1 Which of the following best describes the poem's tone? Regretful Aloof Gleeful Aggressive 2 What does "thereupon" mean? Therefore Supposedly Right after On top of 3 What is the poem's central allusion? The Book of Genesis Irish folklore Paradise Lost The parables of Jesus 4 How is the addressee's friend characterized? As clever and critical As beautiful and kind As sluggish and weary As fiery and opinionated 5 What does the word "precedents" mean? People in charge of institutions Prior examples Underlying principles Comforting narratives 6 What is the poem's stanzaic arrangement? It consists of a single forty-line stanza It consists of two fourteen-line sonnets in a row It consists of a longer, 27-line stanza, a sestet, and a quatrain It consists of twenty couplets 7 The poem's addressee is probably based on whom? W.B. Yeats Maud Gonne Georgiana Hyde-Lees Augusta Gregory 8 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme ABABCDCD ABBACDDCEFFE AABBCCDD 9 Which of the following appears to be true of the speaker? The speaker is a banker The speaker is a mother The speaker is a soldier The speaker is a poet 10 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter Dactylic trimeter Trochaic pentameter 11 Which of the following does the speaker want? To be recognized as a hardworking poet and lover To become a banker or schoolteacher To return to prelapsarian paradise To love the addressee in a lofty, effortful way 12 In which poetry collection did this first appear? In the Seven Woods The Winding Stair The Tower The Wanderings of Oisin 13 What does the word "pauper" mean? A poor person A poet A very old person A person who works in a kitchen 14 What does the word "idler" mean? A lazy person A sick person An artist A member of the clergy 15 When was this poem published? 1903 1900 1914 1921 16 When does the work take place? Christmas afternoon The middle of the night Early spring A summer evening 17 What does the word "high," as used in this poem, mean? Elevated Wealthy Physically far from the ground Intoxicated 18 Which of the following, according to the poem, is not taught in schools? The art of understanding nature The art of reading the Bible The art of following norms of feminine beauty The art of writing poetry 19 The line "I had a thought for no one’s but your ears" contains which device? Personification Metonymy Understatement Synecdoche 20 What does Yeats compare the fading daylight to? Drops of water from a fountain The embers of a fire Coins in a pocket A dream that has been forgotten 21 Which character does not speak out loud in this poem? The friend The speaker The addressee All of the above—the characters sit in silent reflection 22 The speaker compares poetry to which of the following? Sewing Childbearing Farming Hunting 23 Which of the following is true of the poem? It expresses skepticism about biblical stories It is written in the second person It switches speakers several times It is a sonnet 24 Which of the following is not described as a casualty or victim of Adam's curse? Love Childhood Physical beauty Poetry 25 What does the moon symbolize? The light and redemption found in dark times The eternal beauty of nature The speaker's cynicism about love The omnipresence of the divine