Badger (John Clare poem) Quizzes

Badger (John Clare poem) The Badger

1 John Clare was a part of which literary movement?
Modernist

Gothic

Romanticism

Classical
2 Where was John Clare born?
An industrial city in the North

America, before moving back to England

London

A small English village
3 What was Clare's economic background?
Gentry

Working class

Lower-middle class

Upper-middle class
4 Which of the following was NOT a frequent subject of Clare's early poems?
The lives of animals

Rural traditions

Country sport

Desire for the city
5 When was John Clare born?
1845

1823

1793

1784
6 What are heroic couplets?
Two-line stanzas that do not rhyme

A pair of rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter

A pair of rhyming lines describing a battle

Lines of poetry in an alternating rhyme scheme, abab
7 How were heroic couplets perceived in the nineteenth century?
As old-fashioned

As avant-garde

As infantile

As conventional
8 How did John Clare's early work respond to previous poets?
He rejected their style

He borrowed extensively from them

He was ignorant of their work

He occasionally alluded to their work
9 Which of the following literary devices does John Clare employ in "The Badger"?
Enjambment

Simile

Synecdoche

Metaphor
10 In what voice is "The Badger" written?
First-person limited

Third-person omniscient

First-person omniscient

Second-person limited
11 What is the setting of "The Badger"?
A country village and the surrounding woods

A dog-fighting arena

A lonely house in the middle of nowhere

A crowded city street
12 Who is NOT individually characterized in "The Badger"?
The drunkard

The badger

The hunters

The poacher
13 What tense is the badger written in?
Simple past

Future

Simple present

Habitual present
14 Which of the following is a convincing argument for Clare's sympathy towards the badger?
Clare centers the badger's experiences

Clare emphasizes negative human impact on the natural world

Clare implies that the hunting practices are deceitful

All of the above
15 Who is the protagonist of "The Badger"?
The hunters

The badger

The poacher

The women
16 How does Clare present the practice of badger baiting?
As a necessary evil

As a natural country tradition

As a barbaric and outdated practice

As a chance to get rid of a pest
17 Which of the following is NOT an attribute of the badger that Clare celebrates?
Affection

Violence

Ferocity

Courage
18 In the second stanza, Clare writes "The bulldog knows his match and waxes cold,/The badger grins and never leaves his hold." This is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Alliteration

Allusion

Parallelism
19 Which of the following does NOT personify the badger?
And leaves his hold and crackles, groans, and dies

When badgers fight, then everyone's a foe

The badger grins and never leaves his hold

The blackguard laughs and hurries on the fray
20 What does the word "hold" symbolize in the second and third stanzas?
The men's grip on the badger

The badger's need for affection

The badger's desire to return home

The badger's courage and ferocity
21 How does the poem portray the badger's death?
As tragic and noble

As victorious, a cause for celebration

As an ordinary part of country life

As unnecessary and cruel
22 Which of the following is NOT a convincing argument for reading "The Badger" as condoning the practice it describes?
The poem sympathizes more with the men than the badger

The poem presents the hunt as routine

The poem celebrates the badger's death as noble

The poet's tone is distant
23 How does Clare convey the excitement of the hunt?
He rapidly switches between subjects, forcing the reader's attention to remain mobile

He uses dense figurative language, comparing the hunt to a great battle

He employs a speaker who delights in the hunt

All of the above
24 How does Clare portray violence in "The Badger"
As a general atmosphere

As an evil to be rooted out

As the exclusive fault of humans

As a battle between one beast and its single foe
25 What was the status of rural tradition in Clare's lifetime?
Largely a feature of the past due to industrialization

Still existing, but rapidly being displaced by industrialization

Stable and seemingly eternal

Being revived as people returned to the countryside from the cities

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