Sonnet With Bird

Sonnet With Bird

9th - 10th Grade

8 Qs

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Sonnet With Bird

Sonnet With Bird

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 10th Grade

Easy

Created by

Margaret Anderson

Used 2+ times

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In "Sonnet, With Bird," what has happened to make the speaker so sorrowful?

a conversation with his mother about a friend

missing his wife at home

the death of a childhood friend

moving off the reservation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What emotion does the speaker in "Sonnet, With Bird" feel?

nostalgia

loneliness

contempt

pride

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does "Sonnet, With Bird" differ from a traditional sonnet?

It does not follow the ideas of love and adoration

It's setting is too modern

It is not divided into stanzas and couplets

It has more than 14 lines

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In “Sonnet, With Bird,” what event causes the speaker great sorrow?

The death of the childhood friend he once visited.

The death of his bird.

The death of his parents.

The loss of his job.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do the details in this passage suggest are the reasons that the speaker associates quails with Indians?

"A gathering of quail is called a bevy. A gathering of Indians is called a tribe. When quails speak, they call it a song. When Indians sing, the air is heavy with grief. When quails grieve, they lie down next to their dead. When Indians die, the quail speaks."

Both speak and both fly.

Both live together in groups and both grieve when one dies.

Both get along and both die.

Both have leaders and both are kind.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one meaning of the Latin prefix en-?

To put into a new state of being.

To be above

To go around

To deal with the Earth

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is theme?

the rhyme scheme of a poem

the title of a poem

the type of poem

a central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In "Elliptical," about whom could the speaker most likely be speaking?

the oppressors

political opponents

people who are born here

a group it looks down on