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Which of the following is NOT a source of humor in the play of Pyramus and Thisbe enacted by the Athenian craftsmen?

Read the following poem; then choose the best answer to the questions that follow.   The world is charged with the grandeur of God.                                                         1          It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;                                                      2          It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil                                                      3 Crushed.  Why do men then now not reck [acknowledge] his rod?                          4 Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;                                                              5          And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;                                   6          And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil                               7 Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.                                                                   8 And for all this, nature is never spent;                                                                          9          There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;                                       10 And though the last lights off the black West went                                                   11          Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—                                       12 Because the Holy Ghost over the bent                                                                       13          World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.                             14

Hurston regards slavery as

Line 6 illustrates which term best?

Identifying the poem’s meter does not require naming the

Dramatic irony is achieved by ______________ the audience information about the outcome.

Read the following poem; then choose the best answer to the questions that follow.   The world is charged with the grandeur of God.                                                         1          It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;                                                      2          It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil                                                      3 Crushed.  Why do men then now not reck [acknowledge] his rod?                          4 Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;                                                              5          And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;                                   6          And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil                               7 Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.                                                                   8 And for all this, nature is never spent;                                                                          9          There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;                                       10 And though the last lights off the black West went                                                   11          Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—                                       12 Because the Holy Ghost over the bent                                                                       13          World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.                             14

Hurston regards slavery as

Which line best states the theme of the poem?

Dramatic irony is achieved by ______________ the audience information about the outcome.