Translation (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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Who ran Ireland's Magdalene Laundries according to the poem?
Who ran Ireland's Magdalene Laundries according to the poem?
The Catholic Church
What is the opening line of 'Translation'?
What is the opening line of 'Translation'?
The soil frayed and sifted evens
What were women forbidden to do in the laundries?
What were women forbidden to do in the laundries?
Look at each other or speak
How is the steam from laundry work personified in the poem?
How is the steam from laundry work personified in the poem?
As having 'danced' and 'giggled'
What is the collective voice of the women compared to?
What is the collective voice of the women compared to?
An infant's cry
Which word uses onomatopoeia to capture the intensity of the women's call?
Which word uses onomatopoeia to capture the intensity of the women's call?
Blared
What does 'Washed clean of idiom' mean in the final stanza?
What does 'Washed clean of idiom' mean in the final stanza?
Free from judgmental language/stigma
What metaphor represents how shame became internalised by the women?
What metaphor represents how shame became internalised by the women?
A parasite that grew in me
What does the exhumation represent in the poem?
What does the exhumation represent in the poem?
Society's attempt to make amends
How does the poem's structure progress?
How does the poem's structure progress?
From 3rd-person to direct speech
What is the overall tone of the poem described as?
What is the overall tone of the poem described as?
Accusatory, bitter, yet liberating
What does the final image 'a cloud over my time' suggest?
What does the final image 'a cloud over my time' suggest?
Memory of abuse shadows modern Ireland
What were the women searching for according to stanzas 4-5?
What were the women searching for according to stanzas 4-5?
Their parents and their names
How many women's remains were exhumed from High Park Magdalene Laundry in 1993?
How many women's remains were exhumed from High Park Magdalene Laundry in 1993?
155 women
What are the two meanings of the title 'Translation' in the poem?
What are the two meanings of the title 'Translation' in the poem?
Moving remains & turning silence to voice
Who does the poem identify as complicit in sustaining the Magdalene Laundries?
Who does the poem identify as complicit in sustaining the Magdalene Laundries?
Both Church and State
What does 'washed clean of idiom' mean in the poem's final stanza?
What does 'washed clean of idiom' mean in the poem's final stanza?
Freed from imposed moralising language
What contrast does the steam imagery create in the poem?
What contrast does the steam imagery create in the poem?
Steam moves freely; women are constrained
What structural shift occurs in the final stanza?
What structural shift occurs in the final stanza?
The women speak in direct speech
What does the 'parasite' metaphor represent in the poem?
What does the 'parasite' metaphor represent in the poem?
Internalized shame and stigma
How is the poem's tone best described?
How is the poem's tone best described?
Bitter & accusatory, yet liberating
What is significant about the phrase 'evens the score' in the opening?
What is significant about the phrase 'evens the score' in the opening?
It's deliberately uneasy and ambivalent
What is the collective voice of the women compared to?
What is the collective voice of the women compared to?
An infant's cry