1 How many lines does each stanza have? 3 7 6 10 2 In what year was “Aubade” published? 1985 1989 1977 1972 3 What is the poem’s general meter? Anapestic Trochaic Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter 4 What does the speaker do in the first line? Go to church Complete a crossword puzzle Go out with friend Work and get drunk 5 What worries the speaker most about death? It coming randomly Making his loved ones sad Feeling nothing The eternity of it 6 What is an aubade? A poem set in dawn or early morning A poem about death A poem about religion A poem set at night 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA ABABCCDEED ABCB ABAB 8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"? His father's His girlfriend's His sister's His mother's 9 What is a brocade? A type of fabric A type of clothing A type of jewelry A type of bag 10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade? Religion Death Romantic love Isolation 11 What religion did Larkin follow? Christianity None Buddhism Judaism 12 What is does Larkin compare postmen to in the last line? Doctors Teachers Death Writers 13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as? A teacher A doctor A librarian A policeman 14 At what age did Larkin die? 55 72 63 47 15 What is NOT an example of alliteration? "whined at than withstood" "furnace-fear" "to hold and horrify" "intricate rented world" 16 Where is the poem set? The speaker's place of work The speaker's bedroom The speaker's school The speaker's friend's house 17 What is an example of a simile? "Postmen like doctors go from house to house" "An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings" "That vast moth-eaten musical brocade" "Meanwhile telephones crouch" 18 Which word best describes the tone of the poem? Playful Gloomy Joyful Romantic 19 What describes the speaker's feelings about religion and rationalism? He believes in rationalism, but not religion He objects to both He believes in religion, but not rationalism He's comforted by both 20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"? Anxiety Courage Happiness Confidence 21 Which literary device does NOT appear? Alliteration Onomatopoeia Simile Metaphor 22 What color is the sky in the final verse? Gray White Pink Blue 23 What does the speaker describe as a "vast moth-eaten musical brocade"? Love Religion Death Science 24 At what time does the speaker wake up? 8 am 10 am 6 am 4 am 25 What line is NOT an example of iambic pentameter? "And so it stays just on the edge of vision" "The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse" "Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing" "Of dying, and being dead"