Remembrance Quizzes

Remembrance Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1841

1851

1856

1846
2 When does the poem take place?

During summer

During spring

During autumn

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

Sextets

Octaves

Couplets

Quatrains
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?

Her lover's grave

At the top of green hills

On mountains

By a sea shore
5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died?

Fifteen

Two

Five

Twelve
6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"?

That she has never found love again

That she lives in a region with cloudy weather

That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive

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?

Elegy

Villanelle

Acrostic

Pastoral
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?

Sunny

Mournful

Understated

Dry
10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"?

William Carlos Williams

Herman Melville

Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"

"Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy."

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

"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"
12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem?

Making an arduous trek across the mountain

Overcoming a lengthy illness

Deciding whether or not she will remarry

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Robert Lowell

Henry David Thoreau

Elizabeth Bishop
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?

A recently married bride

A young mother

A priestess

A woman who is grieving her dead lover
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Six

Nine

Five

Eight
16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering?

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

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"

"Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee"

"Down to that tomb already more than mine"
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

How time has passed quickly in for her

The demands the world has made on her life

The way time has lessened the weight of her grief
18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing?

Jane Eyre

Agnes Gray

Wuthering Heights

Middlemarch
19 What were Brontë's sisters' names?

Jane and Margaret

Elizabeth and Mary

Cristine and Clarissa

Anne and Charlotte
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 golden ring

A lightning bolt

A rose

A grave
22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem?

Dour

Dreary

Anxious

Enthusiastic
23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"?

The coldest winter of her lifetime

The snowfall of that year

Her age

The number of years her beloved has been dead
24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem?

Uplifting

Nervous

Ecstatic

Depressing
25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem?

Anxiety

Marriage

Loss

Love

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