This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a single row of words in a poem called? A) Row. B) Line. C) Stanza. D) Column. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 2. How does the nymph address the flaws she finds in the Shepherd's pleasant vision? A) The nymph simply points out the realities of life. B) The nymph simply says that she is not interested. C) The nymph suggest that they wait a little longer. D) The nymph sees no wrong in his request. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nymph simply points out the realities of life. 3. What poem did Livius Andronicus first translate from Greek into Latin? A) The Iliad. B) The Aeneid. C) The Odyssey. D) Jason and the Argonauts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Odyssey. 4. The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.What is the meaning of the simile above? A) The baby had 8 legs. B) The baby lives in the sea. C) The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs. D) The baby was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs. 5. Under exaggeration; using a negative statement to affirm a positive (ex:I'm sure that trigonometry quiz won't be a BIT hard.) A) Hyperbole. B) Litote. C) Syntax. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Litote. 6. Who among the following did not live in a big tree? A) Cat. B) Mouse. C) Mongoose. D) Rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rabbit. 7. An elegy is A) A free verse poem reflecting on death or another serious theme. B) A formal poem of honor or celebration. C) A free verse poem of honor or celebration. D) A formal poem reflecting on death or another serious theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A formal poem reflecting on death or another serious theme. 8. Identify the literary device underlined in the following: "I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's." A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 9. Why would the speaker of "My Last Duchess" say he is not "skilled in speech" ? A) Because he is uneducated. B) To manipulate or confuse his companion. C) To show that his wife is smarter than him. D) Because he lies a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To manipulate or confuse his companion. 10. A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing. A) Antithesis. B) Argumentation. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 11. New ..... of writers have started writing other forms of literature such as short stories, novels and plays. A) Generations. B) Education. C) Seminars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generations. 12. The predominant feeling in a poem, or the prevailing attitude is known as: A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Meter. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 13. What war is the 'Charge of the Light Brigade' about? A) WW2. B) WW1. C) Crimean War. D) Cold War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crimean War. 14. This is another name for the life lesson or moral of a poem. A) Rule. B) Theme. C) Idea. D) Consequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 15. A pause or break in poetry to create rhythm. A) Diction. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Iambic Pentameter. D) Caesura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caesura. 16. "She moved ..... as she bore an angel's form" is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. Read the poem below, which lines show rhyming?1 The ostrich is a silly bird, 2 with hardly any mind.3 He often runs so very fast, 4 He leaves himself behind A) Lines 1 and 2. B) Lines 1 and 3. C) Lines 2 and 4. D) Lines 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lines 2 and 4. 18. Your explanation is as clear as mud. Is an example of .. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. The Shakespearean sonnet is organized in ..... quatrains of alternating rhymes plus a group of two lines. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 20. The difference between connotation and denotation is ..... A) Connotation is what a word implies, and denotation is the literal definition. B) Nothing, they're synonyms. C) Denotation is what a word implies, and connotation is the literal definition. D) Everything, they're antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation is what a word implies, and denotation is the literal definition. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesPoetry Quiz 1Poetry Quiz 3Poetry Quiz 4Poetry Quiz 5Poetry Quiz 6Poetry Quiz 7Poetry Quiz 8Poetry Quiz 9Poetry Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books