London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"
clouds

carriages

nooks

shelves
2 What can St. Paul's best be said to symbolize?
Religion

Agriculture

Industry

Education
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?
That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence

That it is crowded and unsafe

That it is ultimately illusory

That it is in a sense merely a part of the natural world
4 How does the snow affect London's children in this poem?
It reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable

It renews their childlike joy and wonder

It helps teach them important practical tasks
5 Define the word "encumber"
split in half

cool off

make someone obligated

weigh down
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?
Urban life

Organized religion

The angry father

The factory boss
7 Which best describes the narrator?
They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow

They are an omniscient observer seemingly in close proximity to the action

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?
That nature and the human cannot truly be separated

That nature is under threat from human activity

That nature is more powerful than the human-made world

That nature is terrifying and formidable, in contrast to much pastoral writing
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?
Allusion

Synecdoche

Personification

Symbolism
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?
Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

The Bible

Dante's Divine Comedy
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?
ABBA CBBC ACCA

AB BC CD DE EA

ABA BCB CDC DED

ABA CBC DCD EDE
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
The trees

The roads

The buildings

The sun
13 Which of the following has terza rima historically been used to convey?
Power imbalance

Obsession

Sensory pleasure

Interconnectedness
14 Which is the most common meter for English terza rima poetry?
dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter

anapestic dimeter

trochaic hexameter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?
Geoffrey Chaucer

Derek Walcott

William Wordsworth

Dante Alighieri
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?
Eat snow

Look at the snowy trees

Throw snowballs

Go sledding
17 Define the word "hearken"
throw

assemble

build

listen
18 Which of the following devices is prominent in the line "Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying"?
Hyperbole

Alliteration

Assonance

Anaphora
19 What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the workers' walk through the snow?
An expedition

A war

A mountain climb

A sailing trip
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?
Iambic pentameter

There is no consistent meter

Iambic trimeter

Trochaic hexameter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?
Nature and nature's power

Human interconnectedness

God's love

Interpersonal coldness
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?
They are enjambed

They are neither

They are end-stopped

They are a mix of the two
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?
A box

A tree

A factory

A charm
24 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "And trains of sombre men, past tale of number"?
S

R

T

N
25 Define the word "asunder"
exhausted

apart

an old-fashioned snowplow

to make noise

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