Diving Into the Wreck

What aspect of the poem “Diving into the Wreck” gives the reader the sense of diving

down?

• Short lines

• Long lines

• Under-the-sea terms

• None of the above

What is NOT something that the speaker of “Diving into the Wreck” carries with them on their dive?

• Knife

• Book

• Satchel

• Camera

What is NOT part of the speaker’s gear in “Diving into the Wreck”?

• Rubber body-armor

• Gloves

• Flippers

• Oxygen mask

What is NOT a type of cargo that the wreck holds in “Diving into the Wreck”?

• Copper

• Emeralds

• Vermeil

• Silver

What is NOT something the diver must do before entering the water in “Diving into the Wreck”?

• Pack the satchel

• Read the book of myths

• Check the edge of the knife

• Load the camera

In “Diving into the Wreck,” what is “the drowned face” literally refer to?

• The mermaid

• The skeleton

• The painting

• The book

In “Diving into the Wreck,” what is it that our names do not appear in?

• the newspaper

• the crew manifests

• the history books

• the book of myths

In “Diving into the Wreck,” what is left “obscurely inside barrels” and “half-wedged and left to rot” aboard the shipwreck?

• The mermaid

• The cargo

• The instruments

• The book of myths