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Iambic Pentameter
Quiz
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is iambic pentameter?
A type of rhyme scheme
A metrical foot in poetry
A type of stanza
A literary device
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many syllables are there in a line of iambic pentameter?
8
10
12
14
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of iambic pentameter?
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In iambic pentameter, which syllables are stressed?
The first and third
The second and fourth
The first and second
The second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which famous playwright is known for using iambic pentameter extensively?
Christopher Marlowe
Ben Jonson
William Shakespeare
John Milton
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5A
CCSS.L.1.5B
CCSS.L.K.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the pattern of an iambic foot?
Stressed-unstressed
Unstressed-stressed
Stressed-stressed
Unstressed-unstressed
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following lines is NOT written in iambic pentameter?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
When I do count the clock that tells the time.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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