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- 1. Multiple Choice
In the four haiku all the images come from —
natural events
the poet’s own actions
the wonders of city life
water and mountains
- 2. Multiple Choice
The speaker of the haiku by Miura Chora attempts to —
jump like a toad
catch a toad
plant crops
harvest crops
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is surprising about the toad in the haiku by Miura Chora?
It eats bamboo plants.
This toad knows the farmer well.
Toads aren’t usually found along roads.
It is being formally addressed by a human.
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the haiku by Chiyo, the speaker asks a neighbor for water because the —
speaker is too lazy to fetch his own water with a bucket
speaker’s bucket is tangled in morning glories
neighbor has planted morning glories in the speaker’s bucket
speaker’s bucket is already full of water
- 5. Multiple Choice
The poem by Chiyo is most likely set in —
an apartment house in a city
the countryside
an office in a skyscraper
a desert with no rivers or lakes
- 6. Multiple Choice
The haiku by Matsuo Basho¯ takes place —
on a pond
in a kitchen
in the forest
in a farmer’s field
- 7. Multiple Choice
What inner experience does the speaker describe in the haiku by Matsuo Basho¯ ?
Frogs are a man’s best friend.
Expect little from old things.
Old things can seem new and lively.
There’s no reason to fear water.
- 8. Multiple Choice
In the haiku by Kobayashi Issa, in order to see distant hills, the speaker —
travels beyond his farm fields
gazes out of his window
looks at a reflection on a full moon
looks into the eyes of a dragonfly
- 9. Multiple Choice
The haiku by Kobayashi Issa is set
on a mountaintop, where the speaker follows a dragonfly’s flight
in a dark container in which the speaker has trapped a dragonfly
outdoors in nature, where the speaker comes upon a dragonfly
in a lake, where the speaker swims as a dragonfly flies overhead
- 10. Multiple Choice
In all of these haiku, the speakers learn —
how animals and insects get in man’s way
something about nature as well as themselves
how to better care for their land
about their favorite pastimes
- 11. Multiple Choice
A haiku allows the reader to —
share a lifetime of experiences
share a special moment
focus on surface details
understand Japanese history
- 12. Multiple Choice
A haiku is made up of —
five lines with five syllables in each of them
three lines with seven syllables, five syllables, and then seven syllables
seven words in three lines, each word having no more than five syllables
three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and then five syllables
- 13. Multiple Choice
Japanese haiku does not—
present only extraordinary images
present a moment of discovery or enlightenment
usually contain a seasonal word or symbol
have seventeen syllables in three lines
- 14. Multiple Choice
In each of the haiku, the last line contains an image that —
explains where and when the poem is set
describes a symbol important in Japanese history
surprises the reader with something unexpected
repeats the event from the first line in a new and different way
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