This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Poetry > Prosody – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Prosody Quiz 1 (52 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a left-dominant feet? A) Final weak syllable preceded by weak syllable. B) Final strong syllable preceded by weak syllable. C) First strong syllable followed by weak syllable. D) First weak syllable followed by strong syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First strong syllable followed by weak syllable. 2. Vocabulary 1. I've got lots of ..... but I think Aunt Paula and Uncle Joe are my favourites. A) Partners. B) Relatives. C) Enemies. D) Classmates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relatives. 3. Utterance-level pitch contour, contrast intonation for a question and a statement, for contour contributes to emotional intent, overall decrease in Fo as a phrase or sentence gets longer, may be influenced by gender A) Sonority. B) Stress. C) Duration. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intonation. 4. The combined effect of stress, loudness and rate of speech A) Preboundary. B) Prominence. C) Juncture. D) Speech rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speech rhythm. 5. What pattern of meter is "2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed syllable" ? A) Anapestic. B) Iambic. C) Trochaic. D) Dactylic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anapestic. 6. What is the pitch track? A) Measuring F1 at every step in a sound file yields a pitch track. A pitch track of the voice is what you perceive as high and low. B) Measuring F0 at one step in a sound file yields a pitch track. A pitch track of the voice is what you perceive as stress. C) Measuring F0 at every step in a sound file yields a pitch track. A pitch track of the voice is what you perceive as high and low. D) Measuring F0 at every step in a sound file yields a pitch track. A pitch track of the voice is what you perceive as loudness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measuring F0 at every step in a sound file yields a pitch track. A pitch track of the voice is what you perceive as high and low. 7. ..... the caves and grottos in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is the most popular activity for visitors. A) Destroying. B) Exploring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploring. 8. Which of the following is an example of prosodic feature? A) Morphology. B) Syntax. C) Intonation. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intonation. 9. Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night;What immortal hand or eye, What type of meter from William Blake's The Tyger above? A) Trochaic. B) Iambic. C) Dactylic. D) Anapestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trochaic. 10. Vocabulary 6. Parents should always ..... to talk to their childrenabout their problems. A) Do chores. B) Make time. C) Do time. D) Make chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make time. 11. Is the following statement right? frequency and amplitude vary independently A) Maybe?. B) No. C) No idea . D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 12. What is the purpose of using punctuation in writing? A) To confuse the reader. B) To slow down the reading pace. C) To clarify meaning and organize the structure of writing. D) To make the writing look messy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To clarify meaning and organize the structure of writing. 13. What is the usage of stress? A) Stress defines the rhythm of speech. B) Stress defines the tune of speech. C) Stress defines the pitch of speech. D) Stress defines the word meaning of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress defines the rhythm of speech. 14. Time separation of syllables, helps define duration, difference between "I scream" and "icecream" or "bluebird" and "blue bird" A) Juncture. B) Pre boundary lengthening. C) Speech rhythm. D) Sonority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juncture. 15. Vocabulary 4. My best friend ..... me of breaking her iPod, but Ididn't! A) Accused. B) Argued. C) Discussed. D) Advised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accused. 16. Vocabulary 3. You worked hard all day, Mum. Sit down and ..... while I get dinner ready. A) Do your fair share. B) Put your feet up. C) Be sick and tired. D) Run errands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put your feet up. 17. What is a stress-timed language? A) The syllables are similar in length. The amount of time it takes to say something does depend on the number of syllables. B) The syllables are not similar in length. The amount of time it takes to say something does not depend on the number of syllables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The syllables are not similar in length. The amount of time it takes to say something does not depend on the number of syllables. 18. Stressed unity may be higher in pitch, louder, and of longer duration A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Excess stress used to indicate intent or meaning A) Juncture. B) Prominence. C) Pre boundary lengthening. D) Locus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prominence. 20. What pattern of meter is "1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable" ? A) Dactylic. B) Anapestic. C) Trochaic. D) Iambic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic. 21. Intensity and Fo rise and fall together A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Some phonemes are innately louder due to close position A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. What is the fundamental frequency? A) The fundamental frequency can be seen as dark bands in the spectrogram. B) It is the equivalent to the resonant frequency. C) The frequency at which the complex wave repeats itself. D) The fundamental frequency determines which vowel we hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The frequency at which the complex wave repeats itself. 24. What is prosody in English language? A) Patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry or language. B) The study of prehistoric animals in the English language. C) A type of punctuation used in English language. D) A type of flower in the English language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry or language. 25. What are the different linguistic levels? A) Code-Switching. B) Speech Recognition, Mental Lexicon. C) Bilingualism. D) Lexical Prosody, Post-Lexical Prosody, Paralinguistic Prosody. