1 What is the speaker's point of view? third-person from the perspective of someone observing a living space first-person from the perspective of someone observing a living space third-person from the perspective of someone living in poverty first-person from the perspective of someone living in poverty 2 Besides the structure of the building, what else is the speaker criticizing in the first lines of the poem? The structure of poverty The ability of the inhabitants to build The lack of access to water The issue of food waste 3 Where did Dharker state that the poem refers to? The slums of Mumbai The slums of Dubai The slums of Scotland The slums of Lahore 4 Where does the poem state that it takes place? Unspecified The slums of Mumbai The slums of Dubai The slums of Scotland 5 What is the effect of the poem's setting? The setting is Lahore, which grants the reader knowledge about where the poet was born The setting is Scotland, which grants the reader knowledge about where the poet grew up There is no effect made by the setting The lack of specificity makes the poem applicable to anywhere in the world 6 What is the problem outlined by the speaker in the first two lines? There are not enough straight lines The whole structure leans dangerously Nails clutch at open seams The eggs hang out over the dark edge of a slanted universe 7 Describe the poem's stanzas. There are three stanzas that vary in length There are four stanzas that vary in length There are four quatrains There are three quatrains 8 What is the form of the poem? Sonnet Free verse Iambic pentameter Blank verse 9 Which of the following is a simile? "The whole structure leans dangerously / Towards the miraculous." "Into this rough frame, / Someone has squeezed / A living space" "As if they were / The bright, thin walls of faith" "Gathering the light / Into themselves," 10 Which is an example of alliteration? "The whole structure leans dangerously / Towards the miraculous." “or parallel. Beams / balance crookedly on supports” "As if they were / The bright, thin walls of faith" "Gathering the light / Into themselves," 11 What is alliteration? repetition of usually final consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables repetition of usually final consonant sounds in five or more neighboring words or syllables repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in five or more neighboring words or syllables repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables 12 What is the tone of the poem? Assertive, Pessimistic Acerbic, Ironic Joyful, Reflective Critical, Hopeful 13 Which is an example of personification? Someone has squeezed / A living space Gathering the light / Into themselves, Nails clutch at open seams. Beams / Balance crookedly on supports 14 What is personification? repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables a technique that involves non-human things displaying literal human traits and being capable of human behavior the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form a comparison of two things that are not the same 15 Who or what is the protagonist? The speaker Dharker The people who are determined to create a living space despite difficult circumstances The reader 16 Who or what is the antagonist? The poet The building The structure of poverty. The mayor 17 What is the poem's major conflict? The major conflict of the poem is that people have no choice but to live in dangerous living conditions. The major conflict of the poem is that the building falls down. The major conflict of the poem is that the eggs could crack. The major conflict of the poem is that the eggs crack. 18 What does "parallel" mean? lines that cross lines that interact side by side and having an uneven distance continuously between them side by side and having the same distance continuously between them 19 What does "slanted" mean? bent parallel sloping or leaning in a particular direction straight 20 Which line best exhibits the architectural eye of the speaker? "These eggs in a wire basket" "There are just not enough / Straight lines," "Gathering the light / Into themselves," "That / Is the problem" 21 How does the poet show the resilience of the building's inhabitants? By using the building itself and the eggs as metaphors. The inhabitants are evoked in absence. By showing them cook eggs. By showing what they do to rebuild their lives after the monsoon season. By showing them building the house. 22 What does the word "dared" imply? Troublemaking Courage and audacity Resilience Hope 23 Which stanza is the shortest? The middle one to reflect how the building could fall down They are all the same length The final one to show the pressure that the inhabitants are under The middle one in order to reflect how the inhabitants squeeze life into the space 24 Who gathers the light into themselves in the poem? The building The speaker The eggs The inhabitants 25 What are eggs compared to? Through a metaphor, they represent the inhabitants. Symbolically, they are compared to a house of faith. Through a simile, they represent the inhabitants. Symbolically, they are compared to a house of faith. Through a metaphor, they are compared to a house of faith. Symbolically, they represent the inhabitants. Through a simile, they are compared to a house of faith. Symbolically, they represent the inhabitants.