What theme is dealt with in the Norman Maccaig poem 'Assisi'
Answer
Suffering
Death
Transition between life and death
Nature
Nature vs Civilisation
Lonliness
Question 2
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All Norman Maccaig poems studied at National 5 are written in free verse
Answer
True
False
Question 3
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'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'
Answer
buckets
flouncing
winds
house ends
brown eggs
keeper
threepenny bits
Question 4
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Most of Maccaig's poems are about personal experiences
Answer
True
False
Question 5
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The following quote is from which poem?
'Everywhere she dies. Everywhere I go she dies'
Answer
Assisi
Basking Shark
Sounds of the Day
Memorial
Visiting Hour
Aunt Julia
Question 6
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'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].'
Answer
stub an oar
rise
slounge
once (too often) to me
Question 7
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In which poem is enjambment used frequently, to make the poem seem almost like a story
Answer
Assisi
Sounds of the Day
Basking Shark
Visiting Hour
Memorial
Aunt Julia
Question 8
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The poem 'Assisi' is set in a Spanish town
Answer
True
False
Question 9
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Which of these is not a theme of Assisi
Answer
Hypocracy
Irony
Family
Suffering
Question 10
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The poem 'Aunt Julia' is set on the Scottish island of Luskentyre