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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mayflies and Fireflies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Grasshoppers" describes the __________ of grasshoppers.
(a) Hatching.
(b) Dying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

2. To emphasize the powerful and image-provoking verbs used by the poet, he has used what literary device?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. The water strider's ability to walk on water hints at what?
(a) The strange abilities of some insects.
(b) Jesus Christ's ability to change water into wine.
(c) The lack of talent other insects have.
(d) Jesus Christ's ability to walk on water.

4. This speaking imitates ___________.
(a) The movements of one grasshopper.
(b) The movements of the old grasshoppers.
(c) The movements of the grasshoppers.
(d) The movements of the young grasshoppers.

5. Are the water striders able to successfully teach others to walk on water?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Usually.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet compares the firefly to what?

2. In this poem, the viewer is ________________ the grasshoppers.

3. "Mayflies" describes the _________ life of the mayfly

4. "Fireflies" tells of the _________ of a firefly.

5. Like the mayfly, people often have feelings of nostalgia towards what?

(see the answer key)

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