Short Quiz on Poetry

the language used to create word pictures for the reader by including details of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, or movement

a literary device that shows emphasis by repeating words and/or phrases

giving a nonhuman subject human characteristics

What is the most likely meaning of cunning as it is used in the following sentence?

The cunning hero saved his companions from the monster by cleverly disguising them.

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  handsome and brave

• mean and spiteful

• clever in a deceptive way

What is the most likely meaning of brawling as it is used in the following sentence? Use context clues to help you.

At the political rally, the two groups argued, and soon the crowd turned into a brawling mob with shouting, pushing, and violent shoving.

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  noisy, quarrelsome, and physically rough

• fully engaged or committed to a peaceful resolution

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  stubbornly disagreeable

How does the speaker in "Chicago" portray the city?

• as an excitable, enthusiastic, and naive little child

• as a brash, swaggering, yet essentially good young man

• as a cold, aloof, yet cunning boy

Which of the following best states the theme of "Chicago"?

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  In its early days, Chicago had more variety and activity than any other American city.

• People love their birthplaces, no matter how brutal and poverty-stricken those places may be.

• Like people, cities grow up with their own personalities and have both good and bad traits.

What do the following lines, taken from the poem "Chicago," represent?

Select the two correct answers.

"And having answered so I turned once more to those who sneer at this city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning"

• a turn in the tone of the poem

• the duality of the city

• the decline of the city

How do the photographs of Chicago help you explain or elaborate on the meaning of the poem "Chicago"?

• They reveal exact scenes described in the poem.

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  They show the negatives of Chicago.

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  They reveal the complexity of Chicago.

One image in the photo gallery "Sandburg's Chicago" shows an Italian family in a Chicago tenement. Consider what you learned about the city in Sandburg's poem "Chicago." Which of the following statements describes an idea that is supported by both the poem and the photo?

• People were working and prospering with many opportunities to get ahead.

• Life was brutal and difficult for newcomers, who often went hungry.

  
  

• Becoming successful could be hard, but many people reached their goals.