Norman Maccaig Poem Quiz

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Quiz sobre Norman Maccaig Poem Quiz, criado por Grace Bovaird em 19-12-2015.
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Questão 1

Questão
What theme is dealt with in the Norman Maccaig poem 'Assisi'
Responda
  • Suffering
  • Death
  • Transition between life and death
  • Nature
  • Nature vs Civilisation
  • Lonliness

Questão 2

Questão
All Norman Maccaig poems studied at National 5 are written in free verse
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
'She was [blank_start]buckets[blank_end] and water [blank_start]flouncing[blank_end] into them. She was [blank_start]winds[blank_end] pouring wetly round [blank_start]house ends[blank_end]. She was [blank_start]brown eggs[blank_end], black skirts and a [blank_start]keeper[blank_end] of [blank_start]threepenny bits[blank_end] in a teapot'
Responda
  • buckets
  • flouncing
  • winds
  • house ends
  • brown eggs
  • keeper
  • threepenny bits

Questão 4

Questão
Most of Maccaig's poems are about personal experiences
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
The following quote is from which poem? 'Everywhere she dies. Everywhere I go she dies'
Responda
  • Assisi
  • Basking Shark
  • Sounds of the Day
  • Memorial
  • Visiting Hour
  • Aunt Julia

Questão 6

Questão
'To [blank_start]stub an oar[blank_end] on a rock where none should be, to have it [blank_start]rise[blank_end] without a [blank_start]slounge[blank_end] out of the sea is a thing that happened [blank_start]once (too often) to me[blank_end].'
Responda
  • stub an oar
  • rise
  • slounge
  • once (too often) to me

Questão 7

Questão
In which poem is enjambment used frequently, to make the poem seem almost like a story
Responda
  • Assisi
  • Sounds of the Day
  • Basking Shark
  • Visiting Hour
  • Memorial
  • Aunt Julia

Questão 8

Questão
The poem 'Assisi' is set in a Spanish town
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
Which of these is not a theme of Assisi
Responda
  • Hypocracy
  • Irony
  • Family
  • Suffering

Questão 10

Questão
The poem 'Aunt Julia' is set on the Scottish island of Luskentyre
Responda
  • True
  • False

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