1. In the first stanza, what quality do the words sifts, powders, and wool suggest about the snow?

Question

A) wetness
B) softness
C) cold
D) weight

2. In the first stanza, what is the effect of the words with w and o sounds (powders, Wood, Wool, Road)?
A) It humorously evokes the nasal sound of someone who has a winter head cold.
B) It suggests a soft, slow sighing, as of the winter wind.
C) It reminds the reader of the word snow .
D) It creates a sound of deep mourning and wailing.

3. Which line uses imagery that invokes the sense of sound?
A) Mowing down the massed battalions
B) From the foeman’s foremost columns
C) Surged the roar of battle round them,
D) Forward dashed a thousand bayonets,

Answer 1

1. In the first stanza, the words sifts, powders, and wool suggest the quality of snow being B) softness.

2. In the first stanza, the effect of the words with w and o sounds (powders, Wood, Wool, Road) is B) It suggests a soft, slow sighing, as of the winter wind.

3. The line that uses imagery that invokes the sense of sound is C) Surged the roar of battle round them.