Penelope (Dorothy Parker)
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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
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C. Kuletsky
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the significance of the title of the poem?
names the wife of Odysseus
makes an allusion to an epic poem
single word directly names the subject of the poem
randomly selected woman's name
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do you notice about the structure?
one complete stanza
two even stanzas
Elizabethan sonnet
series of rhyming couplets
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When Dorothy Parker says "I" in "Penelope" who is she referring to?
Odysseus
Telemachus
Athena
Penelope
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"He shall ride the silver seas," is an example of
assonance
metaphor
alliteration
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who does "he" and "him" refer to in the poem?
Odysseus
Telemachus
Agamemnon
Poseidon
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"In the footsteps of the breeze" is what kind of literary device?
imagery
alliteration
personification
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the author connect the poem to the Odyssey?
allusion
epic simile
personification
symbolism
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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