Literary quiz 2

In “Who Has Seen the Wind” the only assumption the author does not make about the wind is what?

Meter often directly affects the mood of a poem.

In “The Masque of the Red Death,” Poe alludes to which of the following Bible stories?

Allusions presume a body of shared knowledge between the author and readers.

The atmosphere of Borges’s poem could best be described as what?

What implication does Poe make in his allusion that “the figure in question had out-Heroded Herod”?

The title “Maggie and Millay and Molly and may” illustrates the poetic device called what?

Which comparison/contrast, is not used in “on the Grasshopper and the Cricket” is not

Many of Robert’s imaginative comparisons emphasize what?

What part of speech does Hoey most often use to build suspense in “Foul Shot”?

The main theme of “Cupid’s arrows” is what?

The atmosphere of Arnold’s poem is best described as what?

In “A Piece of Chalk,” what sound device does Chesterton use in the phrase “first fierce stars”?

O’Neill’s thesis in “Outta My Way, Grandpa!” is that __________.

In what season does the action of “A Piece of Chalk” occur?

What type of imaginative comparison does Roberts often use to suggest the dangers of nature?

In “The Masque of the Red Death,” Prospero and his revelers symbolize __________.

“Afterglow” discusses how humans deal with what?

Which adjective best describes Kipling’s tone toward Kitty in “Cupid’s Arrows”?

Which of the following details does not reinforce the atmosphere of Poe’s story?

Which words does Fray Angelico Chavez not use to describe the rattlesnake?

The girl in “maggie and milly and molly and may” whose response symbolizes her tenderheartedness is __________.

A major theme of Crane’s story is what?

In “A Bird Came Down the Walk” what’s the comparison in “looked like frightened Beads”?

Cumming’s poetry is often unconventional in its use of all of the following elements except?

Patterned repetition of sound, syntax, and thought is more common in prose than in poetry.

Hayman believes that he will become as great a man as Drake

Allusions are based primarily on what?

Chesterton uses the color white to symbolize __________.

Arnold’s phrase “and down he lays his weary bones” is an example of what?

Which of the following does Wagoner not use to reinforce the meaning of “march for a one-man Band?”

The narrator persona in “Cupid’s Arrows” is clearly Kipling himself.

In “Sir Francis Drake,” Hayman alludes to _______ in describing Drake.

According to “Cupid’s Arrows,” Barr-Saggott’s attempts to improve his looks only made him look worse.

In “Foul Shot,” “And then / And then / And then” are an example of how the poet creates what throughout the poem?

Allusions sometimes make use of symbols.

Rossetti’s poem “Who has Seen the Wind?” Is based on which of the following devices?

Both alliteration and assonance are devices dealing with consonant sounds.

What kind of conflict is the main conflict in “The Return of The Rangers”?

What famous American speech did King allude to in his “I Have a Dream” speech?

In “A Gray Sleeve” how do the soldiers respond to the house?

In Cummings’s poem, each girl’s reaction to the seashore reveals her personality trait.

The title of Kipling’s work is an allusion to classical mythology

The theme of “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket” by John Keats is that __________.

Choose the literary device not seen in the following sentence : “He [the Red Death] had come like a thief in the night.”

Christina Rossetti is the author of “Who Has Seen the Wind?”

In Matthew Arnold’s “The Progress of Poesy,” the fount symbolizes __________.

Arnold’s phrase “and down he lays his weary bones” is an example of metonymy