Worksheets"The Albuquerque Graveyard" AP Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
The poem can be described as a
pastoral elegy
Discursive memoir
Reflective narrative
Dramatic dialogue
Poetic drama
The lines 1-11 convey the author's sense of
The transience of the natural world
The laboriousness of a task
His devotion to an individual
Religious inspiration
Inconspicuous accomplishments
The phrase "to bury our dead" (line 2) specifically refers to (*antecedents*) specifically refers to
Those who have died recently
The speaker’s grandparents
The speaker’s friends
A community of black people
Black soldiers
The images in lines 15-17 (sealed...crosses) contrast most directly with
“Three buses” (line 6)
“Wilted flowers and patience” (line 11)
“Pictures of Robeson” (line 34)
“Othello’s robes” (line 36)
“Simple mounds” (line 49)
In line 18 (“the pattern of the place is clear to me”), the speaker suggests which of the following?
I. His familiarity with the physical layout of the graveyard
II. His awareness of the social segregation reflected in the arrangement of the graves
III. His desire to change the way in which the graveyard is structured
I only
II only
I and II only
II and III only
I, II, and III
In the context of the poem, the term “Black limbo” (line 20)
A somber momber in the past
An honorable burial
Funereal mediation
Assigned confinement
Spiritual realization
By deciding to “forgive his frightened singing” (line 38), the speaker in effect does which of the following?
Apologizes for Robeson’s small failures
Accepts Robeson’s minor shortcomings
Accepts the man and his admiration for Robeson
Questions the man’s need to imitate Robeson
Dramatizes the strength of Robeson’s influence
The descriptions of the “woman” (line 40) most directly suggests that she
Was angered by limitations placed on her
Sought gratification through the speaker’s possible success
Gained renown for her knowledge of rhetoric
Taught the speaker to suppress his sense of outrage
Drew on the speaker for her knowledge about the world
In line 42, “parsing my tongue” probably refers to the woman’s
Meticulous attention to the speaker’s use of language
Thoughtful provision of moral guidance for the speaker
Careful preparation of the speaker for school examinations
Admonition of the speaker for failing to show respect to others
Homespun advice to the speaker on how to achieve future success
The structure of the poem is determined by the speaker’s
Emotions
Movements
Ideas
Values
History
