This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Poetry – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poetry Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is an example of:He was a Romeo with the ladies. (from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. An idea, image, or element that is repeated throughout a work and conveys a central idea of the work that can be summarized in one word or phrase is a ..... A) Main idea. B) Theme. C) Motif. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 3. How does the narrator kill Porphyria? A) He strangles her. B) He poisons her. C) He hits her head. D) He breaks her neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He strangles her. 4. One of the sections into which certain long poems are divided? A) Refrain. B) Caesura. C) Consonance. D) Canto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canto. 5. This is an example of:The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire, s'mores and the popcorn was popping. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 6. Emotions or feelings associated with words is ..... A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Hyperbole. D) Homophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 7. Who wrote 'Ozymandias'? A) Ted Hughes. B) Percy Shelley. C) Robert Browning. D) Beatrice Garland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Percy Shelley. 8. A group of lines in a poem are called: A) Rhyme. B) Verse. C) Lines. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanzas. 9. Moving from generalizations to valid references about particulars. A) Argumentation. B) Induction. C) Deduction. D) Classifiication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deduction. 10. What is it called when an author gives a nonhuman thing human traits A) Alliteration. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Animalification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. The author's or character's attitude or feelings toward the writing and the readers is the ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Dialect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 12. Correspondence of sound between words or ending of words A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 13. What type of figurative language is shown?Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster . A) Simile. B) Onomatopeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. What is an example of Prose writing A) The song "I Just Can't Wait To Be King". B) The book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". C) The poem "Dear Basketball". D) The play "James and the Giant Peach". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". 15. In the poem, 'Fireflies in the Garden', Read the following lines from the poem:And here on earth come emulating flies, That though they never equal stars in size, (And they were never really stars at heart) Achieve at times a very star-like start. Only, of course, they can't sustain the part. What can you understand from these lines? A) Fireflies cannot act like stars for very long. B) Fireflies don't want to be stars. C) Fireflies can shine brightly like stars without ever stopping. D) Fireflies can grow to be the same size as stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fireflies cannot act like stars for very long. 16. Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer or speaker; songlike quality or set to a beat A) Free verse. B) Ballad. C) Lyric poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric poem. 17. Language that appeals to the five senses (helps your picture the words in your mind) A) Imagery. B) Connotation. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. Mother asks the baby to ..... A) Swim first. B) Learn first. C) Rest a little longer. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rest a little longer. 19. How many syllables are in this sentence?The humongous waves crashed into the side of the boat. A) 11. B) 13. C) 12. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13. 20. What can children represent in poetry? A) Child labour. B) School. C) The part of the adult self. D) Only represent the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The part of the adult self. ← 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