Poetry Quiz 40 (20 MCQs)

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1. The following words can be used to describe the soldiers except

Correct Answer: D) Truthful.

2. 'The white streets of that city, the graceful slopesglow even clearer as time rolls its tanks'

Correct Answer: B) The Emigree.

3. UAE has invited authors and university ..... to literary gatherings and book festivals.

Correct Answer: C) Professors.

4. Who inspired British romantic writers because of their ideals of liberty and freedom?

Correct Answer: B) America and France.

5. Finish the quote:"At last I knew Porphyria ..... me"

Correct Answer: A) Worshipped.

6. At the time the incident take place, the speaker's attitude toward the girl is-

Correct Answer: B) Romantic and eager to please.

7. Romantics thought the beauty of nature was a path to:

Correct Answer: C) Spiritual enlightenment.

8. What is a pause or sudden break in a line of poetry?

Correct Answer: B) Caesura.

9. Define couplet

Correct Answer: A) Two lines, one thought.

10. A pattern of letters given to rhyming words at the end of each line within a poem.

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme Scheme.

11. A poem that celebrates a subject and is a tribute to an object, a person, or an event.

Correct Answer: A) Ode.

12. Which statement summarizes the poem?

Correct Answer: A) The author observes how a bird behaves in nature.

13. A/An ..... is someone who is involved in trade.

Correct Answer: B) Merchant.

14. A simile or a metaphor could also be called what in literature? Remember it is comparing two things.

Correct Answer: A) Analogy.

15. The return of a word, phrase, or stanza for effect

Correct Answer: C) Repetition.

16. Which literary term means the feeling or emotion the reader gets when reading a passage?

Correct Answer: B) Mood.

17. Sonnets often portrayed women

Correct Answer: A) As a perfect being.

18. What does the narrator compare her eyes to?

Correct Answer: B) Closed flower buds.

19. Which point of view uses pronouns like "I" , "we" , "my" ?

Correct Answer: A) First Person.

20. Which of these is the biggest difference between poetry and 'regular' writing?

Correct Answer: B) Poetry focuses on emotion and feelings.