Those Winter Sundays

Why is the multiple meaning of the word "offices" in line 14 important to the poem?

• It refers to both a duty and a service done for others.

• It conveys the father's mixed emotions.

• It refers to both a place and an executive position.

• It indicates the size of the speaker's house.

The photograph reinforces the poem's tone of...

• indiference

• desperation

• melancholy

• whimsy

In line 5, the sentence "No one ever thanked him" suggests the poem explores the theme of...

• uninformed judgment

• domestic strife

• suppressed excitement

• belated gratitude

The poem's setting is significant because it helps contrast...

• the family's physical closeness and emotional distance

• the opinions of the hardworking father and the lazy child

• the presence of the father and the absence of hte mother

• the different values of the siblings within the family

The tone of this poem can best be described as...

• carefree

• optimistic

• self-righteous

• regretful

The author begins a new stanza in line 6 most likely to indicate a shift from...

• the distant past to the immediate future

• literal language to figurative language

• a focus on the father to a focus on the speaker

• an uncritical attitude to a self-critical attitude