Poetry - 1

Prior to the Easter Rising in “Easter, 1916,” the speaker

• lived a carefree life

• was the leader of a band of rebels

• had nothing to write poetry about

• was a butcher at a local Dublin shop

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CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many stanzas make up “Easter, 1916”?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The rebellion in “Easter, 1916” was

• Successful

• Unsuccessful

• A draw

• A loss for both parties

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When was “Easter, 1916” first published?

• 1916

• 1918

• 1920

• 1922

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What led to the change in the narrator’s attitude in “Easter, 1916”?

• Nationalists looted cities

• Revolutionary leaders were executed

• Poor people were left to starve

• The royal family came to town

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In “Easter, 1916”, Yeats compares the fixedness of the revolutionaries' purpose to that of

• Land

• Air

• Fire

• Stone

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In “Easter, 1916”, Yeats makes an allusion to Shakespeare's play 

• Hamlet

• King Lear

• Macbeth

• Henry VI

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

At the end of “Easter, 1916”, the narrator commemorates

• The leaders of the Nationalist movement

• The nurses who saved the fighters

• The fallen revolutionary figures

• The children lost in the battle

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In “Easter, 1916”, the date of the Easter Rising is a part of the structure of the poem through its

• Stanzas

• Lines

• Rhyme Scheme

• Grammar

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many lines are in “Inniskeen Road: July Evening”?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9