1 When was the poem published? 1955 1959 2005 1991 2 What literary movement was Robert Creeley commonly associated with? The Black Mountain poets The Beat poets The Futurists The Surrealists 3 Who is the protagonist of the poem? A CEO The speaker's friend The speaker A big car 4 Where does the poem take place? In the desert By a lake Near a forest In a car 5 What does Creeley use the abbreviation "sd" to mean? "sad" "said" "seized" "sold" 6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "can we do against" "name, the darkness sur-" "because I am / always talking," "for / christ’s sake," 7 What does Creeley use the abbreviation "yr" to mean in the poem? "yore" "your" "you're" "year" 8 What type of stanzas does the poem use? Couplets Quatrains Tercets Sextets 9 Which of the following is an image in the poem? The night sky An airplane A big car Stars 10 How does the speaker characterize himself in the first stanza? Irritable Talkative Quiet Cheerful 11 What is the meter of the poem? Free verse Dactylic hexameter Dactylic pentameter Iambic trimeter 12 What best describes the tone of the poem? Bitter and brief Formal and serious Relaxed and casual Colloquial and anxious 13 What image does the speaker use to depict his concerns? Darkness The color red A rain cloud A stormy sea 14 What is the main conflict of the poem? The speaker's anxiety about driving The speaker's search for meaning in the world The speaker's inability to get home The speaker's dislike of his friend 15 How does the speaker's friend suggest he get over his worries? By joining a gym By purchasing a home By investing in the stock market By driving 16 What did Creeley often do with this poem? Anthologize it Read it out loud Disavow it in public Hold it up as his greatest work 17 When is the climax of the poem? In the last stanza In the first stanza In the second stanza In the third stanza 18 How does the poem begin? In the midst of a nightmare During a road trip In the middle of a conversation At the height of an arguement 19 What does the speaker's friend tell him to do at the end of the poem? Always bring a map Watch where he's going Never pay too much for a car Not take shortcuts 20 What effect do the abbreviations in the poem have on the overall mood? They make it more difficult to understand They make it feel more immediate They make it seem unfinished They make it seem like it has typographical errors 21 Which of the following poets was NOT a contemporary of Creeley's? Paul Blackburn Charles Olson Ed Dorn Walt Whitman 22 What literary device does Creeley use throughout the poem? Unconventional capitalization Enjambment Zeugma Synecdoche 23 What is unusual about the word "surrounds" in the poem? It is underlined It appears on a line by itself It is broken up between two lines It is italicized 24 What is the speaker's friend's name? We don't know Robert John Charles 25 What punctuation separates individual ideas in the poem? Commas Parentheses Periods Semicolons