Judith Wright: Poetry Quizzes

Judith Wright: Poetry Quiz 1

1 Judith Wright wrote poems in and about ___?
The United States

Australia

England

Ireland
2 Wright's poems often deal with ___.
friendship

religion

nature

fantasy
3 Wright wrote in the ___ century.
19th

18th

21st

20th
4 Wright is often concerned with ___.
religious fundamentalism

atomic power

fascism

aboriginal rights
5 In "The Old Prison," what is the state of the building?
In ruins

Shoddy but intact

New and modern

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

Pleasant

Stormy

Cool
7 In "The Old Prison," the day is compared to a/an ___.
wild dog

prowling cat

angry bee

craven crow
8 In "The Old Prison," the poet wonders about ___.
the crimes the people committed

the people who stayed here

the cost of the building

the animals who live there now
9 In "The Old Prison," who/what speaks of the people there?
The walls

The sky and sun

The wind and sea

The stones
10 In "The Old Prison," the inhabitants are depicted as?
Lonely

Murderous

Resigned

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

indifferent

cruel

resilient
12 In "Legend," the boy is the son of a ___.
blacksmith

farmer

doctor

miller
13 In "Legend," the boy's pet is a ___.
dog

cat

bird

rat
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 ___.
wolves

thorny branches

rivers

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

carelessness

caution

indifference
17 In "Legend," the poem features all the following birds except ___.
a crow

a magpie

a pigeon

a raven
18 In "Legend," how do the animals respond to the boy?
With affection

With warnings

With support

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

A cloud

A sunbeam

A raindrop
20 In "Legend," where does the boy take the rainbow?
Nowhere

Into the woods

Home

Into the clouds
21 In "Legend," what of the boy's breaks?
His heart

His gun

His arm

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

The rainbow

Men

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

Memory

Her great-great-grandmother

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

Her grandfather

Her great-great-grandmother

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

wit

attitude

talent

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