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
