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Quiz about There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale

"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale Quiz

This quiz is about my favorite poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains". The poem was written in 1920. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by zebra101. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
zebra101

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
301,802

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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213

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many lines are there in the poem? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. What two birds species are mentioned in the poem? Hint

sparrows and blue jays

swallows and robins

doves and pigeons

sea gulls and finches

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the poem, where do the frogs sing at night? Hint

in the trees

in the pool

in the well

in the grass

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Question 4 of 10

4. What color are the plum trees according to the poem? Hint

black

white

brown

gray

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which season is mentioned in line eleven? Hint

Spring

Winter

Autumn

Summer

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Question 6 of 10

6. According to the poem, what happened to the humans? Hint

they died in a fire

they went to Heaven

they killed each other

they perished utterly

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who will know of the war? Hint

the animals

every one

no one

the world

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Question 8 of 10

8. Fill in the quote from the poem with the correct words: "There will come soft rains and the _____ of the _______". Hint

sound, sky

feel, wind

sight, sunset

smell, ground

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Question 9 of 10

9. Fill in the correct words from the poem: "__________ their whims on a _____ fence-wire". Hint

Speaking, broken

Singing, high

Whistling, low

Yelling, grey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Sara Teasdale, the author of "There Will Come Soft Rains", was born on August 8, 1884.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many lines are there in the poem?

Answer: 12

There are six stanzas in the poem. Each stanza has two lines that rhyme.

2. What two birds species are mentioned in the poem?

Answer: swallows and robins

Swallows are mentioned in line two: "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound". Robins are in line five: "Robins will wear their feathery fire".

3. In the poem, where do the frogs sing at night?

Answer: in the pool

This is from line three. The line reads: "And frogs in the pool singing at night".

4. What color are the plum trees according to the poem?

Answer: white

Plum trees are mentioned in line four. The line goes "And wild plum trees in tremulous white". When they are in bloom, plum trees are white.

5. Which season is mentioned in line eleven?

Answer: Spring

Line eleven and twelve read: "And Spring herself when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone." The "we" is referring to humans.

6. According to the poem, what happened to the humans?

Answer: they perished utterly

Lines nine and ten read: "Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly". Mankind perished in a war. The poem was written not long after World War I.

7. Who will know of the war?

Answer: no one

The beginning of line seven reads "And not one will know of the war". The war is what killed the humans in the poem. The last part of the line is "not one", which goes with line eight, but it is used to make the two lines rhyme. Line eight is "will care at last when it is done".

8. Fill in the quote from the poem with the correct words: "There will come soft rains and the _____ of the _______".

Answer: smell, ground

That is the first line of the poem. The first part is where the title of the poem comes from.

9. Fill in the correct words from the poem: "__________ their whims on a _____ fence-wire".

Answer: Whistling, low

That quote is the sixth line. The line shows personification in the fact that robins can't have whims. It comes after the line "Robins will wear their feathery fire".

10. Sara Teasdale, the author of "There Will Come Soft Rains", was born on August 8, 1884.

Answer: True

Sara Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She died on January 29, 1933 after overdosing on sleeping pills. In 1918, she won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Source: Author zebra101

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