Poetry Sympathy Test

What does the ending of "Mr. Flood's Party" suggest?

it suggests that Eben Flood is very old and all his friends have died before him because the town is empty and that since there is not much ahead of him, he will pass away soon

What is Lucinda Matlock's attitude toward her death?

A) Death is a quiet and deserved rest

Miniver in his own time is

A) a discontented recluse

In "Richard Bone," Bone views his own life as all of the following EXCEPT

A) cheating and untruthful

When the speaker begins his poem with "I know what the caged bird feels," he

A) establishes the metaphor

The metaphor Mrs. Bliss uses to describe the life her children lived compares

A) her children's souls to plants with no sunlight

The words the speaker uses to describe Richard Cory suggest he is

A) noble

In line 6, the description of the way that Richard Cory talks most likely means that he

A) seems humble when he speaks

"Lucinda Matlock" is different from the other poems because this poem only

A) shows a character's happiness

what is the rhyme scheme?

ABAABCC

In "Lucinda Matlock" what kind of life had Lucinda lived?

B) a full and satisfying life

The theme of "Richard Cory" is

B) appearance is not necessarily reality

The poet compares "the caged bird" to

B) black people

What does Miniver Cheevy do to deal with his sadness?

B) he drinks

Richard Cory's appearance __________

B) reminds the townspeople of wealth

What does Lucinda Matlock do when she has a break from her work?

B) wanders the hills

What is the song the caged bird sings in stanza 4?

C) A prayer for freedom

Robinson' s ironic tone is reflected in all of the following EXCEPT

C) Miniver loved the days of old/ when swords were bright and steeds were prancing"

Which event occurred before Lucinda Matlock turned sixty?

C) She lost eight of her twelve children

The setting for Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology is

C) a graveyard

The speaker of the poem is

C) a member of the community

The bird beats its wings because

C) it wants to get out into the world of freedom

Miniver loves the days of old for all of the reasons EXCEPT

C) it was a time of absolute good and bad

What does miniver Cheevy most want to do?

C) live in the past

What method does the speaker use to characterize Richard as an unhappy man?

C) tells you that he killed himself

The life of the community members is a life of

C) work and hope

In Dunbar's poem each stanza has a (blank) rhyme pattern

D) a three rhyme pattern

you can the tell speaker thinks Cheevy is dishonest with himself with himself when the speaker

D) describes Miniver's attitude toward money

Why does Miniver Cheevy "assail the seasons?"

D) he wishes time had no passed and that he had been born earlier

What is Lucinda's attitude toward the "degenerate sons and daughters"?

D) she is angered by them

T/F In "Richard Bone," Richard is a writer of obituaries for the town newspaper

FALSE

T/F Lucinda and he husband have 15 children

FALSE

T/F Lucinda spent many a day working in the corn fields with her husband

FALSE

T/F Miniver hates money and sees it as another symbol of an age he detests.

FALSE

T/F Richard Cory wears fancy, glittery clothes

FALSE

T/F Robinson uses classical allusions to show Miniver's satifaction

FALSE

T/F The author's tone in "sympathy" is one of anger

FALSE

T/F The last two lines of the poem are offset from the rest of the poem with a different meter in order to increase the shock of the suicide

FALSE

T/F The people Mrs. Bliss blames for the state of her life are her husband and the judge

FALSE

T/F The theme of Dunbar's poem is that people should allow their sympathy for the blacks to surface and should act upon it.

FALSE

What is the irony of the title "Mr. Flood's Party"

It is called Mr. Flood's party but he is all alone

T/F "The old, old scars" of line 12 metaphorically represent the emotional wounds that reoccur every time black people face preudice

TRUE

T/F In "Lucinda Matlock," Lucinda is 96 years old before she has "lived enough"

TRUE

T/F In "Mrs. Charles Bliss" the children have been tortured because of their divided loyalties

TRUE

T/F In "Mrs. Charles Bliss" the woman's name is an example of verbal irony

TRUE

T/F In dramatic monologues the speakers always use the first-person POV

TRUE

T/F In the poem, the caged bird symbolizes prejudice and unjust social conditions

TRUE

T/F Lucinda sees the young as shallow and weak-spirited

TRUE

T/F Masters uses dramatic monologue to reveal the essential beliefs of his characters

TRUE

T/F Miniver Cheevy is both a sad and funny character

TRUE

T/F Miniver spends more of his time thinking than anything else

TRUE

T/F Miniver's response to his frustration is to drink

TRUE

T/F Robinson elevates the stature of Richard Cory with his diction

TRUE

T/F The townspeople envy Richard Cory

TRUE

T/F When Richard Cory commits suicide on "one calm summer night," the setting contributes to the irony of the act

TRUE

T/F the poet repeats "I know" in the first and seventh lines of each stanza to reinforce his identification with the bird.

TRUE

the caged bird is a metaphor for __________.

black slaves

Who is Mr Flood talking to?

his alter ego

what is the meter of "Sympathy?"

iambic pentameter 10 syllabic beats

"old scars" is what type of poetic device?

metaphor

"cruel bars" is what type of poetic device?

personification

define fain

pleased or willing under the circumstances

What does the word alas mean?

sadly, an expression of grief

define keener

sharper

What is "Mr. Flood's Party" about?

this poem is about Mr. Flood's loneliness because he is old and all alone. all his friends have died before him so he speaks with his alter ego because no one is left

define bough

tree branch