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- 1. Multiple Choice
"The other country, is it anticipated or half-remembered? "
What literary/persuasive device is used here?
Anachronism
Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
Monologue
- 2. Multiple Choice
In line 1, the speaker is doing which of the following?
Introducing an ambiguity that lingers throughout the poem
Creating suspense that builds to a climax at the end of the poem
Maintaining her distance from the events described in the poem
Establishing that the speaker is not the same person whose experiences are recounted in the poem
Asking a hypothetical question
- 3. Multiple Choice
"Its [The other country's] language is muffled..."
What does this imply about living in a foreign country?
Everything is horrible when you go to another country.
You forget your native language when in a foreign country for too long.
The other country's language goes extinct
The national language of one country is better than the other country's.
- 4. Multiple Choice
"Its language is muffled by the rain which falls all afternoon"
This reference to the rain does all of the following EXCEPT:
Suggest the fleeting nature of the protagonist's imaginary journey
Emphasize that rain has an allegorical meaning
Reiterate that rain has served as a stimulus for the protagonist's escape
Separate the daydream from reality
- 5. Multiple Choice
"The other country, is it anticipated or half-remembered?
Its language is muffled by the rain which falls all afternoon
one Autumn in England,..."
From the underlined words, what audience is Carol Annoying Duffy addressing? What do they all have in common? [Select 2 answers]
People who travelled to England
They've all learnt other languages.
People who were born in England
They've all left their homes to go to a foreign country
- 6. Multiple Choice
"The past fades like newsprint in the sun."
Identify what type of grammatical term "fades" is and what literary device is used in this sentence.
Adjective and metaphor
Pronoun and simile
Verb and simile
Verb and allusion
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the primary purpose of the simile "The past fades like newsprint in the sun"?
To comment on the insignificance of the news published every day
To create a poetic balance with images of rain earlier in the poem
To illustrate metaphorically the transitory nature of memory
To suggest that the speaker is of a certain advanced age
To indicate the speaker's attitude toward office work
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why do you think Carol Ann Duffy uses second-person perspective in this poem?
[Now select the answer that does not apply]:
To make the reader empathise with the protagonist
To allow the reader to feel sympathy for the protagonist
To allow the readers to feel as if they're experiencing the events/thoughts in the poem
To detach the reader from the protagonist
- 9. Multiple Choice
"Their faces are photographs
on the wrong side of your eyes."
What could this mean?
[Use the rest of the poem to aide you in answering this question]
There are photographs inside the protagonist's skull
That the people's faces are daydreamt, not real
That the people's faces are real but not with the protagonist in real life
- 10. Multiple Choice
"...asks you if men could possibly land on the moon."
What timeframe are the protagonist's thoughts set in?
Roughly after the year 2000 AD
Roughly before the year 1969 BC
Roughly before the year 1970 AD
Roughly after the year 1233 AH
- 11. Multiple Choice
The image of a "moon like an orange drawn by a child" serves primarily to:
Indicate that the protagonist lacks sophisticated tastes
Emphasize the primitive, unspoiled character of the setting
Illustrate the depth of the protagonist's imagination
- 12. Multiple Choice
"Never."
The poet uses these types of sentences a lot in her poems. What type of sentence is this?
holophrastic sentence
complex sentence
minor sentence
compound sentence
- 13. Multiple Choice
What device is used to describe a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work?
Motif
Allusion
- 14. Multiple Choice
"On the wall a painting lost for thirty years renders the room yours. Of course."
What do the underlined words suggest in the context of the above quotation? [Select 2 answers]
The protagonist doesn't recognise the painting
The protagonist lost the painting a long time ago
The protagonist was disoriented
- 15. Multiple Choice
"Seagulls. Bells. A flute practicing scales."
What sense do these items/animal primarily invoke from a distance?
Taste
Smell
Hearing
Touch
- 16. Multiple Choice
"You swap a coin for a fish on the way home."
What can you gather about the protagonist's feelings towards their "home" in this poem?
They hate their home
They have complex feelings about "home"
They miss their home
They think they have no home anymore
- 17. Multiple Choice
"...suddenly you are lost but not lost.."
What could this quotation mean?
The protagonist is not lost
The protagonist's daydreams are dissolving
The protagonist recognises the way but does not know if it's correct
The protagonist is lost
- 18. Multiple Choice
In context, "lost" (line 14) means:
Bewildered
Deprived
Misplaced
Forgotten
Aimless
- 19. Multiple Choice
In line 19, "lost but not lost" is meant to imply the speaker's feeling of:
Going around in circles
Panic about returning home
Alienation
Being lost in thought but not in body
- 20. Multiple Choice
The mood of the poem can best be described as:
Cynical
Passionate
Enchanted
Visionary
Pedantic
- 21. Multiple Choice
In lines 7-23, the protagonist's emotional state can best be described as:
Refreshed and pleased
Relieved and self-satisfied
Excited and childish
Nostalgic and energized
Cautious and amused
- 22. Multiple Choice
The "other country" referred to in lines 1 and 23 can best be described as:
A glamorous but isolated vacation spot on the ocean
A remote desert island in the tropics
A small seacoast town in a warm climate
A beach resort popular with English-speaking tourists
- 23. Multiple Choice
"And then a desk. A newspaper. A window. English rain."
What emotion/feeling does this quotation invoke? [Select 2 answers]
Disappointment
Sadness
Happiness
Longing
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the effect of the structure of line 24?
It undercuts the rhythm used throughout the poem.
It suggests that the speaker intends to quit her job.
It comments on the futility of escaping from the circumstances of one's life.
It illustrates the speaker's sudden change of heart.
It signifies the speaker's abrupt return to reality.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains why the protagonist chose this particular "country" as their destination?
They're fluent in the language spoken there.
They used to live and work there.
Someone who had gone there recommended it to them.
The choice was made intuitively, without thinking about it.
Friends who live there invited her to visit.
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