1 How many lines does each stanza have? 10 3 7 6 2 In what year was “Aubade” published? 1985 1977 1972 1989 3 What is the poem’s general meter? Trochaic Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Anapestic 4 What does the speaker do in the first line? Work and get drunk Go out with friend Go to church Complete a crossword puzzle 5 What worries the speaker most about death? Making his loved ones sad The eternity of it Feeling nothing It coming randomly 6 What is an aubade? A poem set in dawn or early morning A poem set at night A poem about religion A poem about death 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABABCCDEED ABAB ABCB ABBA 8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"? His father's His mother's His girlfriend's His sister's 9 What is a brocade? A type of fabric A type of bag A type of clothing A type of jewelry 10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade? Isolation Death Romantic love Religion 11 What religion did Larkin follow? Christianity None Buddhism Judaism 12 What is does Larkin compare postmen to in the last line? Doctors Death Writers Teachers 13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as? A librarian A teacher A policeman A doctor 14 At what age did Larkin die? 72 63 55 47 15 What is NOT an example of alliteration? "intricate rented world" "to hold and horrify" "whined at than withstood" "furnace-fear" 16 Where is the poem set? The speaker's place of work The speaker's school The speaker's bedroom The speaker's friend's house 17 What is an example of a simile? "That vast moth-eaten musical brocade" "Postmen like doctors go from house to house" "An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings" "Meanwhile telephones crouch" 18 Which word best describes the tone of the poem? Romantic Joyful Playful Gloomy 19 What describes the speaker's feelings about religion and rationalism? He believes in rationalism, but not religion He's comforted by both He objects to both He believes in religion, but not rationalism 20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"? Courage Anxiety Confidence Happiness 21 Which literary device does NOT appear? Onomatopoeia Alliteration Simile Metaphor 22 What color is the sky in the final verse? Gray Blue White Pink 23 What does the speaker describe as a "vast moth-eaten musical brocade"? Death Love Science Religion 24 At what time does the speaker wake up? 4 am 10 am 8 am 6 am 25 What line is NOT an example of iambic pentameter? "Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing" "And so it stays just on the edge of vision" "Of dying, and being dead" "The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse"