Dr. Prinsky
Engl. 1102
Second Quiz on Ch. 16/”Imagery” and Assigned Material from Ch. 21/”Symbolism and Allusion” of RJ7
On Wilfred Owen’s poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
1. The word orisons (line 4) in Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth" means: (a) prayers (b) distant sightlines (c) gifts (d) relatives
2. The word shrill (line 7) in Owen's poem means: (a) small animal (b) high-pitched (c) gently turning (d) intelligent
3. The word demented (line 7) in Owen's poem means: (a) anchored (b) fragrant (c) insane (d) cheapened
4. The word shires (line 8) in Owen's poem means: (a) noblemen (b) thin pieces (c) frights (d) counties
5. The word pallor (line 12) in Owen's poem means: (a) colorlessness (b) friendship (c) small room (d) seaman
6. The word pall (noun; line 12) in Owen's poem means: (a) close friend (b) coffin covering (c) kind of cigarette (d) water container
7. As indicated by the study questions in R & J (and Prinsky), Wilfred Owen's poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth" is divided by imagery into what parts: (a) 4-4-4-2 (b) 9-5 (c) 8-6 (d) 7-7 (e) 10-4
8. The parts of Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth" referred to above are also clearly set off by which literary component: (a) speaker (b) listener (c) setting (d) abstract vs. concrete diction (e) secular vs. sacred love
9. The kind of imagery that predominates in the first part of Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth," as suggested not only internally but also by the placement of the poem in the chapter, is: (a) visual (b) auditory (c) olfactory (d) tactile (e) gustatory
10. A key to understanding many of the details of the poem, as well as how the poem works or proceeds, is the concept — relating to the feelings of the speaker about how the young men died — of: (a) substitution (b) elaboration (c) restitution (d) accommodation
11. Owen makes vivid use of which device from rhythm and meter and sound effects (see Ch. 19/”Prosody” in R&J) in lines 3-4: (a) caesura (b) alliteration (c) euphony (d) enjambment
12. The sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding question helps divide lines 1-4 into two equal parts which compare and contrast: (a) cattle and farmers (b) naval and land combat (c) enlisted troops and volunteers (d) artillery and small arms
On Elizabeth Bishop’s Poem “The Fish”
13. R&J discuss Elizabeth Bishop's poem "The Fish" primarily in terms of which kind of imagery: (a) visual (b) auditory (c) gustatory (d) tactile (e) kinetic
14. The main surprising plot development of Bishop's "The Fish," which occurs at the end of the poem, is: (a) the revelation that the speaker has been drowned (b) a cat's sudden theft of the fish from the picnic table (c) the speaker's letting the fish off the hook (d) the fish's unexpected evocation of memories of a favorite grandfather
15. The reason or theme suggested for the surprising action referred to in the immediately preceding question is: (a) the mischievousness of wild creatures in the natural environment (b) respect for manifestations of life and valiance in nature (c) the power of memories to unexpectedly occur during any activity (d) advocacy of boating safety and avoidance of recklessness
16. On the basis of just the evidence from the words of the poem, the best designation for referring to the speaker (other than with the term “speaker”) would be: (a) fisherman (b) Bishop (c) angler (d) the poet (e) Elizabeth
17. In lines 24-26 and 61-64 of Bishop's "The Fish" the kind of imagery most vividly present and contrasting the two passages is, besides the visual: (a) tactile (b) olfactory (c) auditory (d) gustatory
18. The contrast in the imagery between lines 24-26 and 61-64 helps express the poem's theme of: (a) the harmony between humanity and nature (b) the almost sexual beauty of nature (c) the conflict between humanity and nature (d) the essentially peaceful quality of nature's creatures
19. The imagery within the simile of the speaker’s description of the fish’s brown skin resembling wallpaper (lines 9-15) helps convey a conflict in the poem between: (a) politics and religion (b) artefacts and natural objects (c) male and female (d) book learning and common sense
