The Patriot Quiz

1. Robert Browning is a

2. Browning’s poem “The Patriot” is a

3. One year ago, the speaker was seen by the people as a

4. One year ago, people welcomed the speaker with

5. Covering the patriot’s path with roses displays people’s

6. The sub-title of the poem “The Patriot” is

7. The line “The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries” is an indication of

8. One year ago, people were ready to

9. “Alack, it was I who leapt at the sun” suggests that the patriot was

10. In the line “And you see my harvest, what I reap” the patriot expresses his

11. The reception the patriot is getting today is _______ to what he received this very day one year ago.

12. One year after the grand welcome, the patriot is now seen as

13. People have now gathered

14. As the patriot is being taken for the hanging

15. Even after he is sentenced to death, the patriot says, “I am safer so” because

16. Browning’s philosophy of world and heaven reflected in the poem is

17. According to the patriot, he was

18. “With myrtle mixed in my path like mad” is an example of

19. The poem “The Patriot” is a grim reminder that

20. The poem “The Patriot” narrates