The Echoing Green Quiz

What is "The Echoing Green"?

• poem

• story

• paragraph

• song

Who wrote "The Echoing Green"?

• Emily Dickenson

• Edger Allen Poe

• William Blake

• William Shakespear

Who were the characters in "The Echoing Green"

• Old Dan, birds, children, fathers, babies, moon, stars.

• Old Sarah, uncles, aunts, kids, worms, stars, Old women.

• Old Brian, crows, nephews, toddlers, dogs, moons

• The Old Folks, birds, children, girls and boys, Old John, mothers, the sun.

Who is described in the 1st stanza?

• sun

• sports

• Old John

• moon

Who is described in the 2nd stanza?

• sun

• moon

• Old John

• birds

Who is described in the 3rd stanza?

• The little ones.

• Old John

• skies

• moons

Summarize the beginning of "The Echoing Green".

• The moon is in the sky, the old folk are sitting under the tree.

• The sun is setting, the children have stopped playing, and the day ends.

• The sun is rising, the birds are singing, and the children are playing on the Green on a spring morning.

• The children are gathering in the laps of their mothers.

Summarize the middle of "The Echoing Green".

• Old John and the other old folks are sitting under an oak tree watching and remembering when they were young and playing on the Green.

• The sun is rising, the birds are singing, and the children are playing on the Green on a spring morning.

• The sun is setting and the children stop playing on the Green. They are gathering in the laps of their mothers " like birds in their nests" as the day ends.

Summarize the ending of "The Echoing Green".

• The sun is setting and the children stop playing on the Green. They are gathering in the laps of their mothers " like birds in their nests" as the day ends.

• The sun is rising, the birds are singing, and the children are playing on the Green on a spring morning.

• Old John and the other old folks are sitting under an oak tree watching and remembering when they were young and playing on the Green.

What is a stanza?

• small section of a story

• small section of a poem

• small section of the energy of bus

• small section of a bridge