Poetry
What is Plath’s poem “Lady Lazarus” about?
a. Writing
b. Suicide
c. Love
d. Parenting
b. Suicide
According to Sojourner Truth in “Ain’t I a Woman?,” how/why is she a woman?
a. Because she bore children
b. Because she ploughed the fields
c. Because she “bear[ed] the lash”
d. Because she grieved her children
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
e. All of the above
In Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” what, originally, was the room the woman is confined to?
a. A nursery
b. An attic
c. An old living room
d. A storage room
a. A nursery
______________ refers to a repetition or correspondence of the terminal sounds of words, particularly common in poetry.
a. scale
b. alliteration
c. rhyme
d. meter
c. rhyme
What major life event influenced Plath’s poetry and eventual suicide?
a. Her father’s death
b. Her parent’s divorce
c. Her brother’s suicide
d. Her husband’s death
a. Her father's death
In “Hope is the thing with feathers--,” what does Dickinson imply has “kept so many warm”?
a. A bird
b Feathers
c. Music
d. Hope
d. Hope
Which American writer was arrested for trying to vote?
a. Emily Dickinson
b. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
c. Susan B. Anthony
d. Sojourner Truth
c. Susan B. Anthony
Which short story follows a stream-of-consciousness narration style?
a. Woolf’s “A Mark on the Wall”
b. Perkin Gilman’s “Lady Lazarus”
c. Dickinson’s “I felt a funeral in my brain”
d. Plath’s “Daddy”
a. Woolf's "A Mark on the Wall"
______________ ______________ refers to a character's internal, psychological struggle(s) or private life.
a. rhyme scheme
b. internal conflict
c. external conflict
d. internal monologue
b. internal conflict
______________ ______________ occurs when the last words in two or more lines of poetry rhyme with each other.
a. rhyme scheme
b. end stop
c. free verse
d. end rhyme
d. end rhyme
In Plath’s poem, “Daddy,” who does “the vampire who said he was you” refer to?
a. Her father
b. Her mother
c. Her boss
d. Her husband
d. Her husband
Which female American author spoke at the 1851 Women’s Convention in Akron, OH?
a. Emily Dickinson
b. Sylvia Plath
c. Sojourner Truth
d. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
c. Sojourner Truth
In Perkin Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” what is the climax of the story?
a. The woman kills her husband
b. The woman starts peeling off the wallpaper
c. The woman attacks the maid
d. The woman becomes one with the wallpaper
b. The woman starts peeling off the wallpaper
A ______________ is a type of speech that compares two things; it is created when a figurative term is substituted for or identified with the literal term.
a. personification
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. refrain
c. metaphor
Women writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries often critiqued what social system?
a. The patriarchy
b. The Constitution
c. The press/news
d. The healthcare
a. The patriarchy
In “I felt a funeral in my brain–,” who/what was treading through the speaker's mind?
a. A bird
b. A plank of reason
c. Mourners
d. Feathers
c. Mourners
Why does Anthony quote various male politicians in her speech, “Is it a Crime to Vote?”
a. To mock them
b. To point out plagiarism
c. To confuse listeners
d. To increase her credibility
d. To increase her credibility
In “A Mark on the Wall,” what does Woolf argue about logical thinking?
a. It is not conventional
b. It goes against Nature
c. It is inherently creative
d. It is the only truth
b. It goes against nature
The ______________ of a poem refers to the more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
a. rhyme
b. stanza
c. enjambment
d. meter
d. meter
This American female writer wrote prolifically during the Civil War period (1858-1865).
a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
b. Susan B. Anthony
c. Sylvia Plath
d. Emily Dickinson
d. Emily Dickinson
In “Split the Lark,” a common interpretation of “the lark” is that it is an extended metaphor for:
a. Nature/Truth
b. Water/Flood
c. Flowers/Spring
d. Birds/Hope
a. Nature/Truth
What does Sojourner Truth mean when she says, “Man had nothing to do with Him” in the speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”
a. Slavery is not gender-specific
b. Jesus came from a woman
c. God did not create men
d. Her owner was not religious
b. Jesus came from a woman
Which writer referenced WWI to help ground her to reality?
a. Perkins Gilman
b. Dickinson
c. Plath
d. Woolf
d. Woolf
______________ ______________ is a type of poetry that involves the first person (“I”) and often relates to personal/psychological experiences, often about taboo subjects.
a. confessional poetry
b. personal poetry
c. taboo poetry
d. beat poetry
a. confessional poetry
In the 19th century, women could be committed to an “insane” asylum for the following reason:
a. Masturbation
b. Divorce
c. Political deviance
d. Unrequited love
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
e. All of the above