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Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Alone" depicts an old man reflecting on the joys of solitude.
False
The speaker in the poem "Alone" feels his difference separates him from everyone else.
True
The speaker in Johnny Cash's song "Folsom Prison Blues" thinks that he was wrongfully imprisoned and dreams of escaping.
False
Which of these phrases from the poem "Alone" is an example of an image that contributes to the poem's tone of despair and alienation? Answer choices: childhood's hour; common spring; my sorrow; red cliff
red cliff
Which passage from "Alone" comes closest to stating the poem's theme? Answer choices: From the torrent, or the fountain--; (When the rest of Heaven was blue); From the same source I have not taken / My sorrow; in my childhood--in the dawn
From the same source I have not taken / My sorrow
In the poem "The Stranger," the speaker tries to explain and justify his reasons for avoiding anyone outside his group of acquaintances.
True
The speaker in the poem "The Stranger" is okay with the flaws of those who are just like him because he knows what those flaws are and shares some of them.
True
The poem "The Stranger" describes what can happen with two people who just met look for common ground.
False
When the speaker in "The Stranger" says "the men of my own stock" in stanza two, he is speaking of people who belong to his same racial or ethnic group.
True
"The Stranger" demonstrates how a person can transcend or overcome the prejudices with which he was raised.
False
The speaker in the song "Folsom Prison Blues" is Johnny Cash himself, looking back on his time in prison.
False
Johnny Cash reportedly wore black because he never stopped mourning his mother's death.
False
The line "They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars" includes both personification and alliteration.
False
The lines "But those people keep a movin' / And that's what tortures me" expresses a prison inmate's despair over being held back while the rest of the world moves ahead.
True
