Invictus - Questions

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Please answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES where necessary. The short answer questions have multiple parts, so read and answer each part carefully!

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1. Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text? *

A. Identity is important to building self-confidence.

B. Independence means refusing to follow anyone else’s rules or laws.

C. Resilience is the ability to keep going and to refuse to give up.

D. Sacrifice is necessary to make someone a hero.

2. How does the poem’s use of darkness in its imagery contribute to the text’s overall meaning? *

A. The poem describes night covering the earth from “pole to pole” (line 2), suggesting that the speaker’s outlook on the world is very bleak and hopeless.

B. The poem describes “night” (line 1) covering the speaker, symbolic of the adversity and/or suffering he faces.

C. The poem describes “the Horror of the shade” (line 10), suggesting that the speaker’s hard times are only temporary.

D. The poem describes a dark “place of wrath and tears” (line 9), implying that the speaker is overcome by his depression.

3. PART A: Given the context of the poem, what does the title word “Invictus” most likely mean? *

A. Careless

B. Lucky

C. Unfortunate

D. Undefeated

4. PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? *

A. “I thank whatever gods may be / For my unconquerable soul.” (Lines 3-4)

B. “In the fell clutch of circumstance / ….Under the bludgeonings of chance” (Lines 5-7)

C. “Beyond this place of wrath and tears / Looms but the Horror of the shade” (Lines 9-10)

D. “It matters not how strait the gate, / How charged with punishments the scroll” (Lines 13-14)

5. What is the poem's rhyme scheme? How do the poem's rhyme scheme and consistent structure create the tone of the poem? *

6. In the context of this poem, how does a person overcome adversity? Cite evidence from this poem, your own experience, and other literature in your answer. *

7. There is some contradiction in this poem: the author claims to control his own life, yet he is still subjected to the cruelty of chance (stanza 2) and feels threatened by the future (stanza 3). According to the author, how can we be the “master of our fate” when there are circumstances beyond our control? *

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