This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry Terms – Quiz 210 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Terms Quiz 210 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "she broke in tears when she saw the ring in the box." A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 2. Save money by spending it A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 3. The use of words to achieve some special meaning or effect. A) Figurative language. B) Poetry. C) Style. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 4. "Two roads roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."What poem is this a part of? A) The Road Not Taken by Jack Frost. B) Roads by Robert Frost. C) The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. D) The Road Taken by Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. 5. A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem (usually at the end of each stanza or verse) is known as a ..... A) Chorus. B) Refrain. C) Near rhyme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain. 6. Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is known as ..... A) Lyrical. B) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 7. Who was Emily Dickinson? A) An American Poet. B) A French Journalist. C) A British Novelist. D) A regular citizen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An American Poet. 8. A haiku should not rhyme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What is comparing two things using the words "like" or "as" called? A) Theme. B) Rhyme. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 10. What type of figurative language is giving an object human qualities? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. A long stately poem in stanzas of varied length, meter and form usually addressing a topic A) Elegy. B) Ode. C) Epic. D) Sestina. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ode. 12. A direct comparison of two objects A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 13. Words with similar meanings A) Synonym. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 14. A two-line poem with both lines rhyming A) Bi-poem. B) Couplet. C) Narrative. D) Width. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 15. Something repeated A) Rhyme scheme. B) Repetition. C) Meter. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 16. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore, is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) A poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. Which of the following quotes best supports the theme? A) "We wear the mask that grins and lies, / It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes" (Lines 1-2. B) This debt we pay to human guile" (Line 3). C) "O great Christ, our cries / To thee from tortured souls arise." (Lines 10-11). D) "We sing, but oh the clay is vile / Beneath our feet, and long the mile" (Lines 12-13. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We wear the mask that grins and lies, / It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes" (Lines 1-2. 18. What is connotation? A) Literal meaning of a word. B) Attitude or emotion a word makes you feel. C) The prefix of a word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attitude or emotion a word makes you feel. 19. Which of the following best matches the definition of mood? A) The way the author felt when they wrote the poem. B) The way you feel reading a poem. C) The types of words used in the poem. D) The author's attitude about the subject of a poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way you feel reading a poem. 20. A poem that tells a story is known as ..... A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Lyric poem. D) Narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrative poem. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoetry Terms Quiz 1Poetry Terms Quiz 2Poetry Terms Quiz 3Poetry Terms Quiz 4Poetry Terms Quiz 5Poetry Terms Quiz 6Poetry Terms Quiz 7Poetry Terms Quiz 8Poetry Terms Quiz 9Poetry Terms Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books