This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" ? A) Sir Walter Raleigh. B) Christopher Marlowe. C) William Shakespeare. D) Francesco Petrarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christopher Marlowe. 2. The beginning of the story; establishes setting, characters and tone. A) Narrative. B) Climax. C) Foreshadowing. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 3. Gothic settings are usually ..... A) Spooky, dark, and isolated. B) Bright, happy, and full of sunshine. C) Formal, business-like, and professional. D) Sad, huge, and grassy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spooky, dark, and isolated. 4. This line most relates to which element of Romanticism?"And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils." A) Emotion over logic. B) Spirituality/supernatural. C) Youth/innocence. D) Rejecting tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotion over logic. 5. An exaggeration in poetry/literature is known as a ..... A) Exaggeration!. B) Assonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 6. "Be not coy, but use your time, and while you may, go marry" is an example of A) Theme. B) Simile. C) Paradox. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 7. A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Acrostic. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. Vishwakarma was Lord Indra's ..... A) Carpenter. B) Driver. C) Artist. D) Singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artist. 9. Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words that are close together in a poem. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. "Her cheeks were like apples, so rosy and bright" is an example of? A) Tone. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. Pick the word that best fits the simile:The children were as quiet as A) Frogs in the swamp. B) Dogs chasing cats. C) A mouse. D) A lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mouse. 12. Read the poem below, how many LINES are there?1 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.2 leap over bushes and fences and rocks.3 Cut through the air like the diving of hawks."4 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind. 5 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 13. Define lyric poetry A) Poem that describes thoughts and feelings. B) Poem that tells a story. C) Language that means what it says and something else. D) Poetry with a strict rhyme and structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poem that describes thoughts and feelings. 14. The Renaissance is the time of A) Queen Victoria. B) Queen Elizabeth. C) King George. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Elizabeth. 15. Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry: A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 16. Telling the wind not to blowTelling the tide not to turnTelling the rivers not to flowTelling the fire not to burnTelling the birds not to flyTelling the frogs not to hopTelling the parents not to nagAnd telling the children not to whine!What two words are examples of rhyming words from the poem? A) Blow-turn. B) Nag-whine. C) Blow-flow. D) Fly-hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blow-flow. 17. Which word does not belong with poetry? A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme. D) Paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paragraph. 18. "I ask them to take a poem A) Complains that people cannot understand poems. B) Suggests new ways to reading a poem. C) Reveals the reasons that people enjoy poetry. D) Suggests using your eyes and ears to read the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suggests using your eyes and ears to read the poem. 19. This is the beat, sound, and feel of the poem. This is an element that is also found in music and songs. A) Lyrics. B) Theme. C) Rhythm. D) Melody. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 20. Which Roman poet, was a part of the 'neoteric' literary circle in Rome? A) Catullus. B) Ovid. C) Horace. D) Propertius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catullus. ← 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