1 When was the poem published? 1851 1856 1846 1841 2 When does the poem take place? During summer During spring During winter During autumn 3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of? Sextets Octaves Quatrains Couplets 4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning? Her lover's grave At the top of green hills By a sea shore On mountains 5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died? Two Fifteen Five Twelve 6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"? That she lives in a region with cloudy weather That the winter is particularly brutal That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive That she has never found love again 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABBA ABCB Free verse ABAB 8 What is the genre of the poem? Pastoral Elegy Villanelle Acrostic 9 What best describes the tone of the poem? Dry Understated Mournful Sunny 10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"? Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman Herman Melville William Carlos Williams 11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish," "Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy." "While the world's tide is bearing me along;" "Other desires and other hopes beset me," 12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem? Moving on from the memory of her dead lover Overcoming a lengthy illness Deciding whether or not she will remarry Making an arduous trek across the mountain 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 priestess A woman who is grieving her dead lover A young mother A recently married bride 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Eight Six Five 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 demands the world has made on her life How time has passed quickly in for her The way the world has not given her a moment's rest The way time has lessened the weight of her grief 18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing? Middlemarch Agnes Gray Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre 19 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Elizabeth and Mary Jane and Margaret Cristine and Clarissa Anne and Charlotte 20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Time Marriage Closure Death 21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem? A lightning bolt A grave A rose A golden ring 22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem? Dreary Enthusiastic Dour Anxious 23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"? The number of years her beloved has been dead The coldest winter of her lifetime Her age The snowfall of that year 24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem? Ecstatic Uplifting Depressing Nervous 25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem? Marriage Loss Love Anxiety