Remembrance - Questions MC '12
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- Q1The poem deals with all of the following EXCEPT thediscipline required to address griefhappiness that follows after grief has passedaftermath of a terrible losspower of time to alter grief30s
- Q2The second stanza (lines 5-8) primarily serves toindicate how loneliness causes the speaker to dwell on the pastcommunicate the speaker's ongoing devotion to a treasured childhood memorydramatize the power of thoughts to sustain romantic feelings in the speakerponder the current connection between the speaker and the loved one30s
- Q3Which best describes the speaker's implication in lines 11-12Only someone remarkably devoted can retain the memory of an absent loved one over timePain strengths the should so that the sufferer can move forwardOnly people who embrace a higher faith can successfully live with their griefThe bereaved must choose to forget the past in order to bear their losses30s
- Q4In the fourth stanza (lines 13-16), the speaker's explanation is best described as one ofsarcasm and self-mockeryexaggeration and deceptionequivocation and defensivenessrationalization and apology30s
- Q5In context, "but cannon do thee wrong" (line 16) is best understood to express the speaker'scertainty that the loved one will forgive any transgressionshope that the temptations of the world will not cause unfaithfulnessconcern that an act of betrayal would be morally wrongbelief that no future love will supplant the former one30s
- Q6In line 17, "later light" most likely refers to aflash of awarenessrekindled hopenew lovesecond thought30s
- Q7The fifth stanza (lines 17-20) makes use of all of the following EXCEPTconsonancerepetitionsynecdochemetaphor30s
- Q8In context, "check" (line 25) most nearly meansinfluencestaunchexaminemark30s
- Q9The last three stanzas (lines 21-32) are best understood to suggest that remember the loved one isunpleasant but unavoidablenecessary but addictivetempting but destructiveimportant but dangerous30s
- Q10Which is the best paraphrase of line 26?Taught myself to forgive youFreed myself from sufferingWished that I could help youTrained myself not to miss you30s
- Q11The speaker's "burning wish" (line 27) is for asecond chance at loverespite from fearvisit to the loved one's gravereunion in death30s
- Q12The pronoun "it" (line 29) refers to the speaker's"passion" (line 25)"wish" (line 27)"soul" (line 26)"Despair" (line 22)30s
- Q13The concept of "divinest anguish (line 31) is most like that of"golden dreams" (line 21)"dear life" (line 19)"useless passion" (line 25)"rapturous pain" (line 30)30s
- Q14Which of the following best describes a central paradox of the poemThe speaker, attempting to grow closer to a lost love, becomes even more distant from the loved one.The speaker, worry over forgetting a deceased lover, reveals the extent of that loved one's continuing memoryThe speaker, in the act of remembering a childhood love, comes to an increasing awareness of mortality.The speaker, in the act of mourning, is able to experience a newfound joy.30s