The Stolen Boat - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who wrote The Prelude?

William Wordsworth

King Henry VIII

John Lennon

Donald Trump

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

William Wordsworth was born in...

the English Lake District

London

Cambridge

Grasmere

3.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In the poem, what does the word ‘elfin’ mean?

Like an elf, small and charmingly spiritedly, merry or mischievous.

Light sailing boat

Enthusiastically spirited

Sinister or ghastly character, repellant

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In the poem, what does the word ‘pinnace’ mean?

Like an elf, small and charmingly spiritedly, merry or mischievous.

Light sailing boat

Enthusiastically spirited

Sinister or ghastly character, repellant

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which movement did the poet of The Prelude belong to?

Romantics

Post-modernists

Revivalists

Metaphysical poets

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does The Prelude show about the poet?

His spiritual growth

His loss of innocence

His hatred of nature

His love for his wife

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the rhyme scheme of The Prelude?

Blank verse

Rhyming couplets

Free verse

abcabc

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How is man presented at the start of the poem?

Powerful and arrogant

Weak

Naive

Vulnerable

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How is the poem written?

1st Person Narrative

3rd Person Narrative

10.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which themes does this poem fit? (tick all that are relevant)

Power of Nature

Memory

Negative Emotions - eg Anger, Regret

Individual Experiences

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

'The Prelude' is ....

fictional

biographical

autobiographical

12.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

When the speaker describes the incident as a 'trouble to my dreams' - what does he mean?

He soon grew up and forgot about the events of that night.

He quickly realised it was all part of growing up.

Events stayed with him and caused nightmares

Although scared, he continued to see beauty in nature

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

'My boat went heaving through the water like a swan' is an example of which poetic device?

Metaphor

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Animal Imagery

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify the missing words:'It was an act of ........And troubled ..........'

defiance / pain

freedom / pain

defiance / pleasure

stealth / pleasure

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which words from the poem describe the lake?

'upreared its head...strode after me'

'glittering...sparkling'

'a trouble to my dreams'

'a little boat'

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the missing word?

"She was an elfin pinnace' ...

I dipped my oars into the silent lake,"

lustily

slowly

quickly

caressingly

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify the missing words:

"There hung a ..., call it ..."

lightness/ warmth

darkness/ solitude

painting/ artwork

thought/ memories

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which words from the poem describe him not being able to forget?

'upreared its head...strode after me'

'glittering...sparkling'

'a trouble to my dreams'

'a little boat'

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