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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAfter the sixth man was hanged, what did the townspeople do?They hid in their homes.They grew silent.The offered to help the Hangman.They ran the Hangman out of town.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIn stanza four, what did the Hangman tell the speaker about the people who had been hanged?They had done nothing wrong.They deserved to die.They had been murdered.They were better off dead.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the townspeople discover the morning after the first man was hanged?The body was still hanging from the gallows-tree.The Hangman was gone.The courthouse square was empty.The gallows-tree was still in the courthouse square.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the Hangman say he hanged the first man?To stretch a new rope.To try the strength of the gallows-beam.To ease the trap.To test the strength of the rope.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow does the speaker describe himself at the end of the poem?Very tired.Very sad.Very scared.Very alone.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy did no one speak about the first hanging?Out of indifference about what had happened.Out of ignorance of what had happened.Out of fear of the Hangman.Out of respect for the Hangman
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho is the second man that was hanged?An infidel.Someone who was a friend of the Jew.Someone who speaks out against the first hanging.A black man.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat smells surrounded the Hangman when came to the town?Blood and dust.Gold and blood.Freshly cut wood.Wood and flame.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe fourth man that was hanged was?A black man.A thief.A foreigner.A usurer.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe third man that was hanged was?A foreigner.A usurer and an infidel.A thief.A black man.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe first man hanged was?A usurer.A black man.A foreigner.An infidel.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceFor whom did the Hangman say he had built the gallows?For the one who deserved to die.For the one who had murdered without a cause.For the one who served him best.For the one who was quick to judge.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of eyes did the Hangman have?Eyes of cold stone.Eyes that were bloodshot.Eyes of fiery flames.Eyes of buckshot lead.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Hangman doing when the speaker came through the silent town?Sing a song.Taking down the gallows.Smiling and whistling.Watching the speaker in silence.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe growth of the gallows symbolizes?The weakening of injustice.The growth of injustice.The weakening of the hangman's power.The growth of justice.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow does the attitude of the Hangman change throughout the course of the poem?At first he is sad and then becomes happy.At first he is happy and then becomes sad.At first he is confident and then becomes nervous.At first he is nervous and then becomes confident.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat word best describes the Hangman's tone when he says, "Did you think I'd be gone to all this fuss to hang one man? That's a thing I do to stretch the rope when the rope is new?"Light-hearted.Sardonic.Comedic.Questioning.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat word best describes the Hangman's tone when he says, "For who has served me more faithfully than you with your coward's hope?"Mocking.Melancholy.Ominous.Questioning.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceUsing a metaphor, the speaker refers to the gallows as a tree. Why is this significant?To emphasize the importance of nature.To emphasize the growth and permanence of justice.To emphasize the fact that the gallows is made of wood.To emphasize the growth and permanence of injustice.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhen the speaker is asked where the others are that might have stood up for him, he replies, "Dead." What is significant about the connotation of this word?It implies that no one is responsible.It implies that everyone is responsible.It implies that the Hangman is responsible.It implies that the speaker is responsible.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich line helps emphasize the theme of the poem?"Into our town the hangman came, smelling of gold and blood and flame."Then one cried, "Murderer!""Dead," I whispered; and amiably "Murdered," the Hangman corrected me; "First the alien, the Jew... I did no more than you let me do."And we cried out: "Is this one he who has served you well and faithfully?"
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