Casey at the Bat Quiz

"Casey at the Bat" is an example of

• a narrative poem

• why poems have to rhyme

• an ancient Chinese poem

The poem begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville nine that day." What was the author telling the reader?

• The mudville team had a great chance of winning the game

• The mudville team was losing

• It was a bad day for a baseball game

• The sun was out and it was a great day

A stanzza in a poem is

• A pair of lines in a poem which rhyme

• The rhyme scheme, or pattern of a poem

• A grouping of lines in a poem that are set off by a space

Which adjectives ( an adjective describes a noun) would best describe Casey?

• proud and confident

• humble and shy

• respectful and wise

• angry and haughty

The theme (lesson) of "Casey at the Bath" is

• each player on the team is important

• No player is better than another

• A team is not just one person

• A player can come and go, but the team goes on

Number the following events in the order in which they happened

1 the crowd goes wild when Casey comes to bat

2 Casey swings with all his might and stuns the crowd

3 Casey doesn't swing at the first two pitches

4 Mighty Casey has struck out

• 1,2,3,4

• 4,2,1,3,

• 2,3,4,1

• 1,3,2,4

Whyn did the author end the second to the last stanza with - "And now the air is shattered with the force of Casey's force?"

• He wanted to show how powerful Casey's hit was

• He wanted to trick the reader into thinking Casey hit the ball

• He wanted the reader to think Casey hit a homerun

• He wanted to show that Casy could do anything

True or False

A narrative poem is just a group of words joined together but there's no story in the poem

• True

• False

Who did the fans of the Mudville team place all their hope for winning the game?

• Flynn

• Blake

• Casey

• Clooney

A Ballad is

• A poem

• A narrative poem

• A poem to which music is added to make a song