Ap multiple choice answers, poems

Poetry Ap Multiple choice questions

1. What does the Fire represent in the poem "Fire and Ice"

A. Hate and harsh feelings

B. Thought and reason

C. Impulse based decisions and passion

D. a fire place

E. The worlds problems and the end of the world

The answer is C because when you think of fire you think of warmth and heat, and words that are also considered to be "warm" and have "heat" would be passion.

2. Which does the flea represent according to the poem

A. A bug

B. both the man and women

C. divorce

D. hardship

E. good and evil

The answer is B because in the poem is says " This flea is you and I" meaning that it represents both the man and the women.

3. who is the speaker in "The flea"

A. The flea

B. The woman

C. The man

D. A bystander

E. a unknown narrator

The answer is C because the poem is being told from the view point of a guy as he tries to persuade this girl into doing what he wants her to do.

4. what literary device is not included in the flea?

A. symbolism

B. metaphor

C. personification

D. onomatopoeia

E. all of the above

The answer is D because throughout the poem John Donne uses many metaphors to compare the flea taking blood to sex, the flea is often personified during the poem when talking about how the man is jealous of how easily it can get to the girl, but not once does the author describe any sounds or noises so onomatopoeia is not present in the work.

5. what effect does "And would suffice" leave in the readers mind as they red "Fire and Ice"?

A. they feel like whatever happens, happens

B. they feel that the question that is brought up in the beginning of the poem has not been answered yet, leaves them wondering what will happen.

C. creates the feeling that the original question was answered making them satisfied

D. disappointment

E. disbelief in the view point of the author

The answer is B because after saying that both fire and ice could possibly end the world, ending the poem with "and would suffice" leaves the reader guessing and question what would win to end the world, since the question was not clearly answered in the poem