RC - ELA 9 - Poetry - Demolition Derby

44. In context, the details like "grinding their gears like teeth" (line 3) and "pawing the dirt with their wheels" (line 4) suggest that the cars are demonstrating

• A. physical agility

• B. limitless strength

• C. mental confusion

• D. restrained aggression

45. In which of the following quotations does the poet use personification to enhance the description of the conflict?

• A. "The air goes rank with scorching rubber" (line 13)

• B. "the cars joust on through smoke and steam" (line 14)

• C. "an orange van almost hammered to scrap" (line 21)

• D. "The odds seemed stacked in the white car's favour" (line 22)

46. The poet enhances the description of the demolition derby through the use of alliteration in the phrases

• A. "chant and cheer" (line 25) and "ripped to ribbons" (line 28)

• B. "the mobile junkheap" (line 26) and "summons the last of its courage" (line 29)

• C. "Finally the underdog" (line 27) and "slams the white sedan" (line 30)

• D. "its wheels askew" (line 28) and "the delighted crowd explodes" (line 21)

47. In this poem, the poet examines how a "demolition derby" (line 36) enables the crowd to derive pleasure from

• A. participating in a rite of passage

• B. observing the suffering of others

• C. engaging in a childhood pastime

• D. witnessing intentional destruction