Understanding the Explosion at the Poem Factory

What prompted Kilmer Watts to seek a new job?

• A lack of interest in music

• The invention of automatic pianos

• The closure of the music school

• A desire to travel

What was Kilmer's initial impression of the poem factory?

• He was uninterested in poetry

• He thought it was too old-fashioned

• He was intrigued by the machines

• He found it too noisy

What caused the disaster at the poem factory?

• A worker strike

• A flood

• The machines malfunctioned

• A fire broke out

After the factory disaster, what did Kilmer decide to do?

• Start a music band

• Return to teaching poetry

• Move to another city

• Open a new factory

What is a 'foot' in poetry?

• A poetic device

• A rhyme scheme

• A building block of a poem

• A type of poem

Which type of poem is arranged to form a picture?

• Concrete verse

• Acrostic

• Sonnet

• Haiku

What is the structure of a haiku?

• Four lines with 4-4-4-4 syllables

• Three lines with 5-7-5 syllables

• Five lines with 2-4-6-8-10 syllables

• Two lines with 10 syllables each

What is a heroic couplet?

• A single line of poetry

• A poem with no rhyme

• A stanza of four lines

• Two rhyming lines with iambic pentameter

What does the term 'anapest' refer to?

• A three-syllable foot with stress on the last syllable

• A two-syllable foot with stress on the first syllable

• A four-syllable foot with alternating stress

• A single-syllable foot with no stress

What is an epithalamium?

• A poem about nature

• A poem celebrating a marriage

• A poem with no rhyme

• A poem that tells a story