1 During what century did John Clare write the majority of his poems? Twentieth Eighteenth Nineteenth Seventeenth 2 What literary movement was John Clare a part of? Romantic Gothic Classical Modernist 3 Which of the following is Clare's poetry NOT known for? Simplicity of style Attention to detail Fantasy elements Melancholy tone 4 Who were John Clare's parents? Factory workers Middle-class professionals Aristocrats Poor farmers 5 "The Yellowhammer's Nest" is a representative of what era of Clare's career? Early career Late career Mid-career Childhood writings 6 In what collection did Clare publish "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? His final collection His second collection His first collection He never published the poem 7 What is a yellowhammer? A type of songbird Another word for yellowjacket A brightly colored tool Slang for any singing bird 8 Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between speaker and reader in "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Rivalry Tense Intimate Distant 9 What is the tense at the beginning of the poem? Past tense Present tense Unclear Future tense 10 What is ecology? The study of the importance of environmental factors The study of biological creatures The classification of biological creatures The study of biological relationships 11 Which of the following best characterizes Clare's portrayal of natural creatures? He portrays them as pests who steal the harvest He portrays them as beautiful decorations in the countryside He instills them with the same emotional depth as humans He portrays them as intrinsically better than humans 12 Which of the following is NOT an example of Clare paying unusual attention to detail? Its husk seeds tall and high—'tis rudely planned A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams. Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells 'Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, 13 What is ironic about the beginning of the poem? The yellowhammer flies off to protect itself from the cowboy, which actually allows the snake to destroy its nest The speaker characterizes the stream as harmless by saying what it could harm The speaker feels close to the yellowhammer, even though he ends up destroying its nest The speaker invites his companion to see the nest, even though his companion only wants to harvest berries 14 Which of the following is NOT a central theme of "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Nature's capacity as a poet The importance of friendship The inescapability of death The importance of little things 15 How does Clare depict the snake's attack on the nest? As just part of the circle of life As a tragedy As a victory for the snake As an example of the yellowhammer's weakness 16 What is Castalay? A famous forest in Britain The home of the muses in Greek mythology Clare's childhood home A spring frequented by nymphs in Greek mythology 17 What does Clare's allusion to Parnassus imply? The yellowhammer's partner is her muse The yellowhammer's partner is a poor singer The yellowhammer's partner is a fantasy The yellowhammer's partner is the real poet 18 Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between the speaker and the yellowhammer? The speaker sees himself and the yellowhammer as having different but complimentary strengths The speaker sees himself as better than the yellowhammer, even though she is really more wise The speaker stoops to the yellowhammer's level and sees the world from her perspective The speaker admires the yellowhammer's beauty but scorns her weakness 19 Which line most closely parallels "A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams"? Yet in the sweetest places cometh ill, Leaving a houseless home, a ruined nest— And mournful hath the little warblers sung Most poet-like where brooks and flowery weeds 20 Which of the following is NOT true of the snake attack as Clare describes it? It is all-consuming It is a possibility It has already happened It is a tragedy 21 Thinking about "The Yellowhammer's Nest" as a whole, which of the following best describes its mood? Bittersweet Tragic Disinterested Cheerful 22 What is the meter of "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Iambic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) Iambic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) 23 What is the rhyme scheme of "The Yellowhammer's Nest?" No fixed rhyme scheme ABAB ABACBCDD ABABCDCC 24 Which of the following contains a metaphor? And that old molehill like as Parnass' hill And like as though the plague became a guest, When such like woes hath rent its little breast. Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells 25 Which of the following is an example of allusion? And that old molehill like as Parnass' hill And like as though the plague became a guest, 'Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, Leaving a houseless home, a ruined nest—