1 Who is the speaker of "Nick and the Candlestick"? A coal miner A new mother A soldier A Christian zealot 2 What does the speaker allude to in the poem's final line? Irish independence Agriculture Greek mythology Jesus 3 How many stanzas are in the poem? 14 6 10 20 4 To what does the poem most frequently allude? First-wave feminism Fairytales World War I Christianity 5 Which line is an example of simile? "Old cave of calcium" "They weld to me like plums." "I am a miner." "I have hung our cave with roses" 6 The speaker addressing her listener as "embryo" is an example of what? Hyperbole Synecdoche Simile Metonymy 7 What does the word "exude" mean? To release or ooze To repeatedly question To leave out or exclude The exit of a cave 8 Who does the speaker address? A salesman God Her child A coworker 9 What does the cave most nearly symbolize? Nature Capitalism Illness Motherhood 10 What is a first communion? A historical period in the eighteenth century A concept in Marxist theory A ceremony in the Catholic church An examination in British elementary schools 11 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABAB ABCA It has no regular rhyme scheme 12 What does the word "Victoriana" allude to? The material culture and attitudes of the nineteenth century The material rewards of military victory Nothing; it is a nonsense word The life of Queen Victoria 13 Which is most prominent in the line "Old cave of calcium"? Alliteration Apostrophe Internal rhyme Sibilance 14 Which tone characterizes the poem's closing stanzas? Exhausted Hopeful Skeptical Frightened 15 What does the candle most nearly symbolize? Healing The preindustrial age The baby Intellectual enlightenment 16 To which object does the speaker compare the mine? A womb A pipe A car A palace 17 What types of stanzas are in the poem? quatrains tercets quintains couplets 18 What does the word "stalactites" mean? underwater volcanoes in mines and caves formations that push out of a cave wall formations that hang from a cave ceiling formations that rise from a cave floor 19 What do roses and rugs most nearly symbolize? Luxury Domestic safety Materialism Inequality 20 What object does the speaker compare fish to? Knives Pillows Teeth Hands 21 Which is not a prominent theme of this poem? Motherhood Religion Labor and work Home and the domestic 22 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "waxy stalactites"? I A S W 23 Which best describes the mine in which the poem is partially set? Spooky and suspenseful Unexpectedly lively Alien and bizarre Empty and sad 24 Which appears in the lines "And the fish, the fish—/Christ! they are panes of ice" Anaphora Personification Simile Metaphor 25 Which line does not contain alliteration? "Atoms that cripple drip" "The blood blooms clean" "You are the baby in the barn." ""Solid the spaces lean on, envious"