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Richard Cory Questons

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the speaker in the poem?

a)

Richard Cory

b)

a wealthy former friend

c)

a family member

d)

a common person from town

e)

a wealthy businessman

2.

Lines 1 and 2 use all of the following sound techniques to foster the mood EXCEPT?

a)

alliteration

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

d)

rhyme

e)

cacophony

3.

In line 3, the word "crown" has the connotation of

a)

disdain

b)

head

c)

royalty

d)

indifference

e)

jewels

4.

In the context of the second stanza, the phrase “fluttered pulses” (line 7) suggests all of the following except

a)

fear

b)

anger

c)

desire

d)

joy

e)

fatigue

5.

"So on we worked and waited for the light, And went without the meat and cursed the bread,” juxtaposes

a)

poverty and dissatisfaction

b)

hope and despair

c)

civilization and chaos

d)

sacrifice and duty

e)

toil and fatigue

6.

The suicide of Richard Cory should force the speaker to

a)

work harder and be kinder

b)

recalibrate his understanding of success

c)

give people the benefit of the doubt more often

d)

avoid sacrificing the present for the future

e)

not lose touch with his fellow man