1 Which book did this poem first appear in? The Tower Cathleen Ní Houlihan A Book of Irish Verse The Rose 2 What does "glad" most closely mean in this work's context? Happy Soft Comfortable Pleasing 3 What is the poem's meter? Iambic Tetrameter Dactylic Pentameter Iambic pentameter Free Verse 4 Which real-life figure was the poem likely addressed to? James Joyce Teresa Deevy Maud Gonne Georgiana Hyde-Lees 5 Which best describes the relationship between the speaker and the addressee? Political solidarity Baseless hatred Lost love Familial obligation 6 Which of the following words is an instance of onomatopoeia? Crowd Grace Murmur Shadows 7 Which does NOT describe the poem's tone? Bitter Regretful Melancholy Zealous 8 How does the speaker characterize his own love as distinct? He explains that he has loved the addressee for longer than anyone else He argues that he actually wants to help the addressee rather than just admire her He implies that he loves the addressee for non-superficial reasons He insists that his love is a mystical, almost magic force 9 The poem's contrast between the home and the wilderness is an instance of which of the following? Parallelism Personification Hyperbole Juxtaposition 10 Which best describes the poem's setting? A Victorian Dublin schoolyard A house in twentieth-century Ireland An abandoned castle in Europe A magical realm 11 How many stanzas are in this poem? One Three Five Four 12 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABAB ABC AABB ABBA 13 Which line features alliterative G sounds? How many loved your moments of glad grace Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you When you are old and grey and full of sleep 14 Which emotion is personified in this poem? Love Sadness Regret Fury 15 Which of the following is true of Maud Gonne? She was American She was opposed to Yeats's radical politics She was best known as a painter She was an Irish revolutionary 16 Which of the following is true of this poem? It is written from the point of view of an inanimate object Its primary theme is the nature of consciousness It is written in the second person It is a direct commentary on Irish independence 17 Which is a conflict in the poem? The disagreement between a young woman and her parents The tension between youthful passion and the jadedness of age The fight between Irish revolutionaries and the British government The dislike between the speaker and the woman he is engaged to 18 Who is the poem's speaker? A house remembering everything that has happened within its walls An unidentified man, most likely a version of Yeats himself A young woman looking forward to old age An old man looking back at his youth 19 Which of the following is true of this poem and the way it engages with time? It mostly takes place in a hypothetical, imagined future It is about time travel to Ireland's past It takes place over a series of flashbacks It describes a person who cannot distinguish the past from the future 20 Which of the following themes does this poem engage with most? Motherhood Aging and time Nature and its destruction Music and art 21 This poem is based on an earlier work by whom? Pierre de Ronsard Christina Rosetti Seamus Heaney Petrarch 22 How is the addressee characterized by the speaker? As a kind person whose anger disguises her good intentions As a likable but cruel schemer As a person so repressed by the norms of her time that she has no real personality As superficially charming, but full of hidden depths 23 What types of stanzas are in the poem? Octaves Quatrains Tercets Couplets 24 The phrase "when you are old and grey" contains which of the following? Simile Allusion End rhyme Metonymy 25 Which of the following is one meaning of the word "pilgrim"? A gifted student A traveler to a religious site Romantic and softhearted Sickly