1 Which of the following is an instance of metaphor? "Tell me how old I am" "I start for a second" "bird-calls / dribble" The poem contains no metaphors 2 How many stanzas are in this poem? 4 9 6 8 3 The phrase "fly their kites" contains which of the following? Sibilance Assonance Verbal irony Alliteration 4 What does "staggeringly" mean in this context? With emphatic movements Drunkenly Unbelievably In a stumbling manner 5 What types of stanzas make up this poem? Sestets Tercets Couplets Quatrains 6 What does "sift" most closely mean here? Fall Split Dirty Sicken 7 What does "blench" mean? Crush Fall Belch Flinch 8 Which of the following is a refrain? "I am growing deaf." "The claws are lost somewhere." "Nobody tells me anything." "Tell me how old I am." 9 Which best describes the extended metaphor of the mountain enviroment? It is a paradisal space representing heaven It is a quiet, pastoral place representing the paired tranquility and boredom of age It is a harsh, strange landscape representing old age It is a dangerous landscape representing illness and death 10 The phrase "Nobody tells me anything" is an instance of which of the following? Simile Hyperbole Personification Understatement 11 Which poetic form does "The Mountain" resemble? The sonnet The sestina The villanelle The haiku 12 In what year was "The Mountain" first published? 1952 1996 1928 1884 13 The phrase "like cotton in my ears" is an instance of which of the following? Metaphor Personification Simile Metonymy 14 What does "impenetrable" mean? Intimidatingly beautiful Impossible to get through Incapable of thought Impossible to contain 15 Where does the speaker live? London Massachusetts This isn't stated in the poem Brazil 16 What does "clambering" mean? Cooking Confusing Climbing Struggling 17 Which of the following is NOT an example of personification? "stars go fly their kites." "They say it is my fault" "the valleys stuff/impenetrable mists" "An open book confronts me" 18 Who is the poem's speaker? An unidentified elderly person A young man addressing his beloved An older man looking back on his life A young woman imagining her old age 19 Which best describes the poem's major conflict? It is the speaker's struggle to maintain dignity and comfort in old age It is the speaker's argument with her daughter about living together It is the speaker's discussion with her past self as she grows old It is the speaker's attempt to reach the top of the mountain 20 In which magazine did this poem first appear? The Paris Review The New Yorker Poetry Time 21 What does "demarcation" mean? Tarnish Vacation Disagreement Division 22 The phrase "deepest demarcation" is an instance of which of the following? Onomatopoeia Alliteration End rhyme Assonance 23 Which of the following best describes this poem's tone? Serene Jolly Anxious Resigned 24 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It has no regular rhyme scheme ABADACAD AABB CCDD ABABAB CDCDCD EF 25 What is the poem's meter? Though the poem has rhythmic patterns, it has no regular meter Spondaic monometer Iambic hexameter Iambic pentameter