This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where did the boys build the ship? A) In the room. B) In the corner. C) In the hall. D) Upon the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upon the stairs. 2. What is not a figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Under-statement. D) Oversaying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oversaying. 3. The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Idiom. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 4. Read the following poem:What does line 1 mean?AppetiteIn a house the size of a postage stamplived a man as big as a bargeHis mouth could drink the entire riverYou could say it was rather largeFor dinner he would eat a trillion beansAnd a silo full of gran. A) That the house was very large. B) That the man was very large. C) That the house was very tiny. D) That the man was very tiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That the house was very tiny. 5. "That man is a walking dictionary." This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. What is poetry that does not follow a specific form called? A) Sonnet. B) Ode. C) Alliteration. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free verse. 7. What elements do pastoral poems share? A) Nature and love. B) ABAB rhyme scheme. C) Fourteen line poems about love. D) Shepherds and nymphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature and love. 8. A repeated pattern of movement or sounds in a poem A) Stanza. B) Characters. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. 9. What is the most logical line to complete the poem?Mary had a little poodleAll day long she ate a ..... A) Noodle. B) Lamb. C) No clue. D) Llama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noodle. 10. Words or phrases that relate to the 5 senses are called A) Sound Devices. B) Sensory Details. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory Details. 11. Define idiom. A) Something in a specific language and time not taken literally. B) Something that means the opposite of what it says. C) Something from a specific language and time that means what it says. D) Something that has two meanings, changing the idea of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something in a specific language and time not taken literally. 12. Girl or boy, anyone can ride what? A) Scooter. B) Bus. C) Bicycle. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bicycle. 13. "Her eyes were like a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. Which of the following literary devices is used the most in the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" ? A) Symbols. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 15. The attitude the writer has toward the theme or topic of a text A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Symbolism. D) Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 16. Giving human qualities to animals or nonliving things A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. The simile is ..... A) A figure of speaking. B) The same as metaphor. C) Smile with "i". D) A figure of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A figure of speech. 18. It was a dark and stormy night, the cold wind blew and the icy rain fell from the sky A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. 'When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!' A) Bayonet Charge. B) Charge of the Light Brigade. C) Exposure. D) Storm on the Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charge of the Light Brigade. 20. Identify the literary device underlined in the following: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of courseThat is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesPoetry Quiz 1Poetry Quiz 2Poetry Quiz 3Poetry Quiz 4Poetry Quiz 5Poetry Quiz 6Poetry Quiz 7Poetry Quiz 8Poetry Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books