1 Which best describes the speaker? The speaker is a baby deer The speaker is unidentified The speaker is an aging hunter The speaker is a lightly veiled version of the poet 2 How does the buck die? From disease From hunters From the cold The cause of the death is never stated 3 Which sound creates alliteration in the phrase "Under the heavy hemlocks"? V H N M 4 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the buck? Violent pursuit Curious observation Intimate friendship Tentative interaction 5 Millay uses a simile to compare falling snow to which of the following? Blood A feather Tears A bomb 6 Who does the speaker address in the poem's opening lines? Herself The sky The snow The doe 7 When was this poem published? 1933 1945 1918 1928 8 What is a buck? A baby deer A male deer A deer without antlers A female deer 9 Which of the following lines includes personification? into the wood of hemlocks bowed with snow. How strange a thing is death letting fall a feather of snow I saw them suddenly go 10 Which collection was this poem originally a part of? The Ballad of the Harp Weaver Renascance Second April The Buck in the Snow 11 Which detail may allude to the story of the garden of Eden? The snow The wall The apple trees The hemlocks 12 What is the poem's form? Sonnet It does not follow a traditional poetic form Ode Haiku 13 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBA BBCC ABCBA ABABAB CDCDCD AAAAA A BACDAA AAAAA B CCCCC 14 What is the most prominent effect of the poem's repeated long O end rhymes? Emphasis on the similar-sounding word "doe" A ghostly, mournful mood A firm, opinionated tone A quizzical tone 15 Which best defines the word "hemlock" as used in this poem? A poisonous plant A conifer tree A type of deer A heavy lock used in barns 16 How does Millay emphasize the contrast between the buck's blood and the snow? By placing the words "blood" and "snow" in two different lines By using the word "scalding" By using assonance By juxtaposing their red and white colors 17 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem? Nature Human/Animal interactions Death Racism 18 Which of the following does the "white sky" NOT suggest? Nature's indifference The effects of climate change The coming of death The winter cold 19 What can the blood be said to symbolize? Life Guilt War Ancestry 20 What types of stanza appear in this work? An octave and a sestet Two quintets and a couplet A quintet, a monostich, and a sestet Two quintains and two couplets 21 What does the orchard symbolize? The abundance of summer The speaker's creativity Nature's power over humanity The world of human society 22 How does Millay dramatize the revelation of the buck's death? By altering the rhyme scheme By making it unclear whether he is alive By using an exclamation point By placing it in a separate line 23 Alliterative S sounds in the phrase "I saw them. I saw them suddenly go" communicate which of the following? The rushing of water outside The deers' inability to speak clearly The speaker's secrecy A sense of speed and movement 24 Who is the poem's antagonist? The doe The speaker Death The buck 25 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone? Contemplative Philosophical Reflective Furious