The Tollund Man- Seamus Heaney

The Tollund Man- Seamus Heaney

10th Grade

10 Qs

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The Tollund Man- Seamus Heaney

The Tollund Man- Seamus Heaney

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Medium

Created by

Adam Bond

Used 4+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what country is the setting of The Tollund Man?

Norway

Denmark

Finland

Sweden

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first stanza includes the words peat, pods and pointed. This poetic metalanguage is known as...

Alliteration

Enjambment

Personification

Metaphor

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who could be considered the "bride" in 'The Tollund Man'?

his mother

a Goddess

no one

the speaker

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is it that indicates that the speaker may be a person with religious beliefs?

the 'risk of blasphemy'

'saints kept body'

'As he rode the tumbril'

'Not knowing their tongue'

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many versus are in each stanza of 'The Tollund Man'?

2

3

4

5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

'The Tollund Man' is considered a heavily enjambed poem. Why?

There is not much rhyming

It contains four versus per stanza

There are no full stops

Many of the verses are cut off before its natural stopping point

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is it that the reader desires from Tollund Man?

Eternal hope

To resurrect those that have died as part of 'The Troubles'

To explain how he died

To resurrect and harm those have harmed others

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