Question

#1: How do readers know that “Love is not all” by Edna St. Vincent Millay is a sonnet?
A. because Millay wrote only sonnets
B. because its subject matter is love
C. because of its rhyme scheme and length
D. because it was inspired by the poetry of Shakespeare

**my answer; C.

is that right?? @ArkGoLucky :)

link to poem "Love is not all"

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-is-not-all/

Answer 1

#2: Read this excerpt from “Love is not all” by Edna St. Vincent Millay:
Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink
Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain;
Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink
And rise and sink and rise and sink again;
Love can not fill the thickened lung with breath,
Nor clean the blood, nor set the fractured bone;

The images in these lines evoke

A. times of risk and threat.
B. the little mishaps of life.
c. the speaker’s physical problems.
D. the happiness that love brings.

**not too sure... I'm thinking its B tho.. :/ is that right??

Answer 2

#3: The theme of “Love is not all” by Edna St. Vincent Millay is that love
A. is commonly misunderstood by others.
B. has great value to the speaker.
C. matters less than food or shelter.
d. is a dream that fools believed in.

**my answer: B. has great value to the speaker

ist hat right?

Answer 3

1 is right

Answer 4

#4: The opening lines of Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” read, “She walks in beauty, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies.” In these lines Byron uses

A. paradox.
B. allegory.
c. irony.
D. simile.

**my answer; D. simile since it uses "like"

or is it B, allegory??

link to poem "she walks in beauty"

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173100

Answer 5

okay!! what about 2-4?

Answer 6

2 is A not B

Answer 7

#5: Which word best describes the speaker’s tone in “She Walks in Beauty”?
A. awed
B. irked
c. shy
d. trivializing

**ym answer: A. awed

is that right??

Answer 8

and oaky regarding 2 :)

Answer 9

3 is right

Answer 10

#6: Like other works written by Romantic writers, “She Walks in Beauty” makes use of

A. comparisons to supernatural beings.
B. informal diction and casual descriptions.
C. elevated and complicated language.
D. everyday ideas and thoughts.

**my answer; C

is that right?

Answer 11

4 is D

Answer 12

#7: Which of the following best states the theme of Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare?

A. Love is fickle and unpredictable.

B. Love is unchanging and constant.

C. Love is for the young and foolish.

D. Love is only for the old and wise.

**my answer; B

is that right??

link to "sonnet 116"

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/116.html

Answer 13

okay!! regarding 3 and 4 :) thx!

Answer 14

5 is right

Answer 15

6 is right

Answer 16

awesome!!

Answer 17

7 is right

Answer 18

#8: Read this excerpt from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55:
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory:

These lines from the poem make readers think of

A. time spent with dear friends.
B. hours of excitement and surprise.
C. peaceful, productive days.
D. destructive, brutal acts.

**my answer; D

is that right??

and yay for 7!!

Answer 19

#9: Read this excerpt from Shakespeare's Sonnet 30:
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoanèd moan,

These lines are an example of Shakespeare's

A. refusal to use a conventional rhyme scheme in his poetry.

B. celebration of time as a great healer and equalizing force.

C. use of repeated "oh" sounds to capture the speaker's grief.

D. decision to break from the constraints of iambic pentameter.

**my answer; C

is that right??

Answer 20

yes

Answer 21

so 8 and 9 are both right??

Answer 22

#10: Based on the imagery and other clues in the poem, it is clear that the speaker in "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" is

A. Ezra Pound.

B. a man in early twentieth-century Europe.

C. a woman in eighth-century China.

D. a modern Chinese woman.

***i'm thinking it's C cuz of what it describes... but maybe it's A. erza pound the author?? idk what do u think?? I'm leaning more towards C tho.. is that right??

link to poem "the river merchants wife"

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177163

Answer 23

#11: The imagery in the first stanza of “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” is

A. lighthearted.
B. sad.
C. grave.
d. brutal.

**my answer; A. lighthearted

is that right?

Answer 24

10 is C

Answer 25

11 is B

Answer 26

#12:In the final stanza of “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” the speaker says, “You dragged your feet when you went out.” This sentence hints at

A. the speaker’s loss of love for her husband.
B. the speaker’s husband’s reluctance to leave.
C. the speaker’s faulty memory.
D. the speaker’s husband’s problems with walking.

**my answer: A

is that right??

and yay for 10!!

Answer 27

12 is B

Answer 28

oh okay, 11 is B?? is it cuz she's like reminiscing about the past and her good old days?

Answer 29

how is 12 B?? can u pls explain? I'm confused haha :P

Answer 30

#13: In Chapter 2 of “The Song of Solomon,” in order to describe her beauty, the speaker compares herself to
A. a river.
B. the sun.
C. a flower.
D. the morning

**my answer; C. a flower

is that right?? she's comparing herself to the lily right??

link to poem "the song of solomon" chapter 2 (which is what i refer to!!)

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Song-of-Solomon-Chapter-2/

Answer 31

#14: The purpose of Chapter 2 of "The Song of Solomon" is to

A. remind the speaker of her courage.

B. criticize the speaker's enemies.

C. mourn the speaker's beloved.

D. praise the speaker's beloved.

**my answer; D

is that right?? is it to praise the speaker's beloved??

Answer 32

Well the poem is about how the husband leaves so that's pretty sad and she talks about how she does not smile and everything is sorrowful.
12 is B because she still loves her husband

Answer 33

#15: The places and objects named in Chapter 2 of “The Song of Solomon”

A. are also found in today’s love poetry.
B. reflect the speaker’s bewildered joy.
C. would be familiar to people in biblical times.
D. recall for readers famous people and events from history.

**my answer; B

is that right?

Answer 34

and oaky so 8 and 9 were correct right?? my answers were right??

and so 11= B. sad and 12= B. the speaker’s husband’s reluctance to leave.

??? did i get that?

Answer 35

YEs you got it. 14 is correct. Don't know about 15

Answer 36

and was 13 right??

so u have no clue about 15?

Answer 37

13 is correct

Answer 38

okay!! yayy :) do u think i got 15 right tho?? or just no clue? haha :P

Answer 39

I don't think the speaker is bewildered. I think the answer is A

Answer 40

oh so its not reflecting their bewildered joy??

Answer 41

they're just also used in today's love poetry also?? so the answer is A??

Answer 42

i THINK not sure

Answer 43

thinkk haha okay :) thank you sooo much for ur help!!! i really appreciate it!! :D

Answer 44

you're welcome