I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The late eighteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They were from London

They were barely literate

They were laborers

They became estranged from Clare later in life
3 Who was Clare's first love?
Susan Smith

John Keats

Patty Turner

Mary Joyce
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Rural Muse

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
His first book was a failure, but he gradually earned respect with his subsequent volumes

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

He never published his poetry during his life

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
London

High Beech asylum

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

Helpston
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?
The uncertainty of existence

The instability of the individual

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?
abcabc

ababab

aabbcc

abababab
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)

Free verse (no fixed meter)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As entirely non-existent

As the exclusive attribute of poets
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Ghosts

Specters

Mists

Odors
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
Into the living sea of waking dreams

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?
Its vastness

Its turbulence

Its capacity to drown him

Its lack of landmarks
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?
Delusions

Goals

Worships

Respects
15 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "strange" in line 12?
Distant

Alien

Weird

Gross
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Parallelism

Repetition

Metaphor

Simile
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
A return to childhood

Death

The apocalypse

Sleep
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The speaker's feelings of woe

The destruction of the countryside
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
I am the self-consumer of my woes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?
Live

Play

Grieve

Pray
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional

Mournful and reflective

Resentful and frustrated
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

As something that makes him stronger

As a problem
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, the grass, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, vapours, the sea
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker entirely abandons hope

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

There to abide with my Creator, God

I am the self-consumer of my woes

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