WorksheetsModule 2 Revision
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
According to the speaker of Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” who should fight harder against death?
a)
his brother
b)
his father
c)
his wife
d)
his son
2.
Which phrase is used to create a play on words, or pun, in “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
a)
wild men
b)
wise men
c)
grave men
d)
good men
3.
Which of the following represents an allusion? (Check all that apply)
a)
Icarus in "Failing and Flying"
b)
passionate women in "Never Give All the Heart"
c)
the apple in "A Poison Tree"
d)
the antelope in "Failing and Flying"
4.
Which poem relies most heavily on a refrain to express its themes?
a)
"Flying and Failing" by Jack Gilbert
b)
"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
c)
"Never Give All the Heart" by W. B. Yeats
d)
"The Poison Tree" by William Blake
5.
Failing and Flying" includes an allusion to the last flight of Amelia Earhart.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
In which poem does the speaker warn against the danger of loving someone without reservation?
a)
“A Poison Tree” by William Blake
b)
“Never Give All the Heart” by W. B. Yeats
c)
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
d)
“Failing and Flying” by Jack Gilbert
7.
Which excerpt includes an example of personification? (Check all that apply)
a)
Like being there by that summer ocean / on the other side of the island while / love was fading out of her,
b)
In the morning glad I see / My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
c)
He that made this knows all the cost, / For he gave all his heart and lost.
d)
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
8.
Which figure of speech appears in these two lines: “Every morning she was asleep in my bed like a visitation, / the gentleness in her like antelope standing in the dawn mist.”
a)
simile
b)
allusion
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
9.
In Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” what types of images provide metaphors for death?
a)
images of light fading
b)
images of medieval battles
c)
images involving blood
d)
images of barren landscapes
10.
How many lines are in a rhyming couplet?
a)
three
b)
four
c)
one
d)
two
11.
One theme of "The Poison Tree" is the importance of expressing rather than suppressing your feelings.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Why do contemporary poets often use enjambment in a free verse poem?
a)
to create a regular meter
b)
to rhyme consecutive lines
c)
to emphasize important words
d)
to briefly confuse readers
13.
In the poem, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," the writer thinks that death should be met with resistance.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Given its themes, which of William Blake's books is more likely to include the poem “The Poison Tree”?
a)
Songs of Experience
b)
Songs of Innocence
15.
Where was the poet William Butler Yeats born and raised?
a)
England
b)
Ireland
c)
France
d)
the United States
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