Poetry Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. Define sonnet

Correct Answer: A) A poem with a strict rhyme and rhythm structure.

2. A poem that tells a story complete with characters and a plot.

Correct Answer: C) Narrative.

3. 'We watch them wandering up and down the wind'snonchalance, But nothing happens.'

Correct Answer: A) Exposure.

4. Which vehicle will you use to go out of the town?

Correct Answer: C) Car.

5. The excerpt below is an example of which poetic device?"But he grew old-This knight so bold-"

Correct Answer: A) Rhyme.

6. What type of figurative language is shown?D arcy d aringly d ove d own the d eep d itch.

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

7. "Mr. Neck storms into class, a bull chasing thirty-three red flags."

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

8. Which is not one of the characteristics of a sonnet?

Correct Answer: B) 12-lines.

9. The weather in gothic literature usually consists of .....

Correct Answer: A) Rain, clouds, fog, or snow.

10. In A POISON TREE, What happen when the persona does not tell his anger to his foe?

Correct Answer: C) Angrier.

11. The excerpt below is an example of which poetic device?"Pretty women wonder where my secret lies."

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

12. What idea does Collins express with this simile:or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch.

Correct Answer: B) Poetry reveals new ideas to you as you read.

13. In poetry, what is the name of one line in the poem?

Correct Answer: D) A verse.

14. Refers to the voice that speaks the poem and is NOT usually the actual author of the poem; also known as PERSONAL, which is Latin for mask

Correct Answer: C) Speaker.

15. The genre of literature that is made up of lines and stanzas

Correct Answer: B) Poetry.

16. "Andy always eats apples and asparagus" is an example of which type of figurative language?

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

17. A ..... is a grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a line of space.

Correct Answer: B) Stanza.

18. Which two authors claim their poem will make their love live forever?

Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare and Edmund Spencer.

19. The first stipe of the rainbow is .....

Correct Answer: C) Violet.

20. How the reader feels about the story/poem

Correct Answer: B) Mood.