SURPRISE--Scanning QUIZ!

What meter does Vergil write in?

• dactylic hexameter

• hendecasyllabic

• iambic pentameter

• 7 meters

Dactylic hexameter consists of what?

• dactyls

• dactyls and spondees

• spondees

• hexes and dactyls

A line of dactylic hexameter has ___ feet.

• 6

• 4

• 5

• 1

Elision occurs when... (choose all that apply)

• one word ends in a vowel and the next word starts with a vowel

• one word ends in -em, -um, or -am and the next word starts with a vowel

• one word ends in -em, -um, or -am and the next word starts with an "h"

• one word ends with a vowel and the next word starts with a consonant

What makes a syllable short?

• if its not long

• it is a diphthong

• it is just like that

• it is followed by two consonants

What makes a syllable long? (choose all that apply)

• it just be like that

• a syllable is followed by two consonants

• it is a diphthong

• if it is followed by two vowels

Dactyls are made of...

• long short short

• long long

• short long

• short short long

Spondees are made of...

• long short short

• long long

• short long

• short short long

The last two feet of a line of dactylic hexameter are...

• dactyl spondee

• dactyl dactyl

• spondee spondee

• spondee dactyl

True or False: lines of dactylic hexameter are always scanned the same every time.

• True

• False