Poetry Unit Test

1. The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is:

• Edgar Allan Poe
• A man who does not like an old man's eye
• A housekeeper
• A police officer

2. What is the mood of “A Tell-Tale Heart”?

• Happy
• Hopeful
• Spooky
• Funny

3. What happens at the end of “A Tell-Tale Heart”?

• The man runs away
• The police save the old man
• The narrator confesses to his crime
• The old man seeks revenge

4. What does the term “recluse” mean? (Think Emily Dickinson)

• To be outgoing
• To be withdrawn from the rest of the world
• To lay still in a chair
• To travel the world

5. What is the name of Emily Dickinson’s home, now a museum?

• The Homestead
• The Mansion
• The Homespun
• The Ranch

What did Emily make her sister promise to do after her death?

• To publish all her poems
• To tell her long lost love that she loved him
• To burn all of her poems and not show anyone
• Invite the whole town to her funeral

In Emily Dickinson's Poem, “Hope is the thing with Feathers”, hope is being compared to what?

• A cloud
• A Bumblebee
• A bird
• The sky

What was something Robert Frost and his wife, Elinor, had in common?

• They both were writers
• They both played soccer
• They tied for co-valedictorians of their graduating class
• They were troublemakers in school

What was one of Robert Frost’s greatest accomplishments?

• He recited one of his famous poems at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration
• He was a famous actor
• He published a series of popular children's books
• He was the first Author to write Macabre

What best describes Langston Hughes’ early life?

• He was raised by both his mother and father
• He was mostly raised by his grandmother and moved around a lot
• He lived in the same city his whole life
• He moved to Mexico with his father when he was two years old