Module 2 Revision

According to the speaker of Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” who should fight harder against death?

• his brother
• his father
• his wife
• his son

Which phrase is used to create a play on words, or pun, in “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?

• wild men
• wise men
• grave men
• good men

Which of the following represents an allusion? (Check all that apply)

• Icarus in "Failing and Flying"
• passionate women in "Never Give All the Heart"
• the apple in "A Poison Tree"
• the antelope in "Failing and Flying"

Which poem relies most heavily on a refrain to express its themes?

• "Flying and Failing" by Jack Gilbert
• "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
• "Never Give All the Heart" by W. B. Yeats
• "The Poison Tree" by William Blake

Failing and Flying" includes an allusion to the last flight of Amelia Earhart.

• True
• False

In which poem does the speaker warn against the danger of loving someone without reservation?

• “A Poison Tree” by William Blake
• “Never Give All the Heart” by W. B. Yeats
• “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
• “Failing and Flying” by Jack Gilbert

Which excerpt includes an example of personification? (Check all that apply)

• Like being there by that summer ocean / on the other side of the island while / love was fading out of her,
• In the morning glad I see / My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
• He that made this knows all the cost, / For he gave all his heart and lost.
• Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Which figure of speech appears in these two lines: “Every morning she was asleep in my bed like a visitation, / the gentleness in her like antelope standing in the dawn mist.”

• simile
• allusion
• metaphor
• personification

In Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” what types of images provide metaphors for death?

• images of light fading
• images of medieval battles
• images involving blood
• images of barren landscapes

How many lines are in a rhyming couplet?

• three
• four
• one
• two