Poetry Quiz

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Poetry Quiz

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1. Which of these is not a type of poetry?

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Sonnet

Epigrams

Ode

Haiku

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2. How many lines are there in a sonnet?

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3. Which poet and critic coined the term “metaphysical poet”?

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Andrew Marvell

Samuel Johnson

John Donne

Henry Vaughan

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4. _________ is a poem praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally.

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Elegy

Ode

Limerick

Sonnet?

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5. Which of these odes is not a work of John Keats?

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Ode to a Nightingale

Ode to a Grecian Urn

Ode to Autumn

Ode to the West Wind

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6. What do we call the first eight lines of a Petrarchan sonnet?

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Octet

Octen

Octane

Octave

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7. What is an epic?

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a fourteen line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme

a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba

a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero

an unrhymed poem consisting of 17 syllables

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8. The famous mock epic 'The Rape of the Lock' is a work of

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William Wordsworth

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Alexander Pope

Ben Jonson

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9. The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it is called

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imagery

alliteration

onomatopoeia

symbolism

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10. Alliteration is

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The repetition of a consonant sound, particularly the initial consonants of two or more words.

The repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words.

An obvious exaggeration made for effect.

A series of brief shots that work together to convey a particular meaning.

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11. What is the longest poem in Old English?

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Beowulf

Dream of the Rood

The Seafarer

Deor

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12. The use of over-exaggeration to create emphasis or humor is called

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onomatopoeia

hyperbole

symbolism

imagery

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13. A description word that compares one thing to another is called a

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Metaphor

Lyric

Imagery

Symbol

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14. 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' are a work of

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John Keats

William Wordsworth

John Milton

William Blake

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15. "Sally sells sea shells by the seashore" is an example of

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Pardox

Alliteration

Assonance

Symbolism

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16. Which of these is not a Romantic poet?

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Robert Burns

Alexander Pope

John Keats

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17. Who wrote the famous epic 'Paradise Lost'?

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John Keats

John Donne

John Dryden

John Milton

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18. What do we call the rhythm of a poem?

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Inch

Metre

Yard

Foot

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19. In the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor, the mariner shoots which bird?

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A raven

An Albatross

An eagle

A vulture

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20. The poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth was inspired by which flower?

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Daffodils

Sunflowers

Tulips

Marigolds

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