Fear Poetry Quiz Review

In “beware: do not read this poem,” to what does the speaker compare the poem?

• a horror movie, which is meant to terrify audience members

• the mirror in a horror show, into which people disappear

• another poem about a horrifying event in a strange house

• a horror tale, in which people are pursued by an eerie woman

Part A Which statement best summarizes the theme in “beware: do not read this poem”?

• Many people go missing every year, and no one cares enough to find out why.

• People who are self-centered never change; even in old age, they think only about themselves.

• Reading poems, or looking into mirrors, is a poor substitute for living a full and active life.

• Whenever someone commits to reading a poem, he or she risks getting caught up in it.

Part B Which lines from the poem best support the answer to Part A?

• tonite, thriller was / about an old woman, so vain she / surrounded herself with / many mirrors

• it got so bad that finally she / locked herself indoors & her / whole life became the / mirrors

• statistic: the us bureau of missing persons re- / ports that in 1968 over 100,000 people / disappeared leaving no solid clues

• do not resist this poem/ … this poem is the reader & the / reader this poem

Which statement best describes the speaker in “The Raven”?

• The speaker is suffering from the loss of his beloved.

• The speaker is celebrating his great love.

• The speaker is fantasizing about love’s enormous potential.

• The speaker is recalling the many joys and sorrows of his life.

Which lines from the poem best support the fact that the Windigo is the speaker?

• You saw me drag toward you. / Oh touch me, I murmured, and licked the soles of your feet. / You dug your hands into my pale, melting fur.

• Towels flapped on the hooks, / and the dog crept off, groaning, / to the deepest part of the woods.

• Mother scolded the food warm and smooth in the pot / and called you to eat.

• Then your warm hands hummed over and shoveled themselves full / of the ice and the snow.