1 Who first read Brontë's poems and encouraged her to publish them? Her father Her sister Charlotte Her brother Bramwell Jane Austen 2 What is the poem's central theme? Despair Eternity Fate Hope 3 What novel is Brontë known for writing? Pride and Prejudice Wuthering Heights Clarissa House of the Seven Gables 4 When was "Hope" published? 1865 1841 1896 1846 5 What was the title of the collection that this poem was published in? Wuthering Heights Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell The Collected Work of the Brontë Sisters Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë 6 How many stanzas does the poem have? Quatrains Tercets Sestets Couplets 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABAB ABBC ABBA ABCB 8 What is the genre of the poem? War epic Love sonnet Victorian poetry Pastoral poetry 9 Which of the following publications reviewed Brontë's poetry favorably? The London Times The Bradford Daily The Bostonian The Athenaeum 10 What does the speaker personify in the poem? Despair Joy Hope Religious fervor 11 How does the speaker describe hope in the poem? As a timid friend As an unreliable narrator As a two-faced liar As a fairweather companion 12 Which of the following lines contains hyperbole? "Like a false guard, false watch keeping," "When my last joys strewed the ground," "And she turned her face away!" "Watching how my fate would tend," 13 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Balm to all my frenzied pain," "When my last joys strewed the ground," "Hope was but a timid friend;" "Even Sorrow saw, repenting," 14 Which of these images is a symbol in the poem? Glass Relics Eyes Mirrors 15 What does the speaker mean when she says that Hope is a "false guard"? That Hope only observes her, but never tries to help her That Hope is a double agent That Hope is never doing a good job of keeping watch That Hope never carries a shield 16 What does Hope do at the end of the poem? Flies away Sings Turns away from the speaker Comforts the speaker 17 When does Hope stop singing? When the speaker observes her When the speaker tries to sing with her When bad luck befalls the speaker When the speaker tries to talk to her 18 How does the speaker characterize her relationship with Hope? Loving Unreliable Mysterious Dependable 19 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Elinor and Marianne Anne and Charlotte Beth and Meg Mary and Lydia 20 What is the best description of the tone of poem? Angry Somber Puzzling Cold 21 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker's struggle with loss The speaker's unbalanced relationship with Hope The speaker's difficulties with religious devotion The speaker's loss of joy 22 What is the poem's climax? Hope abandons the speaker at her lowest moment The speaker vanishes Hope comforts the speaker The speaker confronts hope 23 How many stanzas does the poem have? Twenty Ten Five Two 24 What does the word "strife" mean in the poem? Verbal agreement Harvest Bitter conflict War 25 Which of the following is a motif in the poem? Watching Love Debate Music