1 When was the poem published? 2000 2001 2006 2015 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Distant and removed Dark and eerie Warm and direct Earnest and simple 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Parker's Mood Myth Incident Native Guard 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A ghost story A sea shanty A love song A heroic ballad 5 What does the poem depict? A major holiday A murder in the woods Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross A family's home being burned down 6 What prize did Trethewey receive for the collection that "Incident" was included in? A Golden Globe The National Book Award The Bollingen Prize The Pulitzer Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Villanelle Sonnet Haiku Pantoum 8 Where was Trethewey born? Montreal, Canada Gulfport, Mississippi Richmond, Virginia Austin, Texas 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet The second and fourth lines of a stanza are reused as the first and third lines of the next stanza Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme 10 Where is the poem set? In Birmingham, Alabama In a small town at night, likely in the South In Little Rock, Arkansas In the woods 11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in? Native Guard Thrall Domestic Work Monument 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? I We She They 13 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns." "we darkened our rooms, lit the hurricane lamps." "We tell the story every year—" "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Loose flames Demons Angels Beasts 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "Nothing really happened." "the charred grass still green." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "By morning all the flames had dimmed." 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? An oil lantern A candle A flashlight A specially designed lightbulb 17 Why does the speaker use the word "trembling" to describe the wick of the hurricane lamp? Because the men outside were afraid Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment Because the fire wasn't burning brightly Because it rhymes with the next line 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? Flames The moon Rivers The trees 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker peers out the window The morning after the cross burning When the men are shown around the cross When the speaker retells the story 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? The governor The members of the Klan A disembodied force The other townspeople 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Grilled Shining brightly Crunched Burnt and blackened 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Love Fear Repression Storytelling 23 What is depicted in the poem "Myth"? The story of Iphigenia The story of Orpheus The story of Icarus The story of Hades 24 What is the genre of the poem? Ekphrasis Historical poetry Pastiche Victorian poetry 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker is nosy That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is bad at telling stories