Judith Wright: Poetry Quizzes

Judith Wright: Poetry Quiz 1

1 Judith Wright wrote poems in and about ___?
England

Australia

Ireland

The United States
2 Wright's poems often deal with ___.
friendship

fantasy

nature

religion
3 Wright wrote in the ___ century.
21st

18th

19th

20th
4 Wright is often concerned with ___.
fascism

aboriginal rights

atomic power

religious fundamentalism
5 In "The Old Prison," what is the state of the building?
Shoddy but intact

In ruins

New and modern

A figment of the poet's imagination
6 In "The Old Prison," what is the weather like?
Cool

Stormy

Humid

Pleasant
7 In "The Old Prison," the day is compared to a/an ___.
craven crow

angry bee

wild dog

prowling cat
8 In "The Old Prison," the poet wonders about ___.
the cost of the building

the crimes the people committed

the animals who live there now

the people who stayed here
9 In "The Old Prison," who/what speaks of the people there?
The stones

The walls

The wind and sea

The sky and sun
10 In "The Old Prison," the inhabitants are depicted as?
Innocent

Resigned

Murderous

Lonely
11 In "The Old Prison," the tone is ___.
gloomy

cruel

resilient

indifferent
12 In "Legend," the boy is the son of a ___.
miller

doctor

farmer

blacksmith
13 In "Legend," the boy's pet is a ___.
rat

bird

cat

dog
14 In "Legend," what is the boy doing?
Fighting another boy

Droving

Visiting a prison

Traveling in the wilderness
15 In "Legend," the obstacles include all the following except ___.
thorny branches

wolves

rivers

cobwebs
16 In "Legend," the boy's attitude is one of ___.
indifference

boldness

carelessness

caution
17 In "Legend," the poem features all the following birds except ___.
a pigeon

a crow

a raven

a magpie
18 In "Legend," how do the animals respond to the boy?
With hostility

With support

With warnings

With affection
19 In "Legend," what does the boy catch in his hand?
A cloud

A rainbow

A raindrop

A sunbeam
20 In "Legend," where does the boy take the rainbow?
Into the woods

Home

Into the clouds

Nowhere
21 In "Legend," what of the boy's breaks?
His gun

His knapsack

His arm

His heart
22 In "Legend," who/what praises the boy?
The animals

Men

The rainbow

The world
23 In "Request to a Year," of whom is the poet requesting something?
A Year

Her great-great-grandmother

Memory

Time
24 In "Request to a Year," whom does the poet want to be like?
Her grandmother

Her great-granddaughter

Her great-great-grandmother

Her grandfather
25 In "Request to a Year," it is her great-great-grandmother's ___ that she wants.
attitude

intelligence

talent

wit

Enumerate the gloomy imagery and figure of speech in the poem old prison

The poem begins with an image of a “row of cells,” which suggests an orderly, strict, and inorganic space to house people. But no one is here now, and these rows are no longer roofed. The wind, compared to “an angry bee” and possessive of a “...

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Answered by Aslan on 1/19/2024 3:24 AM