IF Athletes

What is the setting of this poem?

• the athlete's birthday

• the town's annual field day

• the athlete's funeral

• the celebration of the Olympians

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the author, the speaker's opinion is mostly

• a positive thing because he will be remembered as a "winner"

• neutral because he has no opinion about it

• a negative thing because the town has lost such a great man

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What does the speaker mean by "home" in line 6 of "To and Athlete Dying Young"?

"Shoulder-high we bring you home"

• never-ending sorryow

• a matter of vanity

• the speaker

• the final resting place

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many stanzas are in "To An Athlete Dying Young"?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the rhyme scheme in "To An Athlete Dying Young"?

• AA/BB/CC

• ABC/ABC

• AB/AB/CD

• ABAA/CDCC

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What action do lines 21-22 of "To an Athlete Dying Young" suggest?

"So set, before its echoes fade,

The fleet foot on the sill of shade"

• entering the grave

• refuse to give away your affection

• honor and reward physical strength

• lack the capacity to take advice

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"And early though the laurel grows,

It withers quicker than the rose."

Lines 11-12 of "To an Athlete Dying Young" convey the idea that

• time brings unwelcome and painful change

• people honor and reward physical strength

• glory fades quickly

• refuse to give away your affection

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" best supports the inference that a disadvantage of old age is seeing others surpass you?

• "Eyes the shady night has shut/ Cannot see the record cut"

• "The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place"

• "Smart lad, to slip bedtimes away/ From fields where glory does not stay"

• "Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man"

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In the poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" when was the first tie they carried him home?

• he was injured

• when he retired

• he won a race

• when he broke a record

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In "To an Athlete Dying Young" what is the "stiller town" that he is being taken to?

• the cemetary

• his home

• the stadium

• the place of celebration

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9