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WorksheetsThe Listeners
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What type of poem is "The Listeners?"
a)
Haiku
b)
Acrositic
c)
Narrative
d)
Shakespearean Sonnet
2.
When the poet says, "of the forest's ferny floor," what type of figurative language is he using?
a)
Simile
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
3.
What is the mood of our poem?
a)
Eerie or Spooky
b)
Exciting
c)
Happy and relaxed
d)
Sad or melancholy
4.
Where is the setting of our poem?
a)
Near a pond where many animals were frolicking.
b)
At the top of a tower, overlooking a barren land.
c)
A small cabin by the beach.
d)
A moonlit evening at a dwelling in a forest.
5.
Which word(s) below suggests that the setting involves a mansion or castle?
a)
Moonlit door
b)
Turret
c)
Iron on stone
d)
Plunging hoofs
6.
Which words below suggests that the owners of the house are deceased (dead)?
a)
Bird flew up out of the turret
b)
Grey Eyes
c)
Faint Moonbeams
d)
Phantom Listeners
7.
What passage below indicates that the Traveller previously knew "the Listeners?"
a)
"Tell them I came, and no on answered, That I kept my word."
b)
Silence surged softly backward
c)
"Is there anybody there?"
d)
He suddenly smote on the door even louder.
8.
Which words below are an example of alliteration?
a)
the plunging hoofs were gone.
b)
the silence surged softly backward
c)
their stillness answering his cry
d)
sound of iron on stone
9.
Who are the characters in our poem?
a)
The Traveller
b)
The Phantom Listeners
c)
The horse
d)
All of the above
10.
The climax of this narrative poem is probably when...
a)
The bird flies out of the turret above the traveller's head.
b)
The horse chomps on the ferny ground.
c)
The silence returns to the house because the traveller has departed.
d)
The traveller yells out, "Tell them I came, and no one answered, that I kept my word!"
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