Midterm Poetry Practice

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(Among Those Killed) Which of the following suggest(s) either a radical reincarnation or a transformation of being?

"And the craters of his eyes grew springshoots and fire," and "The morning is flying on the wings of his age"

(My Last Duchess) Which of the following lines provides the first clue as to the reasons for the Duke's displeasure?

"Sir, 'twas not/ Her husband's presence only, called that spot/ Of joy into the Duchess' cheek" (lines 13-15)

(My Last Duchess) Which of the following is used by the Duke as a euphemism for physical gratification?

"anybody's gift"

(Shield of Achilles) Ultimately, when one considers the content of Achilles' shield, the greatest irony in the poem is

Achilles' own mortality

(Shield of Achilles) All of the following comprise images Thetis expects to see on the shield EXCEPT

a depiction of warfare and torture

(My Last Duchess) An amusing minor irony in the poem is the Duke's claim that he is

a man of no eloquence

(My Last Duchess) The speaker in the poem, the Duke, is addressing

a representative of the Count

(Among Those Killed) The phrase "gray-haired heart" may be perceived as doing which of the following?

alluding to the man's advanced age and suggesting human worries and sorrows

(Among Those Killed) The words "common cart" exemplify which of the following?

allusion

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The poem initially implies that the speaker and the statue share all of the following EXCEPT

an ability to alter their lot

(Shield of Achilles) All of the following contribute to the structural unity of the poem EXCEPT

an ineffable mood of hope

(Shield of Achilles) The diction in the opening lines of the eighth stanza illustrates the

annihilating nature of warfare

(My Last Duchess) In lines 45-46, "This grew; I gave commands;/ Then all smiles stopped together," the poet reinforces the Duke's increasing vexation LEAST by his use of

assonance and alliteration

(Shield of Achilles) The attitude of the assembled "multitude" in stanzas two and three is clearly one of

bleak resignation

(Shield of Achilles) Lines 56-59, "That girls are raped... because another wept," reveal the urchin's

callousness

(My Last Duchess) When one considers the poem as a whole, which of the following is/are sound interpretations of the word "last" that appears in both the poem's title and its opening line?

deceased and most recent

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The poet's diction throughout the poem identifies the statue's pose as one of

defiant endurance

(My Last Duchess) Over the course of the poem, the Due asks questions that do all of the following EXCEPT

demand an explanation for the Duchess' behavior

(Among Those Killed) The speaker most likely refers to the ambulance as a "common cart" because it

demeans the significance of the man's being

(Among Those Killed) The opening five lines of the poem primarily intend to

depict the random barbarity of conflict

(Shield of Achilles) The opening stanza of the poem intends to foreshadow Thetis'

distress over the content of Achilles' shield

(My Last Duchess) This poem exemplifies which of the following poetic forms?

dramatic monologue

(Among Those Killed) The primary theme of the poem concerns the

eternalness of being

(My Last Duchess) The most noticeable aspect of the duchess - as she is portrayed in Fra Pandolf's painting - is her

eyes

(My Last Duchess) The artist's comments to the Duchess in lines 16-19 are BEST characterized as

fawning

(Shield of Achilles) In the fifth and sixth stanzas of the poem, the speaker directly censures the

frequent apathy of good peopl

(Among Those Killed) Of the following, which hints at the stereotypical depiction of death as the Grim Reaper?

grains

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The word "thought," as it is used in line 7, means

imagined

(My Last Duchess) Which of the following characteristics does the Duke NOT attribute to his last Duchess in the course of his monologue?

ingenuousness

(Among Those Killed) All of the following support the theme of the poem EXCEPT

instances of local color

(My Last Duchess) The Duke implies that what annoyed him most about his "last" Duchess was her

intimate nature

(Shield of Achilles) In the third stanza of the poem, the speaker is most concerned with what aspect of the multitude?

its blind allegiance

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) In terms of the poet's style, which of the following would NOT be an accurate observation?

its central poetic device is apostrophe

(Shield of Achilles) Which of the following words is used ironically in the passage?

logic (line 22)

(Shield of Achilles) The "she" in the poem refers to Achilles'

mother

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The opening stanza of the poem contains examples of all of the following EXCEPT

oxymoron

(Shield of Achilles) The phrase, "they lost their pride/ And died as men before their bodies died," BEST exemplifies which of the following literary techniques?

paradox

(Among Those Killed) The most uncommon aspect of the poem is its

pattern of rhyme

(Shield of Achilles) The primary contrast suggested by the sixth stanza of the poem is between

power and helplessness

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The statue's observation about the "endless line/ Of men whose thoughts are not as mine" mirrors the speaker's

proud nonconformity

(Among Those Killed) The poem's greatest irony is that the man's death

proves to be an instrument of liberation

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) In the speaker's reverie, the statue is seen to do all of the following EXCEPT

question the speaker's moral character

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The diction of the closing couplet (lines 25-26) suggests that the speaker has

resolved to confront his problems

(My Last Duchess) The imperious nature of the Duke is ironically contradicted by his

sensitivity to art

(Among Those Killed) According to the poem, the force of the explosion

shatters the sidewalk

(Among Those Killed) The phrase "he stopped a sun" is a reference to the

significance of the man's death

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The statue which the speaker encounters in the gallery apparently depicts a Greek

slave

(Shield of Achilles) Lines 16-18, "Out of the air a voice without a face/ Proved by statistics that some cause was just/ In tones as dry and level as the place," primarily satirize the

specious justification of war

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) Which of the following words does NOT help establish the mood of the speaker?

stone (line 22)

(My Last Duchess) Though what happened to the Duchess is unclear, the time period in which the action takes place suggests which of the following explanations is LEAST plausible?

that the Duchess left the Duke of her own accord

(Shield of Achilles) The sixth stanza suggests all of the following EXCEPT

that the captives struggle valiantly before dying

(My Last Duchess) All of the following help to establish the Duke's characteristic dominance EXCEPT

the Duke's annoyance at Fra Pandolf's compliments to the Duchess

(Among Those Killed) Which of the following is NOT personified by the poet?

the ambulance

(My Last Duchess) The Duke suggests that the Duchess' appreciation of him was no different than her appreciation of all of the following EXCEPT

the artistry of Claus Innsbruck

(Among Those Killed) Which of the following is augmented by the poet's use of onomatopoeia?

the man's keys striking the pavement

(Among Those Killed) The appeal and claim made in lines 12-14 incontrovertibly refute which of the following?

the ordinary nature of the deceased conveyed by line 2

(Loitering with a Vacant Eye) The poem's central contrast is between

the statue's fortitude and the speaker's despondency

(Shield of Achilles) Which of the following is NOT alluded to in the course of Auden's poem?

the sufferings of Job

(My Last Duchess) All of the following are plausible reasons why the portrait remains covered EXCEPT

to save it for a special commemorative unveiling

(Shield of Achilles) The BEST equivalent for the word "unintelligible" is

undiscerning

(Shield of Achilles) The word "arbitrary" as used in line 31 intimates the

universality of forceful oppression

(My Last Duchess) Which of the following adjectives does NOT accurately describe the character of the Duke as he is portrayed in the poem?

unselfish


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