WorksheetsPoetry Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two types of sonnets we covered?
a)
Villanelle and Italian
b)
Italian and English
c)
English and French
d)
Haiku and Sonku
2.
What is another name used to refer to Italian sonnets?
a)
Petrarchan
b)
Patriarchic
c)
Pizzas
d)
Figiotonio
3.
What is the rhythm scheme of a blank verse?
a)
Dactyl Monometer
b)
Iambic Monometer
c)
Iambic Pentameter
d)
No Scheme
4.
What is the stress composition of an iambic foot?
a)
u /
b)
/ u
c)
/ / u
d)
u / /
5.
How did Shakespeare break tradition when he wrote Sonnet 130?
a)
He wrote about his pet dog instead of a person to mock tradition.
b)
He wrote about someone he hated to show his dislike of typical sonnets.
c)
He did not break tradition. He stayed in tradition to show others he could do it.
d)
He compared a woman to nature, but said she could not compare to nature's beauty as a way to critique other sonnet's unrealistic comparisons.
6.
What is the rhyme scheme of the Italian sonnet?
a)
abbaabba cdcdcd
b)
abbabaab cdcdcd
c)
abababab cdecde
d)
abab cdcd efef gg
7.
What is the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet?
a)
abba cddc effe gg
b)
abab abab abab aa
c)
abab cdcd efef gg
d)
abbaabba cdecde
8.
How many stanzas does a villanelle have, and what types of stanzas are they?
a)
5 tercets and a quatrain
b)
4 couplets and an octave
c)
3 quatrains and a couplet
d)
3 quatrains and a sestet
9.
How many syllables are in a haiku?
a)
18
b)
19
c)
17
d)
14
10.
To what do traditional haikus always make a reference?
a)
Animals
b)
Spirits
c)
Weather
d)
Seasons
11.
What are the rules of free verse?
a)
They have a rhyme scheme but no rhythmic meter.
b)
They have no rules to follow.
c)
They have no rhyme requirements but must follow a rhythmic scheme.
d)
They must be about heartbreak and hard times.
12.
What type of poem is “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”?
a)
Haiku
b)
Blank Verse
c)
Sonnet
d)
Villanelle
13.
What is an allusion?
a)
repetition of the initial sounds of words
b)
a comparison using like or as.
c)
an indirect reference to something assumed to be known, such as an historical event or personage or a well-known quotation from literature.
d)
words with sounds suggestive of their meaning, like whisper, clang and sizzle.
14.
Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
a)
BOOM!
b)
gasping for air like a baby's first breath
c)
purple potato
d)
living dead
15.
What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?
a)
iambic pentameter
b)
iambic monometer
c)
trochaic tetrameter
d)
No rhythmic meter
16.
What does sonnet mean based on its root word?
a)
Little Bird
b)
Little Song
c)
Love Song
d)
Love Poem
17.
What is a repeating line of poetry called?
a)
a repeat
b)
a rerhyme
c)
a refrain
d)
an echo
18.
What was “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” talking about?
a)
Falling asleep
b)
The author's feelings about his father facing death.
c)
Different types of men the author met.
d)
The author's feelings about his own death.
19.
What are English sonnets often called, and why?
a)
Shakespearean, because he created that sonnet.
b)
Shakespearean, because he is the only published poet we have of sonnets.
c)
Shakespearean, because he is the most well-known sonnet writer.
d)
Petrarchan, because he created the sonnet.
20.
How many feet are in a pentameter?
a)
10
b)
11
c)
4
d)
5
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