Man-Moth Quizzes

Man-Moth Quiz

1 The Man-Moth's tear is compared to what?
An underground spring

A vial of poison

A glass of wine

A puddle of rainwater
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

AABBAAC

ABBA CDDC

It has no set rhyme scheme
3 Which of the following best describes the Man-Moth?
He is a man who can turn into a moth

He is a species of moth that lives among humans

He is a man cursed to live in a moth's body by night

He is a shy half-man, half-moth creature
4 Which of the following occurs in the work's final stanza?
The work's rhyme scheme abruptly shifts

The speaker begins using the second person

The poem shifts into the Man-Moth's point of view

Bishop begins to repeat lines from the first stanza
5 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's habit of keeping his hands in his pockets to what?
A person being buried

A mouse entering a hole

A person using mufflers

A child hiding from a bully
6 Which best describes the Man-Moth?
Cruel

Creative

Unrelenting

Empathetic
7 The Man-Moth's shadow is compared to a photographer's cloth through what?
Simile

Personification

Metonymy

Metaphor
8 What does the word "palms," as used in this poem, mean?
To put aside or procrastinate

A part of the hand

A type of tree

Conceals with the hand
9 What gift does the Man-Moth offer others?
A tear

His wings

The third rail

The moon
10 Who is the speaker?
The Man-Moth

An unidentified omniscient individual

The Man

The Man-Moth's daughter
11 What does the word "draught" mean?
Think

Climb

Attempt

Drink
12 How many stanzas make up this poem?
8

4

3

6
13 Which of the following is a major theme of this work?
Animal cruelty

Loneliness

Parent-child relationships

Poetry
14 Which sound produces assonance in the phrase "travels backwards"?
A sounds

S sounds

There is no assonance in this phrase

V sounds
15 The third rail is most plausibly a metaphor for what?
Marriage

Religion

Addiction

Discrimination
16 The poem's tone can best be described as:
Erudite

Joyous

Lamenting

Dreamlike
17 The phrase "he flits, / he flutters," is an instance of what?
Hyperbole

Internal rhyme

Alliteration

Assonance
18 The line "He does not see the moon; he observes only her vast properties," contains which of the following?
Metaphor

Personification

Understatement

Onomatopoeia
19 The Man-Moth's eye is metaphorically compared to what?
The moon

The lake

The tunnel

The night
20 Where is this poem set?
A fictional small mountain town

Rio de Janeiro

New York

A surreal, anonymous city
21 What does the word "façade" mean?
Facial expression

The front of a building

To fly or flutter

A type of party
22 Bishop compares the Man-Moth's recurring dreams to what?
The phases of the moon

The subway's tunnels

A swarm of insects

A winding river
23 What does the word "susceptibility" mean?
Vulnerability

Suspicion

Unease

Caution
24 In what year was this poem published?
1946

1997

1928

1953
25 What, according to Bishop's note, inspired this poem?
An extinct moth species

A superhero movie

A child's drawing

A newspaper misprint

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