Oread Quizzes

1 Did H.D. write autobiographically?

Only before her analysis with Freud

Yes

No

Only as a young writer
2 What collection did H.D. publish in 1949?

Helen in Egypt

What Do I Love?

By Avon River

The Walls Do Not Fall
3 How did H.D. show her appreciation for Freud?

She wrote "Tribute to Freud" in 1956

She dedicated her remaining collections to him

She created a dream journal

She continued her analysis with Freud's underlings
4 Did H.D. always identify as an Imagist poet?

Only when writing about myth

Only after WWII

No

Yes
5 Which of H.D.'s former lovers ended up in a mental hospital?

Winifred Ellerman

Ezra Pound

Archibald MacLeish

Richard Aldington
6 What did H.D. believe that psychoanalysis could do?

Improve the human race dramatically

End WWII

Cause a wave of immigration to Europe

Create more competent poets
7 In "Oread" what is the effect of the speaker addressing the sea directly?

The speaker creates a less lonely tone

The speaker personifies the ocean and evokes a strong sense of longing and desire

The reader can be sure that the sea is not a metaphor

One feels that the speaker is out of touch with reality
8 What poetic device does the speaker make use of in the phrase "hurl your green" in "Oread"?

Personification

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Simile
9 What is one effect of the speaker's repetition of certain words like "pines" in "Oread"?

It creates a sad tone

It illuminates the speaker's urgent longing

It reveals that the speaker is in a hypnagogic state

It alludes to the cycles of sleep
10 When did H.D. begin analysis with Freud?

1936

1928

1933

1952
11 Which poet was H.D.'s friend?

Sappho

Marianne Moore

Anne Sexton

Emily Dickinson
12 What is one of H.D.'s most famous poems?

Sea Violet

Helen in Egypt

Milk Thistle

April
13 What might the word "us" refer to in "Oread"?

The readers

The sea and its creatures

The oread and her surroundings

H.D. and her friends
14 What was the pen name of H.D.'s female lover?

W.E.

Ryerson

Alexander

Bryher
15 What is one adjective the speaker uses to describe the pines in "Oread"?

good

grand

great

glorious
16 What is the arc of movement in the imagery of "Oread"?

Constantly frenetic

Lulling us to sleep like a lullaby

There is not much movement

Flurry of movement resolving into calmness
17 Which words rhyme in "Oread"?

Whirl and hurl

Pine and mine

Cover and hover

Fir and her
18 What might the em-dash represent in the first line of "Oread"?

Confusion

A feeling of ambivalence

A gesture of forgetfulness

A passionate, weighty pause
19 What does the word "rocks" reveal about the imagery of "Oread"?

There is a subtle allusion to diamonds

They poem is narrated from the bottom of the ocean

The speaker is situated on a rocky coast

They may be in a parallel universe in space
20 What does the phrase "pools of fir" presumably refer to in "Oread"?

The reflection of pine trees in the water

The green pools of water that remain after waves have crashed against a shore

Clusters of pine needles and branches that have fallen in a tumultuous storm

The 'fir' of animals found in the landscape of Ancient Greece
21 What was not one of H.D.'s poetry collections?

The Usual Star

The Walls Do Not Fall

Dark Side of the Moon

By Avon River
22 What is psychoanalysis?

A system of psychological theory and therapy that aims to treat mental disorders

An idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism

A philosophy based on the idea of progress, which asserts that advancements in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are vital to the improvement of the human condition

A short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving
23 What was Winifred Ellerman in addition to being H.D.'s lover?

Her tour guide

Her teacher

Her seamstress

Her patron
24 What could one say were two very important inspirations for H.D.'s imagery?

Myth and floral life

God and the sky

War and starvation

Animals and sea creatures
25 What was one of H.D.'s biggest fears?

Another world war

People forgetting ancient stories

The decline of the poetic landscape

The loss of her eyesight

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