Poems: Sonnet 43 and The Song of Wandering Aengus

1. What is the rhyme scheme in stanza one of “The Song of Wandering Aengus”? RL5

• A. a-b-a-b-a-b-b-a

• B. a-b-c-b-d-e-f-e

• C. a-b-c-d-e-f-g-f

• D. a-b-b-a-b-c-b-d

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2. What is an example of a simile in the first stanza of “The Song of Wandering Aengus”? RL4 

• A  “a fire was in my head” 
• B  “white moths were on the wing” 
• C  “moth-like stars were flickering out”
• D  “caught a little silver trout”

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3. What transformation is described in the second stanza of “The Song of Wandering Aengus”? RL1     

• A  A berry turns into a silver trout.
• B  The fire’s flame becomes a glimmering girl.
• C  A silver trout becomes a glimmering girl.
• D  A glimmering girl disappears into thin air.

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4. What evidence from the text supports the idea that the fishing pole was magical?

• A “because a fire was in my head”

• B “and cut and peeled a hazel wand”

• C “And moth-like stars were flickering out”

• D “I dropped the berry in a stream”

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5. What is the speaker searching for in the third stanza of “The Song of Wandering Aengus”? RL1

• A hollow and hilly lands

• B the silver trout

• C the glimmering girl

• D silver apples of the moon

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6. Which element in “Sonnet 43” is a feature of a sonnet? RL5

• A paradox

• B repetition

• C figurative language

• D fourteen lines

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7. In which lines of “Sonnet 43” does the rhyme scheme change? RL5

• A lines 1–4

• B lines 5–8

• C lines 9–12

• D lines 13–14

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8. The main contrast expressed in “Sonnet 43” is between . . . . RL1

• A eye and mind.

• B day and night.

• C object and shadow.

• D living and dying.

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9. Line 8 of “Sonnet 43,” “When to unseeing eyes they shade shines so,” contains an example of . . . . .RL4

• A simile.

• B metaphor.

• C personification.

• D alliteration.

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10. What does the speaker of “Sonnet 43” reveal about himself? RL1

• A He does not sleep well.

• B He is happiest at night.

• C He does not see well.

• D He is busy during the day.

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