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Quiz: How much can you remember about the Leaving Cert English poetry syllabus?

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…”

FOR SOME OF us, it may be a long time ago. 

But even if it’s been decades, there’s a good chance you may remember the poets that were on the Leaving Cert English course. 

This quiz is about some of the evergreen poets that have appeared on the course over the years.

Best of luck. 

In the poem The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop, what does the narrator do with the fish in the end?
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"And I ate it"
"And I let the fish go"

"And I told the fish I was free"
"And I brought the fish home"
Which poem by Robert Frost starts with these lines: "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both"
Mending Wall
'Out, Out--'

The Road Not Taken
Acquainted With The Night
In which Keats poem would you find this line: "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter"
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Ode to a Nightingale

To Autumn
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Finish this line from WB Yeats' September 1913: "Romantic Ireland's dead and gone / It's with ___________ in the grave."
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Parnell
O'Connell

Emmett
O'Leary
At the beginning of Seamus Heaney's The Tollund Man, the narrator says that someday they will go to a European city beginning with the letter A. What city is that?
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Aarhus
Aberdeen

Athens
Amsterdam
Finish the title of this Sylvia Plath poem: "Black ______ in Rainy Weather"
Book
Look

Rook
Luck
In which Adrienne Rich poem would you find these lines: "We talk of people caring for each other / in emergencies - laceration, thirst - / but you look at me like an emergency"
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Trying to Talk With a Man

Living in Sin
Storm Warning
How about finishing the title of this poem by Emily Dickinson: "Hope" is the thing with ______
Liquor
Mammals

Religion
Feathers
"I'm just going outside and may be some time" is the first line of the poem Antarctica. Who wrote it?
Derek Mahon
Michael Longley

Paul Durcan
Patrick Kavanagh
Lastly, fill in the blank from the closing lines of Eavan Boland's The War Horse: "Of burned countryside, illicit braid: / A cause ruined before, a world ________."
Frayed
Betrayed

Afraid
Swayed
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Top Dog
Full marks, well done
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Clever cat
Almost purrfect
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Fintastic
A decent job
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What are ewe doing?
Baaaaad
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Turtely awful
A shell of a bad effort
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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:35 PM

    I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but, A Star is Born, for all its hype, was a fairly bog standard, run of the mill, snooze fest.
    The main song is a decent tune though.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:38 PM

    @J.D. Finnerty: a remake of a remake, with a story as boring as it is predictable (even if you haven’t seen the others). Hard to believe it got such acclaim.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:42 PM

    @J.D. Finnerty: Completely agree. Ga Ga was good but Bradley Cooper just annoys me. Main song was the only decent song in it.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 6:55 PM

    @J.D. Finnerty: yeah, you’re on your own. Not met a single person yet who didn’t adore it. And that includes men who never cry. Who admitted crying.

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    Dec 21st 2018, 12:51 AM

    @J.D. Finnerty: you should be alone in this. It was not bog standard at all

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    Dec 21st 2018, 12:52 AM

    You Were Never Really Here had a screenplay???

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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:21 PM

    The critics really hated Bohemian Rhapsody, while everyone that I know who watched adored it. I don’t get it. Malek has to win an Oscar. It’s the best acting performance I’ve seen in years.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:50 PM

    @JJ O Riordan: huge fan of Freddie and the band but had to be honest the movie was a let down…. It’s like they tried sensoring everything

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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:52 PM

    @JJ O Riordan: but Malek was brilliant to be honest. Will he win? I’d say Bradley Cooper will

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    Dec 20th 2018, 4:18 PM

    @Nikas Peckeliunas: An outstanding performance, I saw a comparison someone did of Queen’s Live Aid set and that of Malek’s for the movie. Initially they started out somewhat sceptical but were truly astounded, Rami Malek had Freddie’s every move memorised, down to how he held the microphone, how he stood. Even the remaining band members blessed, themselves initially wary, gave this performance a glowing endorsement.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 4:54 PM

    @Nikas Peckeliunas:

    Spelling please, its censoring.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 5:10 PM

    @Power Aine: it’s it’s.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 5:21 PM

    Three billboards is head and shoulders above everything else…should have won the Oscar for best original screenplay…a fantastic read

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    Dec 20th 2018, 7:50 PM

    @Damien Aulsberry: ya that was a brilliant movie imo.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 9:57 PM

    @Damien Aulsberry: Cannot believe that 3 billboards doesn’t even the top 10 on this list. Much better movie than ladybird.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 4:19 PM

    “First Man” is movie of the year for me by a long shot: absolutely one of the most moving and inspiring films I’ve ever seen. Deserves to clean up in awards for Cinematography, Sound & Editing, Adapted Screenplay, Direction and that wonderful score by Justin Hurwitz. Would give nods as well to Claire Foy as Janet Armstrong and Ryan Gosling for his suitably restrained and under-stated performance as Neil Armstrong.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 8:18 PM

    @Sean May: I thought it was boring. An amazing achievement considering the subject matter

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    Dec 20th 2018, 3:20 PM

    No point in watching them on Irish TV add free telly highly recommended ha

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    Dec 20th 2018, 6:19 PM

    “upgrade” definitely the best Sci-fi movie of 2018 anyways.. If you haven’t checked it out, I’d highly recommended.. This is coming from a movie connoisseur :)

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    Dec 20th 2018, 8:02 PM

    @Acedeuce: ” hereditary ” is also hands down the best horror movie of 2018.. Genuinely creepy, atmospheric, good acting.. No usual cheap jump scares. Solid proper horror film.

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    Dec 20th 2018, 6:34 PM

    You were never really here and blackkklansman are 2 of the most rubbish films I’ve ever seen

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    Dec 20th 2018, 8:20 PM

    @Kieran Stafford: yeah Blackkklansman was terrible. The handful of jokes were in the trailer.

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    Dec 21st 2018, 2:23 AM

    Jingle all the way .. and .. Air Bud 3 ..both on T.v today

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    Dec 20th 2018, 7:59 PM

    So she got away with it

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    Dec 21st 2018, 8:49 PM

    Gosnell is worth a watch but it won’t be shown anywhere.

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    Dec 21st 2018, 12:52 AM

    You Were Never Really Here had a screenplay??

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