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Homework help -Multiple choice on poems. Please Help ASAP. Its due in a hour. Questions in comments.

Answer 1

1. In poetry, a caesura is defined as:

A. a rhyme that occurs within a poetic line.
B. a rhyme that occurs at the end of a poetic line.
C. a rhyme restricted to one syllable.
D. the syllable of a word not stressed during speech.
E. a natural pause in a poetic line.


2. Which of the following statements accurately describe the Harlem Renaissance?

I. It was a period of outstanding literary creativity.
II. It helped redefine African-American expression.
III. It was a result of the great migration of African Americans from Southern to Northern cities.
IV. It took place from 1941-1949.

A. I and III only
B. I, II, and III only
C. II and IV only
D. I, II, and IV only
E. II, III, and IV only



Questions 3 and 4 are based on the following passage from Hardy's "Darkling Thrush":

So little cause for carollings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope whereof he knew
And I was unaware.

3. The passage employs all of the following poetic devices except:

A. enjambment.
B. imagery.
C. rhyme.
D. simile.
E. end rhyme.


4. The speaker in the poem:

A. is highly optimistic.
B. is annoyed by the bird’s song.
C. doesn’t know where hope resides.
D. wishes to share his hope with others.
E. sees many reasons to be hopeful.


Questions 5 and 6 are based on the following passage from Yeats's "The Second Coming":

The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?

5. What do these lines suggest?

A. The possibility that Christianity will be replaced by a new belief system
B. The significance of the preceding century
C. The importance of maintaining traditional beliefs
D. The danger of ignoring apocalyptic signs
E. The belief that innocence will overcome evil


6. All of the following poetic devices are employed in this passage except:

A. allusion.
B. consonance.
C. elegy.
D. enjambment.
E. rhetorical question.



7. Which of the following led to increased anxiety in the early-twentieth century?

I. World War I
II. Rapid social changes
III. England losing its colonies
IV. Changes in technology

A. II, III, and IV only
B. I, II, and III only
C. I and III only
D. II only
E. I, II, III, and IV


8. Stevens’s poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" reflects the modernist principle of:

A. the careful unity of experience.
B. numerous shifts in perspective.
C. the passive role of the reader.
D. the continuity of events.
E. the affirmation of earlier traditional structures.


9. Cullen’s poem "Incident":

A. recalls a time when the speaker was in college.
B. provides extensive details about the individual who insults the speaker.
C. presents a speaker who defiantly rejects racism by confronting the person who insults him.
D. provides an understated yet effective critique of racism in America.
E. doesn’t follow any traditional rhyme scheme.


10. Which of the following statements accurately describe Hughes’s poem "Dream Variations"?

I. It condemns the backbreaking nature of farm labor.
II. Its cadence mirrors the rhythms of jazz.
III. It is an expression of pride in African-American identity.
IV. It angrily denounces racist attitudes in early-twentieth-century America.

A. II and III only
B. I only
C. III and IV only
D. I and IV only
E. II, III, and IV only


11. Which of the following is a characteristic of Modern poetry?

A. Fragmentation of experience
B. Multiple allusions
C. Lack of surface coherence
D. Challenge to prior ways of representing reality
E. All of the above



12. Tone is best characterized as:

A. the writer’s use of literary devices.
B. the writer’s attitude toward the reader.
C. the writer’s attitude toward the subject.
D. the feeling a writer places at the start of a work.
E. the subject’s attitude toward poetry.

Answer 2

For 1. and 2. I have 1. E and 2. B

Answer 3

@americansniper12

Answer 4

@jaydolen

Answer 5

5 is D

Answer 6

okay

Answer 7

i'm having trouble with 8, 9, and10

Answer 8

@lolibear

Answer 9

Sorry boo idk

Answer 10

@sissyedgar

Answer 11

@nickmeneses1997

Answer 12

idk sorry

Answer 13

umm..........

Answer 14

@Coolguy25

Answer 15

how many is there

Answer 16

12

Answer 17

Thanks for the help everyone,
I did well on this homework, as my teacher reviewed my homework, and then added an essay on it, which I did, I got an 88/100 on this piece of homework.