1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2015 2005 2020 2012 2 What is the tone of the poem? Contemplative Somber Upbeat Elegiac 3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in? Native Guard Monument Thrall Collected Works 4 What historical figure is the poem about? Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson John Adams George Washington 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Sestets Tercets Couplets Ocrtaves 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Monticello Homestead Alexandria Mount Vernon 7 What does the speaker compare her father to? A portrait A song A field guild A bird 8 What is the genre of the poem? Ode Historical poetry Aubade Confessional poetry 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her father Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with the past Her relationship with her grandfather 10 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration? "his forehead white with illumination —" "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" "across the centuries, his lips fixed as if" "In the portrait of Jefferson that hangs" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? A tour guide at Monticello Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings Natasha Trethewey 12 Where is the poem primarily set? In Colonial Williamsburg In Washington D.C. At Monticello At Harper's Ferry 13 Who wrote "Mayor Harold Washington"? Maya Angelou Langston Hughes James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A deserted castle An abandoned city A beautiful ruin A haunted villa 15 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker's dislike of Virginia The speaker not wanting to visit Monticello The speaker's disagreement with her father about Thomas Jefferson The speaker's bad relationship with her father 16 What image does the poem begin with? Jefferson's horse stable A portrait of Jefferson Monticello The speaker's father 17 How long is the poem? Twenty lines Eighteen stanzas Five stanzas Seventeen lines 18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell? "Shiloh" "Medusa" "Incident" "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Trochaic hexameter Free verse Iambic pentameter Dactylic trimeter 20 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Newport, Rhode Island Charlottesville, Virginia Austin, Texas 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Susan Hartfield Sally Hemings Sarah Henfield Sally Hess 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Angry Bitter Joking Critical 23 To what does the phrase "dark subtext" refer? The contradictions between Jefferson's beliefs and his personal life Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War The poor quality of his portrait The speaker's father's marital problems 24 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark When the speaker realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker visits Monticello When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? The speaker Thomas Jefferson The speaker's father Sally Hemings