parts an important task 23 Where does this poem most likely take place? Algeria Germany Japan France 24 Which word is most clearly used in this poem to create a pun? Parts Spring Bees Breech 25 Fill in the blank: "And this / Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see, / When you are given your _____" slings jobs guns tools