Deck 2: Figure of Speech, Poetry Analysis, and Literary Awards

Question 1

Identify the figure of speech in the line 'My tiny body dropping like a question mark all over the wooden pew.'

A)Metaphor
B)Simile
C)Hyperbole
D)Alliteration

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

Who is the founder of Vocal revolutionaries?

A)Lee Mokobe
B)W. H. Auden
C)Nadine Gordimer
D)Gieve Patel

Answer 2

Lee Mokobe

Question 3

In the poem "Refugee Blues" people were living in.

A)Place
B)Mansions and Holes
C)Hut
D)Big Hotels

Answer 3

Mansions and Holes

Question 4

In the poem "Refugee Blues" What does the old yew do every spring?

A)It blossom
B)It dries

Question 5

In the poem "Refugee Blues" What was the refugee offered by the committee?

A)a new passport
B)a gift
C)a cup of tea
D)a chair

Question 6

In the poem "Refugee Blues"Which animal was let into an opened door?

A)a dog
B)a squirrel
C)a cat
D)a puppy

Question 7

In the poem "Refugee Blues"What did the narrator see at the harbour?

A)crow
B)ship
C)Fish
D)person

Question 8

In the poem "Refugee Blues"What did the refugee see in the woods?

A)Cheetah
B)Birds
C)Spider
D)Monkey

Question 9

In the poem "Refugee Blues"What did the refugee see in his dream?

A)heaven
B)a thousands of building
C)a beautiful fairy
D)an old man

Question 10

In the poem "Refugee Blues"Who is looking for the refugees?

A)Parent
B)Cousins
C)Soldiers
D)Colleagues

Question 11

In the poem "Refugee Blues" you are 'officially dead' if you haven't got a ________________.

A)Birth certificate
B)Driver's license
C)Passport
D)Country

Question 12

In the poem "Refugee Blues" the speaker at the public meeting worried that the refugees will steal?

A)Money
B)Wealth
C)Daily bread
D)House

Question 13

The speech entitled "Calming an Education" is first printed in the magazine __________

A)Time
B)Vogue
C)The New Yorker
D)The Common Woman

Question 14

Who was the author of "Jane Eyre"?

A)Charlotte Bronte
B)Emily Bronte
C)Jane Austen
D)Nadine Gordimer

Question 15

"Calming an Education", the convocation speech delivered to ____________ college.

A)Edinburg
B)Douglass
C)Abbey
D)Bishop Burton

Question 16

"Calming an Education" the convocation speech delivered to whom?

A)Graduating women student
B)public
C)all women
D)none of these

Question 17

A tendency to look to a style, activity or interest for a very short span of time is called_________.

A)Faddism
B)Grappling
C)Slapdash
D)Drifting

Question 18

Adrienne Rich won Yale series of younger poets award for her book named _________.

A)The Diamond Cutter
B)A Change Of World
C)Diving into Wreck
D)Ruins

Question 19

Adrienne Rich won National Book Award for __________.

A)The Diamond Cutter
B)A Change Of World
C)Ruins
D)Diving into the Wreck

Question 20

Adrienne Rich's second collection of poetry is _______________.

A)The Diamond Cutter
B)A Change Of World
C)Diving into Wreck
D)Ruins

Question 21

Who was headed the Jury for giving the Yale series of younger poet's award to Adrienne Rich?

A)William Blake
B)P. B. Shelley
C)W. H. Auden
D)Robert Frost

Question 22

Adrienne Rich's work ' Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law' published in _________ year.

A)1963
B)1965
C)1983
D)1985

Question 23

Who is the author of "An Atlas of the Early World"?

A)W. H. Auden
B)Adrienne Rich
C)P. B. Shelley
D)Robert Frost

Question 24

According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seem more _________.

A)Feminine
B)energetic
C)strong
D)polite

Question 25

Adrienne Rich planned to separate her remarks in her speech "claiming an education" into how many parts?

A)Three
B)Five
C)Four
D)Two