20. Because of the repeated references to the fish’s skin resembling wallpaper (lines 9-15), what figure of speech (consult Ch. 14 of RJc3) is created in the adjective “homely” (line 9): (a) pun (b) simile (c) metonymy (d) anaphora (e) overstatement
21. The visual imagery in the similes (or simile and metaphor) describing what the remnants of fishing gear look like near the fish’s mouth (lines 62-66) conveys all the following ideas except which one: (a) combat (b) honor (c) sagacity (d) agedness (e) fellowship
22. The word venerable (line 8) in Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" means: (a) prone to injury (b) beautifully beaded (c) reverentially aged (d) easily approached
23. The word peony (line 33) in Bishop's poem means: (a) small or young horse (b) kind of flower (c) of or like farmers (d) musical sound
24 The word sullen (line 45) in Bishop's poem means: (a) angrily unhappy (b) deep underwater (c) made of cotton (d) inflated in size
25. The word crimped (line 59) in Bishop's poem means: (a) tightly fitted (b) bent or dented (c) making sorrowful sounds (d) awkward in motion
On T.S. Eliot’s Poem “Preludes”
26. The sample or demo essay on T.S. Eliot’s poem “Preludes” makes the point that the poem’s subject and theme concentrate on: (a) the loose morality of the twentieth century (b) the antidote to modern life’s stress in the beauty of classical music (c) the difficulties of initiating romance in the big city (d) the degradation in modern urban life
27. The sample or demo essay on T.S. Eliot’s poem “Preludes” makes the point that a recurrent pattern of imagery in the poem is connected with: (a) human anatomy (b) sources of heat (c) metal and concrete (d) clock time
28. A key word that makes this poem a good choice for Chapter 16 occurs in which stanzas or sections: (a) I & II (b) II & III (c) III & IV (d) I & III (e) I & IV
29. Besides visual imagery, the opening two lines of stanzas (or sections) I and II in “Preludes” are linked by parallel imagery that is primarily: (a) olfactory (b) tactile (c) auditory (d) kinetic
30. The implied setting in the opening two lines of stanzas (or sections) I and II in “Preludes” is: (a) a city jail (b) a rooming house (c) a country estate (d) a private residence
31. The period of time that elapses in “Preludes” is about: (a) six hours (b) twelve hours (c) eighteen hours (d) twenty-four hours
On Assigned Material from Ch. 21/”Symbolism and Allusion”
32. In their introductory material to Chapter 21, "Symbolism and Allusion: Windows to a Wide Expanse of Meaning," Roberts and Jacobs note that symbolism is more prevalent in poetry than prose because of poetry's greater: (a) conciseness (b) musicality (c) syntax (d) difficulty
33. In their introductory material to Chapter 21, Roberts and Jacobs discuss in some detail, for symbolism, the painting: (a) Henri Matisse’s Icarus (b) Francisco Goya's The Colossus (c) James Whistler’s The Little White Girl (or Symphony in White, No. 2) (d) Fernand Leger’s The City
34. In the painting referred to in the immediately preceding question, nakedness seems associated with: (a) sexuality (b) aggression (c) flirtatiousness (d) candor (e) ingenuousness
35. According to Roberts and Jacobs in Ch. 21, one of the two main kinds or categories of symbol is the: (a) consubstantial or associative (b) pragmatic or utilitarian (c) universal or cultural (d) Aristotelian or Neoplatonic
36. According to Roberts and Jacobs in Ch. 21, one of the two main kinds or categories of symbol is the: (a) deconstructive or Deridadean (b) kinetic or kinesthetic (c) metonymic or synecdochic (d) authorial or contextual
37. As suggested in Virginia Scott's poem "Snow," as well as the chapter material discussing it in Ch. 21, Scott finds the snow symbolic of: (a) memory of female relatives (b) innocence and purity (c) the sterility of modern technology (d) the inevitable failure of marriage
38. As discussed in Ch. 21, one main device used for, or like, symbolism is: (a) chiasmus (b) hyperbole (c) allusion (d) denotation
39. As pointed out in the sample or essay on Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” in Ch. 21, symbols used in the poem are all the following except which one: (a) the world (b) wild geese (c) sun, rain, prairies, and trees (d) a hermit (e) stars