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"Woman with Flower"

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

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1.

Re-read the first three lines of the poem “Woman with Flower.” What is the meaning of the word “nurturing” as it is used in these lines?

a)

A. Vain

b)

B. Corrupting

c)

C. Fostering

d)

D. Gallantry

2.

Re-read lines 5 – 6 of the poem “Woman with Flower.”

Based on the rest of the poem, which sentence best restates the meaning of these lines?

a)

A. The leaf isolates itself from other leaves.

b)

B. The leaf wants to create its own illusions

c)

C. amplify the anxieties of a loved one.

d)

D. restrict the development of a loved one.

3.

The author of “Woman with Flower” implies that “Too eager tenderness” will most likely...

a)

A. prompt a loved one to flee.

b)

B. compel a loved one to be resentful.

c)

C. amplify the anxieties of a loved one.

d)

D. restrict the development of a loved one.

4.

Which word best describes the tone of “Woman with Flower”?

a)

A. indifferent

b)

B. instructive

c)

C. reverent

d)

D. somber

5.

The speaker of “Offspring” does not refer to herself in the last 10 lines of the poem. Why does the author most likely structure the poem this way?

a)

A. to indicate the daughter’s growing separation from the speaker

b)

B. to suggest that the speaker is becoming a more sociable person

c)

C. to show that the speaker is describing someone else’s observations

d)

D. to emphasize the daughter’s diminishing importance to the speaker

6.

Which phrase best describes both the gardener in “Woman with Flower” and the speaker of “Offspring”?

a)

A. devoted, but anxious

b)

B. distressed, but cautious

c)

C. attentive, but impractical

d)

D. industrious, but indecisive

7.

Which excerpt best expresses the theme of both “Woman with Flower” and “Offspring”?

a)

A. “Let the soil rest from so much digging…”

b)

B. “Much growth is stunted by too much careful prodding…”

c)

C. “The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.”

d)

D. “Extend myself to that far atmosphere/ Only my dreams allow.”

8.

What is the mother able to do in the “Offspring” poem that the mother in the “Woman with Flower” poem is finding difficult?

a)

A. Reaching her goals

b)

B. Being a good mother

c)

C. Letting go

d)

D. Helping her flower/twig reach the sun

9.

In both poems, what does the sun(light) symbolize?

a)

A. Success & accomplishments

b)

B. The good times

c)

C. The warmth of a mother's love

d)

D. All of the above

10.

In “Offspring,” what is the major shift from the first stanza to the second stanza?

a)

A. The mother lets go and her daughter becomes independent

b)

B. The daughter is no longer a part of the mother

c)

C. The twig breaks away from the tree and finds its own path

d)

D. All of the above

11.

Which one is an example of consonance?

a)

love, learn, leave

b)

love, learn, leave, alone

c)

seek & sunlight

d)

inclined, find, direction

12.

What is alliteration?

a)

A sound device: the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the words.

b)

A sound device: the repetition of vowel sounds

c)

A sound device: the repetition of initial consonant sounds

13.

Which one is an example of alliteration?

a)

love, learn, leave

b)

love, learn, leave, alone

c)

inclined, find, direction

d)

chance, seek, sunlight, itself

14.

Which one is an example of assonance?

a)

inclined, find, direction

b)

love, learn, leave, alone

c)

soil, rest, so

d)

chance, seek, sunlight, itself

15.

What is consonance?

a)

A sound device: the repetition of initial consonant sounds

b)

A sound device: the repetition of vowel sounds

c)

A sound device: the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the words

16.

What is assonance?

a)

A sound device: the repetition of vowel sounds

b)

A sound device: the repetition of initial consonant sounds

c)

A sound device: the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the words