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lexical Prosody, Post-Lexical Prosody, Paralinguistic Prosody. 26. On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing ..... enjoying the jungle's great joys ..... When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.What type of meter from the passage above? A) Trochaic. B) Iambic. C) Dactylic. D) Anapestic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anapestic. 27. English is stress-timed A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. Isochronic (evenly-timed) A) Syllable-timed. B) Stress-timed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syllable-timed. 29. What is the lexical use of F0? A) F0 is used to distinguish words in tone languages as well as accentual languages. B) F0 is used to distinguish words in intonation languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F0 is used to distinguish words in tone languages as well as accentual languages. 30. Provide an example of a sentence with proper prosody. A) He ran quickly to catch the bus, panting heavily. B) The cat meowed loudly in the middle of the night, disturbing the peace. C) She walked gracefully through the garden, admiring the colorful flowers. D) They laughed loudly at the funny joke, attracting attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She walked gracefully through the garden, admiring the colorful flowers. 31. What is the amplitude? A) Cycles per seconds measured in Hz. B) Pressure in variations measured in dB. C) We perceive the amplitude as pitch. D) It defines the rhythm of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressure in variations measured in dB. 32. Emphasis placed on a segment or a group of segments to convey meaning, uses Fo contour, intensity contour, and duration A) Duration. B) Sonority. C) Intonation. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stress. 33. What is a syllable-timed language? A) The duration of every syllable is equal e.g. English. B) The duration of every syllable is not equal e.g. German or English. C) The duration of every syllable is equal e.g. French or Spanish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The duration of every syllable is equal e.g. French or Spanish. 34. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:What type of meter from Shakespeare's sonnet above? A) Spondaic. B) Trochaic. C) Anapestic. D) Iambic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic. 35. What is the correct usage of the word 'their' in a sentence? A) There car is parked outside. B) Thier car is parked outside. C) They're car is parked outside. D) Their car is parked outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their car is parked outside. 36. This word gets a bonus letter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. Vocabulary 9. When a young person does something well, youshould ..... them for it. A) Grumble. B) Criticise. C) Praise. D) Gossip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Praise. 38. What is prosody? A) Prosody studies only the tone and rhythm of speech. B) Prosody studies speech recognition with white background noise. C) Prosody studies the tune and rhythm of speech and how we actually speak. D) Prosody studies the tune and rhythm speech and how these features contribute to meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prosody studies the tune and rhythm speech and how these features contribute to meaning. 39. Which of the following best describes rhetoric? A) The study of language and its structure. B) The art of persuasive speaking or writing. C) The study of the history of language. D) The study of language acquisition in children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The art of persuasive speaking or writing. 40. Which of the following is an example of rhetorical device? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. Loudness (intensity) contour unrelated to the stress pattern, depends on openness of vocal tract A) Stress. B) Duration. C) Sonority. D) Intonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonority. 42. Can give cues to place and manner of articulation, used to signal boundaries (preboundary lengthening), defined by juncture A) Duration. B) Sonority. C) Intonation. D) Stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duration. 43. A set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together to convey a complete thought. A) Enjambment. B) Syntax. C) Diction. D) Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 44. Vocabulary 2. Some people say that ..... are just friends youhaven't met yet. A) Colleagues. B) Coaches. C) Peers. D) Strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strangers. 45. Identify the part of speech for the word 'happiness'. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 46. How do we spell this word? A) Wall. B) Wal. C) Well. D) Walmart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wall. 47. It is a rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence. It often occurs in the middle of a line, or sometimes at the beginning and the end. A) Syntax. B) Cesura. C) Diction. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cesura. 48. What is the frequency? A) Pressure in variations measured in dB. B) Cycles per seconds measured in Hz. C) Length of time of a full cycle. D) Large variations produce strong or loud sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cycles per seconds measured in Hz. 49. Which of the following is not a type of rhetorical appeal? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Metaphor. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 50. What is the importance of prosody in spoken English? A) It has no impact on communication. B) It only affects written language. C) It conveys emotions, attitudes, and meaning in communication. D) It is only important in formal settings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It conveys emotions, attitudes, and meaning in communication. 51. Syllable lengths and loudness vary widely A) Stress-timed. B) Syllable-timed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stress-timed. 52. What sound do these letters make? A) Bonus sound. B) Glued sound. C) Short vowel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glued sound. Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAmerican Poetry QuizMetaphysical Poetry QuizPoetry Terms QuizPoetry QuizRomantic Poetry QuizShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books