Remembrance Quizzes

Remembrance Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1841

1856

1846

1851
2 When does the poem take place?
During spring

During summer

During winter

During autumn
3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Sextets

Couplets

Quatrains

Octaves
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?
At the top of green hills

On mountains

By a sea shore

Her lover's grave
5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died?
Twelve

Two

Fifteen

Five
6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"?
That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive

That she has never found love again

That she lives in a region with cloudy weather

That the winter is particularly brutal
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCB

ABBA

Free verse

ABAB
8 What is the genre of the poem?
Pastoral

Villanelle

Acrostic

Elegy
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Mournful

Dry

Understated

Sunny
10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"?
Walt Whitman

William Carlos Williams

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Herman Melville
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"

"While the world's tide is bearing me along;"

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"

"Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy."
12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem?
Deciding whether or not she will remarry

Making an arduous trek across the mountain

Overcoming a lengthy illness

Moving on from the memory of her dead lover
13 Who wrote the poem "For the Union Dead"?
Elizabeth Bishop

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Robert Lowell

Henry David Thoreau
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?
A young mother

A woman who is grieving her dead lover

A recently married bride

A priestess
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Five

Eight

Six

Nine
16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering?
"Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee"

"Down to that tomb already more than mine"

"All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given"

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"
17 What does the speaker refer to when she says "While the world's tide is bearing me along"?
The way the world has not given her a moment's rest

The way time has lessened the weight of her grief

The demands the world has made on her life

How time has passed quickly in for her
18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing?
Agnes Gray

Middlemarch

Jane Eyre

Wuthering Heights
19 What were Brontë's sisters' names?
Elizabeth and Mary

Jane and Margaret

Anne and Charlotte

Cristine and Clarissa
20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Time

Closure

Marriage

Death
21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A grave

A rose

A golden ring

A lightning bolt
22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem?
Dour

Anxious

Enthusiastic

Dreary
23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"?
The snowfall of that year

The number of years her beloved has been dead

Her age

The coldest winter of her lifetime
24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem?
Nervous

Uplifting

Ecstatic

Depressing
25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem?
Marriage

Loss

Love

Anxiety

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