This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Thomas Hardy > Thomas Hardy – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Thomas Hardy Quiz 1 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The reader is uncertain about whether the voice of the deceased wife is really a ghost haunting him or is simply part of his memory or imagination, a figurative voice. How might you refer to this uncertainty in an essay? A) Figurative. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambiguity. 2. The past and the present of the speaker are compared throughout the poem. How might we refer to this comparison in an essay A) The diction of the past and the present. B) The imagery of the past and the present. C) The juxtaposition of the past and the present. D) The substitution of the past for the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The juxtaposition of the past and the present. 3. What is noticeable about 'were' and 'fair' when used in the first stanza? A) They break the dactylic tetrameter pattern. B) They rhyme creating a regular rhythm. C) They change the meter to iambic pentameter. D) They only half rhyme which creates a slight sense of disruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They only half rhyme which creates a slight sense of disruption. 4. The 'wet mead' of the third stanza describes a meadow in the countryside suggesting mourning and sadness represented in the landscape and weather. This technique is called A) Meterical convention. B) Juxtaposition of opposing images. C) Transferred epithet. D) Pathetic fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathetic fallacy. 5. What is "Swept by a spectral hand" (7)? A) The darkening land. B) Travelers. C) An instrument. D) The speaker. E) The town . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An instrument. 6. The alliterative sounds of M and N sounds in the line 'Woman much missed" create a spooky, ghostly feel. This type of alliteration is known as: A) Gutterals. B) Everywhere. C) Nasal. D) Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nasal. 7. When was Thomas Hardy born? A) 7 February 8040. B) 2 June 8040. C) 31st June 8040. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 June 8040. 8. Whose voice is referred to in the title of the poem? A) The speaker who is grieving for his dead wife. B) The voice of the speaker's deceased partner who he believes is calling to him from beyond the grave. C) The voice of the speaker's younger self calling to his adult self to reclaim his love. D) The voice of the wind rattling his windows which he mistakes for his deceased wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The voice of the speaker's deceased partner who he believes is calling to him from beyond the grave. 9. The rhyme scheme of the poem is A) Aabbccddeeffgg. B) Abcdc abcdc. C) Abbcdcd effgege. D) Abab cdcd efef gg. E) Abbcdcdc ephemera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abbcdcd effgege. 10. What is it about the phrase 'call to me' that creates a ghostly, echoing effect? A) The imagery used in the phrase. B) The alliteration used in the phrase. C) The repetition of the phrase. D) The use of an imperative in the phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of the phrase. 11. What item in the second stanza is used as a symbol of the past, representing romance, love and longing? A) The blue dress. B) The thorn from Norword. C) The fair day. D) The breeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The blue dress. 12. What form is each stanza of The Voice written in? Critics have suggested the formality of the form represents the formality of the speaker's relationship. A) The sestets. B) Quatrains. C) Couplets. D) Quintets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quatrains. Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books