Roethke, Bishop, Plath, Brooks, Clifton Quiz

Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” recounts which of the following childhood events between a father and son:

 

Dancing before bedtime

In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz,” the father struggles with his balance. What contributes to this issue?

Alcohol

According to course materials which emotions are expressed in “My Papa’s Waltz?”

Joy, fear, and admiration

Mid-twentieth century US Literature, especially poetry, became focused on which of the following:

 

Authors' lives

The young speaker in Elizabeth Bishop’s “In the Waiting Room” contemplates that she will turn ____years old in three days.

7

The young speaker in Elizabeth Bishop’s “In the Waiting Room” has an existential reaction to which of the following:

 

National Geographic Magazine

Elizabeth Bishop’s “In the Waiting Room” explores the young speaker’s sudden awareness that she is connected to which of the following:

humankind, women, other elizabeths

The young speaker in Elizabeth Bishop's "The Waiting Room" confuses her pain for whose pain?

 

Her Aunt Consuelo's

Plath's "Morning Song" examines which of the following "private and taboo" subjects of her time:

 

Postpartum depression

The following passage from Plath’s “Morning Song” suggests which idea presented in the course material?

 

              “. . . .              New Statue.

              In a drafty museum, your nakedness

              shadows our safety. We stand round blankly as walls.”

 

Anxiety about parenting

The following passage from Plath’s “Morning Song” suggests which idea presented in the course material?

 

“I’m no more your mother

Than the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slow

Effacement at the wind’s hand.

 

The speaker is having an identity crisis

According to the course material, the following excerpt from Plath's "Morning Song" suggests the speaker feels that she is being _____by her new child:

"One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral

In my Victorian nightgown.

Your mouth opens clean as a cat’s. The window square"

Consumed

Lucille Clifton’s “the lost baby poem” examines which of the following “private and taboo” subjects:

Abortion

The speaker in Lucille Clifton’s “the lost baby poem” uses which of the following ideas as a reminder of her choices:

 

Drowning

In Lucille Clifton’s “the lost baby poem” the speaker describes her living conditions that influenced her decision making. Which of the following best characterizes these living conditions:

Impoverished

Lucille Clifton’s “homage to my hips” pays tribute to her body. The following excerpt from the poem expresses which idea discussed in class:

 

“i have known them

to put a spell on a man

and spin him like a top!”

 

Sexual empowerment

Gwendolyn Brooks’s poetry collection A Street in Bronzeville earned her national recognition for its portrayal of African American life in which city?

Chicago

Gwendolyn Brooks’s “kitchenette building” refers to housing units that contained which limited communal feature?

Bathrooms

In Gwendolyn Brooks’s “kitchenette building,” “Dream” is associated with white and violet. As a comparison, which color is associated with the residents?

Gray

According to Gwendolyn Brooks, her poem "the mother" is meant to offer which of the following perspectives:

 

Neither anti-abortion nor pro-abortion