'Assisi' Norman MacCaig

What technique is used in the line: 'sat, slumped like a half-filled sack'

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

What does the poet use as a contrast to the beggar?

• The tourists

• The church

• The priest

• St Francis

Which Saint is mentioned in verse 1

• St Anthony

• St Francis

• St Christopher

• St Albert

What does the poet contrast to the poor beggar?

• A rich tourist

• The church

• Art work

• The priest

What artist is mentioned in verse 2?

• Giotto

• Da Vinci

• Michaelangelo

• Fra Angelico

What does the illiterate mean?

• That he can't see

• That he can't speak

• That he can't think

• That he can't read

Why does MacCaig use the metaphor of the birds?

• To show the hypocrisy of the tourists

• To show that the tourists move quickly

• To show that the tourists are mindless

• To show that the tourists can fly

What theme best fits the content of the poem?

• Hypocrisy

• Love

• Anger

• Violence

What is the correct ending to the line: 'to make his frescoes...'

• tell stories

• tell tales

What is the ending to the line: 'A rush of tourists,...'

• flapping ferociously

• clucking quietly

• clucking contentedly

• curiously clucking