The Poems of Nissim Ezekiel Quizzes

The Poems of Nissim Ezekiel Quiz 1

1 Who does Ezekiel compare the poet to in "A Time to Change"?
A stubborn workman

A teacher for the poor

A culinary connoisseur

A college professor
2 What piece of art does the speaker analyze in Ezekiel's first collection of poetry?
A neoclassical building

A piece of modern Indian art

An African mask

Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein
3 In "The Double Horror" what corrupts the speaker?
religion

the world

the city

drunknenness
4 What is the main concern of "On Meeting a Pedant"?
the best writing mirroring lived experience

the power of spoken text over written text

the power of written text over spoken text

the power of lived experiences over text
5 Which of these names is the title of a poem from "A Time to Change"?
Joseph

Richard

Robert

John
6 Complete these lines from "The Worm": "Only in _____ can I emulate / The worm's _____"
admiration, power

admiration, directness

calmness, lucidity

anger, directness
7 What is a contradiction at work in "The Worm"?
the speaker believes that he is freer than the worm because the worm is freer than him

the speaker uses "God" and "god" in the same poem, which puts the ideological framework of the poem into question

the speaker calls himself an old man and then receals that he is actually very young

the speaker sees himself as being dryer and more wet than the worm at the same time
8 Where are the speaker and his lover in "An Affair"?
A party

The cinema

A zoo

The theater
9 What does the speaker refer to as "not the final station" in "Something to Pursue"?
Jerusalem

Glory

Beatitude

Gethsemane
10 Who does the speaker speak to in "Advice"?
A dying man

A stranger on the street

His lover

A child
11 What, among these, does the speaker advise the other person to do in "Advice"?
To be happy

To be steafast

To be brave

To be tolerant
12 What is Ezekiel's second collection of poetry called?
The Scorpion

Sixty Poems

A Time to Change

The Stone
13 What thing does Ezekiel mention in the second poem of "Sixty Poems"?
A house

A stone

A rock

A tree
14 Where does the speaker's companion place her hand in "Situation"?
In her hair

Upon the speaker's knee

On the rim of her glass

On her glasses
15 What material does Ezekiel use in order to emphasize hardness in "Lines"?
bone

plastic

metal

wood
16 How did the speaker turn out in "Portrait"?
happy

luxurious

creative

serious
17 Who does Ezekiel dedicate a poem to in "Sixty Poems"?
Ezra Pound

T.S. Elliott

William Carlos Williams

Getrude Stein
18 What part of the subject's body does the speaker decide to describe first in "Description"?
her breasts

her knees

her hair

her hands
19 Fill in the blank: "______, the great consumer, cancels all."
Death

God

Time

Nothingness
20 What is the speaker unable to think about "out to the end"?
Time

Death

Life

God
21 What "plays hide and seek with winter days" in "Song for Spring"?
Spring

His lover

His curiosity

His own vanity
22 What two perspectives does Ezekiel play with in "Nakedness"?
The voice of the person who is naked as he regards himself and the voice of the person who is naked as he regards his lover

The voice of the person who is naked and the voice of his lover, who is also naked

The voice of the person who is naked and the voice of someone watching him

The voice of the person who is naked's lover and the voice of the bed as it watches them make love
23 What animal does Ezekiel dedicate a poem to in "Sixty Poems"?
Elephants

Dogs

Dolphins

Squirrels
24 Which French artist is NOT mentioned in Ezekiel's writing?
Baudelaire

Flaubert

Verlaine

Balzac
25 Where does the speaker see the "female image" in the poem of the same title?
"Beside the Thames"

"Walking in deserted streets"

"In these waters"

"On the lonely pillow in the single room"