To His Excellency General Washington

1. Which of the following lines contains an example of apostrophe?

A) “Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light” (Line 1)

B) “The Goddess comes, she moves divinely fair” (Line 9)

C) “As when Eolus heaven’s fair face deforms” (Line 15)

D) “Anon Britannia droops the pensive head” (Line 35)

2. The line “Or think as leaves in Autumn’s golden reign” does all but which of the following (Line 19)?

A) It anticipates the poem’s final call to honor Washington.

B) It likens the conflict to the forces of the natural world.

C) It puns on the storm imagery of the preceding lines.

D) It implies that glory is as transient as the seasons.

3. The line “Enough thou know’st them in the fields of fight” contains an example of which of the following (Line 24)?

A) internal rhyme

B) alliteration

C) dissonance

D) slant rhyme

4. In the line, “Anon Britannia droops the pensive head” (35), “pensive” most likely means which of the following?

A) defeated

B) thoughtful

C) sorrowful

D) frightened

5. Which of the following best explains Wheatley’s use of elision in lines like, “Thy evr’y action let the Goddess guide” (Line 40)?

A) It reflects the conventions of everyday speech.

B) It maintains the poem’s metrical pattern.

C) It creates a stylized appearance on the page.

D) It is a function of the era’s unstandardized spelling.