1 Who has died in the poem? The speaker's mother The King The speaker The speaker's cousin 2 Which of the following is a prominent motif in the poem? Celestial bodies Trees Sleep Cold 3 Where does the speaker think Arthur will go next? To the frozen lake To bed upstairs To join the royal court To be buried in the cemetery 4 Which best describes the speaker? Sad Devastated Ferocious Naive 5 Who shot the loon? The speaker Uncle Arthur Arthur The speaker's father 6 What is the poem's meter? It has no single consistent meter Iambic hexameter Trochaic pentameter Iambic pentameter 7 When does this poem evidently take place? The early twentieth century The 2010s The early Victorian era The Tudor era 8 What is the poem's structure? Five stanzas of ten lines each Four stanzas of seven lines each Two stanzas of fourteen lines each, followed by two stanzas of seven lines each Six stanzas of varied length 9 When was this poem first published in a book? 1965 1912 1891 1978 10 Which of the following colors appear as motifs? Black and blue Blue and yellow Black and white Red and white 11 The speaker uses a metaphor to compare a table to what? A person's back A dinner plate An open book A frozen lake 12 What is Nova Scotia? A town in Wales A city in the Midwestern U.S. A Canadian provice A London neighborhood 13 Which royal figure is NOT mentioned in the poem? Queen Mary King George Princess Alexandra Queen Victoria 14 The statement "Arthur's coffin was / a little frosted cake" is an instance of what? Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Simile 15 What is a loon? A funeral dirge A shroud A mourning parent A type of bird 16 Which of the following is a prominent theme of the poem? Art and music Christianity Childhood Nature 17 What does the flower most closely symbolize? Femininity and romance Death and purity Springtime Youth and life 18 Where does the poem take place? At a hospital At a burial At a birthday party At a wake 19 The lines "stood a stuffed loon / shot and stuffed" feature which of the following? Simile Alliteration Understatement Synecdoche 20 What does the word "chromograph" mean? Early type of color photograph Coffin Device used for playing recorded music Early telephone model 21 Who is the poem's speaker? A page in the British royal court A dead woman A young child The father of a dead child 22 In which season does this poem seemingly take place? Winter Fall Spring Summer 23 Who is Jack Frost? A real-life childhood friend of Elizabeth Bishop A minor biblical character A folkloric figure A popular Victorian essayist 24 What is ermine? A will An infant too young to walk A type of fur A liquor commonly consumed in Nova Scotia 25 Which of the following is a simile? "the red-eyed loon eyed it/from his white, frozen lake." "his eyes were red glass" "They invited Arthur to be / the smallest page at court." "He was all white, like a doll"