"The New Colossus"

"The New Colossus"

Multiple Choice

What is “the brazen giant of Greek fame with conquering limbs astride from land to land”?

• The Statue of Liberty

• Power

• Immigrants

• The Colossus of Rhodes statue

The poem says the Statue of Liberty is NOT like the brazen giant of Greek fame.

She is contrasting the two statues in this poem.

Multiple Choice

Where are "our sea-washed, sunset gates"?

• Greece

• New York

• heaven

• Eastern Europe

The Statue of Liberty is in New York, in the harbor.

The "twin cities" are Brooklyn and New York City.

Multiple Choice

Who is the “mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning,” whose name is “Mother of Exiles”?

• freedom

• The Colossus of Rhodes

• The Statue of Liberty

• America

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Statue of Liberty only welcomes highly-talented immigrants who will be valuable citizens of America.

• True

• False

Give me your...

• tired

• poor

• huddled masses (lots of people at once)

• wretched refuse

• homeless

• tempest-tost

Multiple Choice

What "lamp" is the Mother of Exiles lifting?

• a lighthouse

• her crown

• America

• a torch

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of alliteration from the poem?

• "world-wide welcome"

• "silent lips"

• "beacon-hand"

• "storied pomp"

Open Ended

Find another example of alliteration in the poem!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a metaphor from the poem?

• "conquering limbs astride from land to land"

• "the brazen giant of Greek fame"

• "whose flame is the imprisoned lightning"

• "the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame"

Multiple Choice

The Statue of Liberty is given a name ("Mother of Exiles"), a personality, and lines to speak. What literary term best describes this device?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Open Ended

How does this poem relate to Emma Lazarus’s life and background?

Open Ended

This poem is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Do you think it should be? Why or why not?