WorksheetsEnglish Final
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 16mins
The speaker of "The Guitar" makes a direct comparison between the guitar and ___.
a singer
camellias
a wounded heart
snow
What does the following, final line from "Making a Fist" suggest?
...clenching and opening one small hand.
Survival is a series of struggles
The speaker is angry with her mother
The speaker is now on the verge of death
People stop growing and changing when they become adults.
What makes the speaker of "Jade Flower Palace" so sad is the contrast between
the beauty of the surrounding woods and eh ugliness of the palace ruins.
the prince's hopes for his palace and its current decayed state.
the prince's wealth and power and the speaker's poverty
what he used to think of the prince and what he knows about him now
In "The Moon at the Fortified Pass," soldiers gazing at the moon think about _____.
battle
enemies
home
sleep
The tone the poet uses in "the Moon at the Fortified Pass" is best described as
grim and foreboding
bold and daring
gentle and loving
calm an expectant
Which words best summarize the speaker's feelings about friends in "What are Friends for"?
patient and kind
excited and open
grateful and accepting
disappointed and bitter
The following lines from "What Are Friends For" contain how many stops or pauses?
What are friends for, my mother asks.
A duty undone, visit missed,
casserole unbaked for sick Jane.
two
three
four
five
In "Some Like Poetry," what are the speaker's feelings about poetry?
She knows it is vital to her, even though few people think it is important.
She counts it among the many things she likes, such as chicken-noodle soup.
She thinks it is suitable only for students and poets.
She wishes more people liked it.
In Sonnet 18, according to Shakespeare, Death can be defeated by ____.
religion
art
science
nature
What is the tone of the couplet at the end of Sonnet 18?
questioning
confident
fearful
melancholy
In "The Waking", what "climbs up a winding stair"?
a worm
a rat
a plover
the poet
The images of nature in "The Waking" connect to the poet's meaning by
symbolizing the connection between life and death.
creating a warm, inviting mood.
appealing to the senses.
explaining the metaphor for waking.
In "The Stolen Child", the fairies
exist only by night
lead a child back tohis parents
take a child from the human world
show a child their secret treasures
In "the Stolen Child", the line "We foot it all the night" means
one must walk al night to find the island
humans measure the world differently from fairies.
they walk all night with the abducted child.
the fairies dance all night.
In "The Stolen Child," when the child leaves with the fairies he
goes to the leafy island to share in the stolen cherries and dancing.
will be solemn but will at least have no need to continue weeping.
must leave human pleasures like cattle sounds, kettles singing, and scurrying mice.
will become one of the supernatural woodland creatures.
Who are the speakers of "In Flanders Fields"?
poppies in a cemetary
soldiers in battle
soldiers killed in battle
relatives of soldiers
In "In Flanders Fields", what does the poem's repetitive beat suggest?
soldiers carrying the torch of the fallen soldiers into battle
the bravely singing larks and other birds that fly over Flanders fields
the sound of gunfire in Flanders fields
the rows and rows of grave markers throughout Flanders fields
In "the Kraken," where can the Kraken be found?
wandering through villages
sleeping on a beach
deep in the sea
swimming along the surface of the ocean
According to "The Kraken", what has the Kraken spent his time doing for ages?
sleeping and eating huge seaworms
attacking sailors
rising to the surface of the ocean and roaring
traveling throughout the ocean
What is revealed by actions described in "Reapers"?
the numbing effect on slaves of repetitive work
the beauty of nature on a farm
how to operate a scythe effectively
the important role horses play at harvest tme
On what type of journey has the speaker in "Meeting at Night" been?
a journey walking down a long stretch of beach
a journey on horseback
a journey at sea
a mountain journey
Which of the following lines from "Meeting at Night" features an example of onomatopoeia?
"And quench its speed i' the slushy sand"
"Three fields to cross till a farm appears"
"And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears"
"The gray sea and the long black land"
In "The Wind.." who is the guest who enters the speaker's home?
a tired man
the wind
a musician
a humming bird
How might you paraphrase the following stanza from "The wind.."
he visited---still flitting---/Then, like a timid Man / Again, He tapped ---'twas flurriedly ---And I became alone---
Win darted around my home and then abruptly left.
The wind gusted in my home. Then it broke through the window.
The wind became stronger and stronger until I had to seek cover.
The wind stayed in my home until another visitor - a timid man - knocked on my door.
What metaphor is central to the poem "Metaphor"?
the comparison of bright words to dark words
the comparison of morning to a blank sheet of paper
the comparison of night to dawn
the comparison of rest to wakefulness
To the speaker of "Metaphor", what does each morning present?
a chance for a fresh start
more work
time to deal with yesterday's problems
more bright words than dark words
In "Right Hand" what does Grandfather's hand do as it irons?
It becomes tire an limp, thinking only only of when the work will be finished.
It becomes expressive and self-assure, telling stories in Grandfather's native Yiddish.
It becomes angry and resentful, slamming the iron down on the shirts and trousers
It stiffens from the pain and exhaustion caused by too many years of hard work.
In "Right Hand", in what way is Grandfather himself different from his hand?
Grandfather is interesed in poetry while his hand is concerned mainly with the work of ironing.
Grandfather is energetic but his hand is stiff and sore.
Grandfather is reserve and quiet while his hand is expressive and self-assured.
Grandfather speaks only in Yiddish while the hand speaks in English.
