I Am Nobody

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.

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”

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.

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!”

Match each vocabulary word with its correct definition:

• exposed to open view

• bog

• dark or gloomy

• advertise

• to do something to get other people’s attention

• public

• entire or whole

• livelong

• muddy or swampy ground

• dreary