Group 6 Poetry Quiz Review

What makes "The Highwayman" suspenseful?

• The Redcoats are waiting to capture the highwayman.

• Tim is in love with Bess.

• The Highwayman and Bess are in love.

• Bess wears a braid knotted in her hair.

What is the mood throughout "The Highwayman"?

• sad

• dramatic

• jolly

• humorous

What two things are contrasted in "How I Learned English"?

• baseball and love

• an American game and a recent immigrant

• hatred and love

• baseball and fly balls

What is the setting for "How I Learned English"?

• a baseball stadium

• an empty lot

• a football field

• a backyard

The word shin is misused by the speaker of "How I Learned English" for what word?

• shin

• leg

• head

• knee

These are narrative poems because they have what five parts of plot?

• exposition

  rising action

  falling action

  resolution

• rising action

  climax

  falling action

  resolution

• exposition

  rising action

  climax

  falling action

  resolution

• exposition

  rising action

  climax

  conflict

  resolution

What is a synonym for torrent?

• water

• flood

• danger

• rain

What would you probably be doing if you were transfixed?

• running

• staring

• talking

• screaming

What is an antonym for bound?

• tied

• wrapped

• rope

• loosened

What might you be feeling if you were writhing?

• pain

• humor

• neither pain nor humor

• both pain or humor