The Emigree by Carol Rumens

Which of the following features personification?

• "It may be sick with tyrants"

• "The graceful slopes glow even clearer"

• "My shadow falls as evidence of sunlight"

• "The frontiers rise between us"

What is the narrator's current view of her old city?

• She feels it has gotten worse than it used to be

• She is glad she left the place

• She still views it with fondness

• She doesn't express any emotive opinion on it

Which feature of the poem is ambiguous?

• When the narrator left her country

• Which problems the county and city are facing

• The narrator's perception of the place

• The name of the country and city

What does the narrator mean when she says "there's no way back at all / but my city comes back to me in its own white paper plane"?

• She can still sneak into the city

• She is still able to remember the city

• She is sent photos of the city

• She is still in touch with old relatives

What are the connotations of sunlight in the poem?

• The country has a warm climate

• There is still hope for citizens of the country

• Every day is the same in the country

• The narrator has positive memories of the country

What could the city itself, of which "there's no way back", be a metaphor for?

• Happiness

• The world

• The past

• Family

Which of the following is not a simile?

• "The frontiers rise between us, close like waves"

• "But my memory of it is sunlight-clear"

• "It lies down in front of me, docile as paper"

• "That child's vocabulary I carried here like a hollow doll"

What could the narrator mean in the quote "It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants / but I am branded by an impression of sunlight"?

• Her positive view of the country may not be accurate

• She is speculating that the country has become worse

• She is going to forget about the problems the country is facing

• She is blind to the issues faced

Which of the following is a semantic field for the words 'love', 'dancing' and 'sunlight'?

• Dreams

• Positivity

• Birthplace

• Family

Complete this quote: "My city takes me dancing through the city of ______"

• Hope

• Shadows

• Conflict

• Walls