1 The poem's early stanzas are reminiscent of which genre? Thrillers Cartoons Folk songs Early English novels 2 Which historical event might the poem be alluding to? The 1927 Mississippi river flood Apartheid in South Africa The civilian casualties of World War II European colonization of Africa 3 Which of the following is personified in this poem? The cook-pot The animals The sea The dowry 4 What is the poem's stanzaic structure? Two quintets, a quatrain, and an eighteen-line stanza Three quatrains and a couplet Two twelve-line stanzas and three tercets Ten couplets 5 Which word serves the most clearly onomatopoetic function in the poem? "shouts" "lap-lapping" "struggling" "hum" 6 Fill in the blank "Goats and _____ were struggling in the water" Roosters Pigs Sheep Fowls 7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It has no consistent rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CDCCDC AB AB AB CB CB CB EB EB EB ABBA ABA ABA CDC CDC EFFE EFFE ABA ABA 8 What is the poem's tone? Mournful Angry Impatient Whimsical 9 Which of the following devices appears in the poem's title? Ekphrasis Apostrophe Simile Metaphor 10 Who is the poem's speaker? Aku's son The speaker is unidentified Adena Aku 11 Who is the poem's antagonist? There is no antagonist The sea The men The goats 12 Which of the following is used to describe the sound of the sea? Roar Drumbeat Hum Song 13 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter It has no consistent meter Trochaic pentameter Anapestic tetrameter 14 Which sounds produce alliteration in the line "it came one day in the dead of night"? E C N D 15 Which of the following devices plays a prominent role in the line "The sea eats the land at home"? Assonance Rhetorical Question Consonance Internal rhyme 16 Which of the following is an example of irony in the poem? The people have been polluting the sea, but the sea ends up harming them in return The town's residents wish for a fresh start, but end up facing a disaster The sea acts maliciously even though it acts without intent Aku is the most religious person in town but has a crisis of faith 17 What is the poem's refrain? "At home the sea is in the town" "Her gods have deserted her" "It came one day at the dead of night" "The sea eats the land at home" 18 Fill in the blank: "Aku stood outside where her _____ stood" Mother Ruined house Garden Cooking-pot 19 What is the poem's setting? A future version of an unnamed African city A coastal town New York City A series of beach towns worldwide 20 Which of the following verbs does Awoonor NOT use to describe the sea? Collect Run Trap Carry 21 On which day of the week does the flood take place? Sunday Monday Tuesday Friday 22 Fill in the blank: "Collecting the firewood from the _____" porches homes hearths piles 23 Which of the following objects are not mentioned as being destroyed? Firewood Walls Ladles Photographs 24 Who is the poem's protagonist? The sea The rescuers The townspeople The ancestors 25 What is the poem's major conflict? The man's negotiations with the sea The townspeople's attempt to recover from the storm's aftermath Adena's attempt to outsmart the sea Adena and Aku's argument