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Quiz — Storgy

AN OPEN BOAT.

by Alfred Noyes.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the primary reason the other survivors insist the dead man must be thrown overboard?

Q02of 10

What gesture does the woman repeatedly use to try to keep her lover warm?

Q03of 10

How does the poem's italicized text function structurally within the poem?

Q04of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem?

Q05of 10

What does the final stanza's image of 'no voices or ghosts from that darkness' most strongly suggest?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'cloud of white faces' in the second stanza is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q07of 10

What is the effect of the narrator's interjection 'O, hide it, black night!' in the final stanza?

Q08of 10

Which theme is most central to the poem?

Q09of 10

The woman argues her lover is still alive primarily on the basis of which evidence?

Q10of 10

The poem's title 'An Open Boat' emphasizes which aspect of the survivors' situation?

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