1 During what century did John Clare write the majority of his poems? Twentieth Eighteenth Seventeenth Nineteenth 2 What literary movement was John Clare a part of? Gothic Modernist Romantic Classical 3 Which of the following is Clare's poetry NOT known for? Simplicity of style Fantasy elements Melancholy tone Attention to detail 4 Who were John Clare's parents? Poor farmers Middle-class professionals Aristocrats Factory workers 5 "The Yellowhammer's Nest" is a representative of what era of Clare's career? Childhood writings Mid-career Early career Late career 6 In what collection did Clare publish "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? His final collection His second collection He never published the poem His first collection 7 What is a yellowhammer? A type of songbird Slang for any singing bird Another word for yellowjacket A brightly colored tool 8 Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between speaker and reader in "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Distant Intimate Tense Rivalry 9 What is the tense at the beginning of the poem? Future tense Past tense Present tense Unclear 10 What is ecology? The classification of biological creatures The study of biological relationships The study of the importance of environmental factors The study of biological creatures 11 Which of the following best characterizes Clare's portrayal of natural creatures? He portrays them as pests who steal the harvest He portrays them as intrinsically better than humans He portrays them as beautiful decorations in the countryside He instills them with the same emotional depth as humans 12 Which of the following is NOT an example of Clare paying unusual attention to detail? 'Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams. Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells Its husk seeds tall and high—'tis rudely planned 13 What is ironic about the beginning of the poem? The speaker invites his companion to see the nest, even though his companion only wants to harvest berries The speaker feels close to the yellowhammer, even though he ends up destroying its nest The speaker characterizes the stream as harmless by saying what it could harm The yellowhammer flies off to protect itself from the cowboy, which actually allows the snake to destroy its nest 14 Which of the following is NOT a central theme of "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Nature's capacity as a poet The importance of friendship The inescapability of death The importance of little things 15 How does Clare depict the snake's attack on the nest? As an example of the yellowhammer's weakness As a victory for the snake As just part of the circle of life As a tragedy 16 What is Castalay? A spring frequented by nymphs in Greek mythology A famous forest in Britain The home of the muses in Greek mythology Clare's childhood home 17 What does Clare's allusion to Parnassus imply? The yellowhammer's partner is the real poet The yellowhammer's partner is a poor singer The yellowhammer's partner is a fantasy The yellowhammer's partner is her muse 18 Which of the following best characterizes the relationship between the speaker and the yellowhammer? The speaker sees himself and the yellowhammer as having different but complimentary strengths The speaker admires the yellowhammer's beauty but scorns her weakness The speaker stoops to the yellowhammer's level and sees the world from her perspective The speaker sees himself as better than the yellowhammer, even though she is really more wise 19 Which line most closely parallels "A happy home of sunshine, flowers and streams"? Most poet-like where brooks and flowery weeds Yet in the sweetest places cometh ill, Leaving a houseless home, a ruined nest— And mournful hath the little warblers sung 20 Which of the following is NOT true of the snake attack as Clare describes it? It is all-consuming It is a possibility It is a tragedy It has already happened 21 Thinking about "The Yellowhammer's Nest" as a whole, which of the following best describes its mood? Bittersweet Tragic Disinterested Cheerful 22 What is the meter of "The Yellowhammer's Nest"? Iambic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) Iambic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) 23 What is the rhyme scheme of "The Yellowhammer's Nest?" ABAB ABABCDCC No fixed rhyme scheme ABACBCDD 24 Which of the following contains a metaphor? Five eggs, pen-scribbled o'er with ink their shells And that old molehill like as Parnass' hill When such like woes hath rent its little breast. And like as though the plague became a guest, 25 Which of the following is an example of allusion? 'Tis scarcely deep enough a bee to drown, And like as though the plague became a guest, Leaving a houseless home, a ruined nest— And that old molehill like as Parnass' hill