Unit 3 Poetry Quiz MyPerspectives

Why does “Caged Bird” begin with an entire stanza about the free bird?

• to describe the acrobatic flight of birds

• to serve as a contrast with the caged bird

• to illustrate why caged birds are fortunate

• to explain why all birds live dangerous lives

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What is “Caged Bird” mainly about?

• love

• flying

• singing

• freedom

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What is the speaker advising readers about in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?

• how to avoid returning to prison

• how to survive a prison sentence

• how to live when they become free

• how to benefit from the time spent in prison

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What is the speaker’s main message to prisoners in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?

• Do not give up hope.

• Do not try to escape.

• Do not expect to be freed.

• Do not ask for forgiveness.

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If a bird suddenly begins to trill, which of the following is the bird most likely doing?

• flying

• eating

• singing

• pecking

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Read this line from “Caged Bird.”

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream …

To what does the speaker most clearly refer with the phrase “the grave of dreams”?

• the power of dreams to save someone from despair

• dreams that are not realized but that die unfulfilled

• the fact that dreams are all that is real for someone who is caged

• the meaning of dreams for someone who is caged, a condition like death

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

     

Part A According to the speaker in “Caged Bird,” what does the caged bird do because it cannot fly?

• It sings.

• It sits quietly.

• It remains happy.

• It flits about its cage.

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Part B Which excerpt from “Caged Bird” supports the answer to Part A?

• … leaps / on the back of the wind / and floats downstream / till the current ends …

• … and dips his wing / in the orange sun rays / and dares to claim the sky.

• … His tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom.

• … the trade winds soft through the sighing trees / and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn / and he names the sky his own …

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

      Part A With which of the following statements would the speaker in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” most likely agree?

• A prisoner should make every effort to live and to be as optimistic as possible.

• A prisoner should accept the sorrow of a wasted life and give in to circumstances.

• A prisoner should seek an end to life because prison cannot be endured indefinitely.

• A prisoner should hold onto anger and even hatred so he or she does not become beaten.

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Part B Which line from the poem best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Better I had swung from the end of a rope / like a flag . . .”

• Part of you may live alone inside, / like a stone at the bottom of a well.

• . . . always remember / to eat every last piece of bread— / also, don’t forget to laugh heartily.

• And who knows, / the woman you love may stop loving you.

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