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