POETRY INTRO Quiz

POETRY Intro Quiz 12-2006
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Open form is mainly used in
a.
prose.
c.
free verse poetry.
b.
haiku.
d.
ballads.

____ 2. A stanza of poetry refers to
a.
the rhyme scheme.
c.
the length of the work.
b.
a grouping of lines.
d.
its rhythm and meter.

____ 3. In a stanza of poetry, the pattern aabc would reflect its
a.
rhyme.
c.
meter.
b.
pentameter.
d.
iamb.

____ 4. The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form is
a.
parallelism.
c.
iambic pentameter.
b.
meter.
d.
onomatopoeia.

____ 5. Blank verse is poetry that
a.
makes comparisons between two things that are otherwise dissimilar.
b.
repeats the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words.
c.
uses "word pictures" that writers create to evoke an emotional response.
d.
has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, or line length.

____ 6. In poetry, any object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it literally is would be an example of
a.
personification.
c.
symbol.
b.
simile.
d.
theme.

____ 7. What is always true about a haiku?
a.
It has a rhyme pattern of aba.
b.
It is told in third person.
c.
It has three lines and seventeen syllables.
d.
It contains no imagery about nature.

____ 8. A short, musical poem that generally expresses the author’s thoughts and feelings is
a.
an ode.
c.
a lyric.
b.
an iamb.
d.
an epic.

____ 9. Which of the following is the best example of alliteration?
a.
"This plait’s like a lizard’s tail"
b.
"They were full of sturdiness and singing"
c.
"We hold the silence/Tight between us"
d.
"WHEN the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces"

____ 10. A sudden understanding of the meaning or essence of something is an
a.
assonance.
c.
end rhyme.
b.
allusion.
d.
epiphany.

POETRY Intro Quiz 12-2006
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: C PTS: 1
2. ANS: B PTS: 1
3. ANS: A PTS: 1
4. ANS: A PTS: 1
5. ANS: D PTS: 1
6. ANS: C PTS: 1
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8. ANS: C PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: D PTS: 1