The Highwayman Comprehension

What does the highwayman do for a living? 

• He owns an inn

• He robs people

• He cares for horses

• He lets Bess do all work; no job for him!

Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed... is what type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Who dies in this poem?

• Bess

• The Highwayman

• Both of them 

• Neither of them

Who listened secretly to Bess and the highwayman?

• Her mother

• the landlord

• Tim

• King George's men

How does Bess warn the highwayman in Part 2

• She sends him a letter

• She tells he innkeeper

• She yells out his name

• She shoots herself

What is the main theme of 'The Highwayman'?

• Love and sacrifice

• War and peace

• Friendship and loyalty

• Greed and betrayal

What literary device is used in the line 'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Who is the author of 'The Highwayman'?

• Alfred Noyes

• Robert Frost

• Emily Dickinson

• William Wordsworth

What is the setting of 'The Highwayman'?

• A bustling city

• A quiet village

• A lonely moor

• A dense forest

What does the highwayman promise Bess?

• To return by morning

• To take her away

• To give her gold

• To marry her