First and last name: ________________________
Date: __________________ Block: _________
“The Choice” Quiz
Directions: Answer the following questions on
a separate sheet of paper in complete
sentences. Remember to write in complete
sentences. Did I mention that your answers
should be in complete sentences? You know-
the kind of sentence that has a period at the
end.
1) What is the rhyme scheme of the
poem?
2) How many stanzas are in the poem?
3) How many lines are in each stanza?
4) Identify an example of a simile.
5) Who is the speaker of the poem?
6) What choice does the speaker make?
7) Was the choice easy or difficult for
the speaker?
a. Which line gives evidence to
support your answer?
8) What kind of person is “he”?
9) What are four things that “he” could
have given the speaker?
Extra Credit:
1. Identify an example of alliteration in the
poem.
“The Choice”
By Dorothy Parker
He'd have given me rolling lands,
Houses of marble, and billowing farms,
Pearls, to trickle between my hands,
Smoldering rubies, to circle my arms.
You- you'd only a lilting song, 5 You- you'd only a lilting song,
Only a melody, happy and high,
You were sudden and swift and strong-
Never a thought for another had I.
He'd have given me laces rare,
Dresses that glimmered with frosty sheen, 10
Shining ribbons to wrap my hair,
Horses to draw me, as fine as a queen.
You- you'd only to whistle low,
Gaily I followed wherever you led.
I took you, and I let him go- 15
Somebody ought to examine my head!
First and last name: ________________________
Date: __________________ Block: _________
“The Choice” Quiz
Directions: Answer the following questions on
a separate sheet of paper in complete
sentences. Remember to write in complete
sentences. Did I mention that your answers
should be in complete sentences? You know-
the kind of sentence that has a period at the
end.
1) What is the rhyme scheme of the
poem?
2) How many stanzas are in the poem?
3) How many lines are in each stanza?
4) Identify an example of a simile.
5) Who is the speaker of the poem?
6) What choice does the speaker make?
7) Was the choice easy or difficult for
the speaker?
a. Which line gives evidence to
support your answer?
8) What kind of person is “he”?
9) What are four things that “he” could
have given the speaker?
Extra Credit:
1. Identify an example of alliteration in the
poem.
“The Choice”
By Dorothy Parker
He'd have given me rolling lands,
Houses of marble, and billowing farms,
Pearls, to trickle between my hands,
Smoldering rubies, to circle my arms.
5
Only a melody, happy and high,
You were sudden and swift and strong-
Never a thought for another had I.
He'd have given me laces rare,
Dresses that glimmered with frosty sheen, 10
Shining ribbons to wrap my hair,
Horses to draw me, as fine as a queen.
You- you'd only to whistle low,
Gaily I followed wherever you led.
I took you, and I let him go- 15
Somebody ought to examine my head!