Q01of 10
In the opening stanza, the speaker describes the mouse as 'wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous.' What does this cluster of adjectives primarily establish?
Q02of 10
What instrument of the farmer's trade accidentally destroys the mouse's nest?
Q03of 10
In the line 'man's dominion / Has broken nature's social union,' Burns is making which thematic claim?
Q04of 10
What is the dominant verse form Burns uses in 'To a Mouse'?
Q05of 10
The phrase 'the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley' most directly expresses which theme?
Q06of 10
By the final stanza, the speaker's tone toward the mouse shifts to one of:
Q07of 10
The image of 'bleak December's winds ensuin, / Baith snell an' keen' primarily functions to:
Q08of 10
How does Burns use the mouse's perspective in stanza five ('Thou saw the fields laid bare…') as a narrative technique?
Q09of 10
When the speaker says 'I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee / Wi' murd'ring pattle,' what does he mean?
Q10of 10
Which literary device is most clearly at work when Burns addresses the mouse directly throughout the poem as 'thou,' 'thee,' and 'Mousie'?
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