Rolando Perez, “Office at Night”

1. This poem is a fine example of

a. Allegory

b. Exposition

c. Ekphrasis

d. Assonance

Lucille Clifton, “forgiving my father”

2. Why is the f in the words forgiving and father in lower case?

a. No reason is needed

b. It is purely a stylistic decision on capitalization

c. It signifies that the speaker has not yet forgiven her father

d. She could not put the f in forgiving in lower case without doing the same with the f in father

May Miller, “The Scream”

3. The speaker in this poem is

a. At sea

b. Alive

c. Dead

d. In limbo

Lynda Hull, “Night Waitress”

4. The female speaker in this poem is experiencing

a. Anger, grief, hopelessness, and acceptance

b. Desolation, isolation, loneliness, and desire

c. Despair, sleeplessness, despondency, and depression

d. Remorse, introversion, silence, and solitude

Pat Mora, “Legal Alien”

5. In this poem, Mora explores

a. Ethnic insularity

b. Cultural racism

c. Hyphenated identity

d. Class cluelessness

Derek Walcott, “Love After Love”

6. What advice is the speaker giving to the listener/reader in this poem?

a. Advice for someone before contemplating a break up

b. Advice for someone recovering from a break up

c. Advice to someone who does not regret a recent break up

d. Advice for someone on how to initiate a break up

Susan Minot, “My Husband’s Back”

7. The fire in this poem and the lighting of it works as

a. An allusion

b. A juxtaposition

c. A foil

d. A metaphor

Li-Young Lee, “My Father in Heaven Is Reading Out Loud”

8.In the first stanza, our speaker rather boldly and beautifully compares his father to who (or what)?

a. A healer

b. A clairvoyant

c. God

d. A monk

Deborah Garrison, “Worked Late on a Tuesday Night”

9. What feelings and emotions is the speaker experiencing in this poem

a. Acceptance and fear

b. Sadness and despair

c. Guilt and remorse

d. Hope and anger

Sharon Olds, “Summer Solstice New York City”

10. Why do the cops and the “jumper” share a cigarette after it is all over?

a. To calm the nerves after a very tense situation

b. To light the night

c. To share a brief moment of victory and survival

d. All of the above

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