1 Which of the following images does the speaker NOT compare to "the bed we loved in"? Castles Torchlight Cliff-tops Lagoons 2 Who sleeps in the best bed? Shakespeare's other lover Guests Nobody Shakespeare 3 Which of the following does the speaker NOT compare her body to? Assonance An echo Iambic pentameter A rhyme 4 What does the speaker's husband do in the metaphorical seas? Drown Dive for pearls Harpoon a trout Set a net for mussels 5 What does the speaker compare her husband's kisses to? Shooting stars Faraway galaxies Pearls from an oyster Hidden diamonds 6 This poem references... letters from Anne Hathaway to a different lover Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare's will letters from Shakespeare to a different lover 7 To what does the speaker compare her head? A tomb A casket A hammock A bird's nest 8 What does the speaker dream? That she is back with her husband again That her husband had written her That her husband was still alive That her husband has written a play about her 9 What does the speaker refer to as "a spinning world?" The sea The first-best bed The forest The second-best bed 10 To what does the speaker compare how she holds her husband in the "casket" of her head? How she idolized him in life How he held poetry in his mind How he held her in bed How he held a different lover when he was unfaithful 11 What or who plays "romance and drama" in this poem? Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare The couples' houseguests Shakespeare's poems Touch, scent, and taste 12 Where is this poem's epigraph from? Shakespeare's letters Shakespeare's will Shakespeare's play Antony & Cleopatra Anne Hathaway's letters 13 Fill in the blanks: "a ____ dancing in the centre of a ____." noun; adverb adjective; noun noun; verb verb; noun 14 Whom does the speaker refer to as "living laughing?" Shakespeare Her children Herself Their guests when awake 15 What form does this poem somewhat follow? A Shakespearean sonnet A villanelle A sestina A Petrarchan sonnet 16 Which of the following is true? This poem strictly follows iambic pentameter This poem does not follow a strict rhyme scheme This poem follows a strict rhyme scheme This poem uses onomatopoeia heavily 17 Fill in the blanks: "Some nights I dreamed he’d written me, the ____/ a ____ beneath his writer’s hands." will; story bed; play bed; page love; book 18 This poem is in third person. False True 19 Which of the following is true? This poem means to fictionalize Shakespeare's life. This poem means to show the female perspective of a well-known historical moment that is usually interpreted from the male perspective. This poem means to strip Shakespeare of his significance and remind the readers of his flaws. This poem means to revitalize the speaker's memory of Shakespeare. 20 Where does most of this poem seem to take place? In the streets of London On a cliff-top Shakespeare and Hathaway's home At the bottom of the ocean 21 Fill in the blank: "The bed we loved in was a spinning ____" poem forest world orb 22 When is this poem being told? After Shakespeare's death After Shakespeare's father's death After Hathaway's death On the night of Shakespeare and Hathaway's wedding 23 Fill in the blank: "In the other bed, the best, our guests dozed on, dribbling their ____." dreams prose poetry drool 24 The speaker never names Shakespeare in the poem, instead referring to him as her lover. True False 25 The title character of this poem is the object of this speaker's desire. True False