1 The poem's early stanzas are reminiscent of which genre? Thrillers Early English novels Cartoons Folk songs 2 Which historical event might the poem be alluding to? European colonization of Africa Apartheid in South Africa The civilian casualties of World War II The 1927 Mississippi river flood 3 Which of the following is personified in this poem? The dowry The sea The cook-pot The animals 4 What is the poem's stanzaic structure? Two twelve-line stanzas and three tercets Two quintets, a quatrain, and an eighteen-line stanza Three quatrains and a couplet Ten couplets 5 Which word serves the most clearly onomatopoetic function in the poem? "hum" "struggling" "shouts" "lap-lapping" 6 Fill in the blank "Goats and _____ were struggling in the water" Sheep Roosters Pigs Fowls 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABBA CDCCDC It has no consistent rhyme scheme AB AB AB CB CB CB EB EB EB ABBA ABA ABA CDC CDC EFFE EFFE ABA ABA 8 What is the poem's tone? Angry Mournful Impatient Whimsical 9 Which of the following devices appears in the poem's title? Metaphor Simile Ekphrasis Apostrophe 10 Who is the poem's speaker? Aku Aku's son The speaker is unidentified Adena 11 Who is the poem's antagonist? The goats The sea The men There is no antagonist 12 Which of the following is used to describe the sound of the sea? Drumbeat Hum Roar Song 13 What is the poem's meter? Trochaic pentameter Iambic pentameter Anapestic tetrameter It has no consistent meter 14 Which sounds produce alliteration in the line "it came one day in the dead of night"? N E C D 15 Which of the following devices plays a prominent role in the line "The sea eats the land at home"? Rhetorical Question Assonance Consonance Internal rhyme 16 Which of the following is an example of irony in the poem? The town's residents wish for a fresh start, but end up facing a disaster The people have been polluting the sea, but the sea ends up harming them in return The sea acts maliciously even though it acts without intent Aku is the most religious person in town but has a crisis of faith 17 What is the poem's refrain? "Her gods have deserted her" "At home the sea is in the town" "It came one day at the dead of night" "The sea eats the land at home" 18 Fill in the blank: "Aku stood outside where her _____ stood" Garden Mother Ruined house Cooking-pot 19 What is the poem's setting? A series of beach towns worldwide A coastal town New York City A future version of an unnamed African city 20 Which of the following verbs does Awoonor NOT use to describe the sea? Trap Carry Collect Run 21 On which day of the week does the flood take place? Sunday Friday Tuesday Monday 22 Fill in the blank: "Collecting the firewood from the _____" piles hearths homes porches 23 Which of the following objects are not mentioned as being destroyed? Photographs Firewood Ladles Walls 24 Who is the poem's protagonist? The ancestors The sea The townspeople The rescuers 25 What is the poem's major conflict? Adena and Aku's argument The man's negotiations with the sea The townspeople's attempt to recover from the storm's aftermath Adena's attempt to outsmart the sea