I'm a Nobody

I'm a Nobody

8th Grade

5 Qs

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I'm a Nobody

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Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best supported by the poem’s first stanza (lines 1-4)?

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there’s a pair of us

Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

A. The speaker assumes that the listener is on her side.

B. The speaker wants to change her name to something unfamiliar.

C. The speaker fears the judgment of others.

D. The speaker is tired of being famous.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The second stanza (lines 5-8) adds to the development of the poem mainly by...

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one’s name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

A. sharing personal details from the speaker’s own life

B. suggesting that the poem takes place in June

C. making it clear that the speaker of the poem is a frog

D. further explaining why the speaker wouldn’t want to be “Somebody”

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following selections most closely describes the speaker’s opinion of audiences?

A. She believes that it is necessary for a poet to have a wide audience.

B. She thinks that audiences aren’t very intelligent.

C. She only wants an audience that is respectful and kind.

D. She believes that having a wide audience is a sign of importance.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which line from the poem best supports the correct answer to Question 3?

A. “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”

B. “Are you – Nobody – too?”

C. “How dreary – to be – Somebody!”

D. “To an admiring Bog!”

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match each vocabulary word with its correct definition:

muddy or swampy ground

dreary

to do something to get other people’s attention

livelong

entire or whole

advertise

exposed to open view

bog

dark or gloomy

public