Remembrance Quizzes

Remembrance Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1856

1851

1841

1846
2 When does the poem take place?
During autumn

During summer

During spring

During winter
3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Couplets

Octaves

Sextets

Quatrains
4 Where is the speaker standing at the beginning?
On mountains

By a sea shore

Her lover's grave

At the top of green hills
5 How many years have passed since the speaker's lover died?
Twelve

Fifteen

Five

Two
6 What does the speaker mean in the line "No later light has lightened up my heaven"?
That she has never found love again

That she has never felt as happy as she was when her lover was alive

That she lives in a region with cloudy weather

That the winter is particularly brutal
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABAB

ABBA

ABCB

Free verse
8 What is the genre of the poem?
Acrostic

Villanelle

Pastoral

Elegy
9 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Mournful

Sunny

Dry

Understated
10 Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"?
Herman Melville

William Carlos Williams

Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson
11 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,"

"While the world's tide is bearing me along;"

"Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy."

"Other desires and other hopes beset me,"
12 What is the speaker struggling with in the poem?
Overcoming a lengthy illness

Moving on from the memory of her dead lover

Deciding whether or not she will remarry

Making an arduous trek across the mountain
13 Who wrote the poem "For the Union Dead"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Henry David Thoreau

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell
14 Who is the speaker of the poem?
A young mother

A woman who is grieving her dead lover

A priestess

A recently married bride
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Nine

Five

Eight

Six
16 What line underscores the pain the speaker experiences in remembering?
"Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee"

"Dare not indulge in memory's rapturous pain"

"Down to that tomb already more than mine"

"All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given"
17 What does the speaker refer to when she says "While the world's tide is bearing me along"?
How time has passed quickly in for her

The way time has lessened the weight of her grief

The demands the world has made on her life

The way the world has not given her a moment's rest
18 What novel is Brontë well-known for writing?
Wuthering Heights

Agnes Gray

Jane Eyre

Middlemarch
19 What were Brontë's sisters' names?
Jane and Margaret

Elizabeth and Mary

Anne and Charlotte

Cristine and Clarissa
20 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Marriage

Time

Death

Closure
21 Which of the following is a symbol in the poem?
A grave

A lightning bolt

A golden ring

A rose
22 What is the meaning of the word "rapturous" in the poem?
Dreary

Anxious

Enthusiastic

Dour
23 What is the speaker referencing in the line "Cold in the earth—and fifteen wild Decembers"?
The snowfall of that year

Her age

The number of years her beloved has been dead

The coldest winter of her lifetime
24 What is the meaning of the word "dreary" in the poem?
Ecstatic

Depressing

Uplifting

Nervous
25 What is the antagonizing force in the poem?
Anxiety

Love

Loss

Marriage

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