The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

All of the following describe the setting EXCEPT...?

• "Hamelin town's in Brunswick"

• "A pleasanter spot you never spied"

• "Almost five hundred years ago"

• "To see townsfolk suffer so"

What is the conflict they're facing at the beginning of the tale?

• The cats and dogs are fighting.

• Rats have overrun the town.

• Their children are starving.

• The nearby river is going to flood the town.

Which of the following is a synonym for rats?

• vats

• dolt

• rouse

• vermin

What is the rhyme scheme (pattern) for this section of the poem?

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABCD

Which line from the poem includes a word with a prefix that means "not"?

• "Into the street the Piper stept, smiling first a little smile"

• "And I chiefly use my charm on creatures that do people harm"

• "And his fingers, they noticed, were ever straying as if impatient to be playing"

• "To blow the pipe his lips he wrinkled, and green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled"

The Pied Piper is known for using his charms to do what?

• Entertain royalty with his music

• Outwit evil ogres.

• Rid places of creatures that do people harm.

• Hypnotize politicians into doing what he says.

What does the description of the Pied Piper reveal about this character?

• His piercing eyes and smiling face imply that the Pied Piper is secretly evil.

• His strange and prominent instrument reveals that the Pied Piper uses music to manipulate people.

• His mismatched style of dress suggests that the Pied Piper is somewhat unbalanced and corrupt.

• His unusual appearance suggests that the Pied Piper is strange and mischievous, and unlike other people.

The Pied Piper asks, "Will you give me a thousand guilders?" We can infer that "guilders" refers to what?

• musical instruments

• magic beans

• money

• cattle

"As if he knew what magic slept in his quiet pipe" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

"And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, you heard as if an army muttered" appeals to which of the five senses?

• sight

• sound

• taste

• touch