Selection Quizzes (English)



1.	Which idea does the speaker promote in the first four stanzas (lines 1–8)?
	A.	sullenness
	B.	analysis
	C.	curiosity
	D.	boredom

2.	Why might the speaker suggest that the reader "waterski / across the surface of a poem"?
	A.	The speaker wants readers to know the pleasure of reading a poem without agonizing over its meaning.
	B.	The speaker is an avid waterskier.
	C.	The speaker thinks poetry is the mental equivalent of waterskiing.
	D.	The speaker imagines that the reader is more interested in waterskiing than in poetry.

3.	What point does the speaker make in the final two stanzas of the poem?
	A.	Readers try to strangle the meaning out of poems instead of enjoying them.
	B.	Readers have to strap themselves to chairs in order to read poems.
	C.	Poetry can only be understood by readers with varied life experiences.
	D.	Poetry is cruel.

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