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London poetry, SO FAR!!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Blank verse lacks

a)

rhythm

b)

rhyme

c)

meter

d)

metaphor

2.

London Calling from The Clash speaks out on

a)

social issues

b)

political issues

c)

environmental issues

d)

all of the above

3.

"History as water, I lie back, remember it all." is a form of

a)

assonance

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

flat character

4.

"I love dis overcrowded place

Where old buildings mark men and time

And new buildings all seem to race

Up to a cloudy dank skyline,."


these four lines come from which poem

a)

London Breed, Benjamin Zephaniah

b)

The Thames, London 2012 Anne Duffy

c)

LDN, Lilly Allen

5.

The 'light' in "Light came out of this river since" from Heart of Darkness symbolizes

a)

possibility

b)

mystery

c)

disease

6.

"Riding through the city on my bike all day

Cause the filth took away my licence

It doesn't get me down and I feel okay

Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless"


This start to her song makes Lilly Allen a flat character

a)

Wrong

b)

Right

7.

Which great Victorian writer walked through London for inspiration and described London as "a place so vivid and central to the plot of most of his novels that it is almost a character itself."

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Benjamin Zephaniah

d)

Oscar Wilde

8.

"A severed head fell from its spike, splashed."


Is an example of

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

9.

I like literature because

a)

it enriches my vocabulary

b)

book lovers are sexyer than iPhone X gazers

c)

It opens my eyes to worlds other than mine

d)

all of the above

10.

Cockney is mainly spoken in

a)

Liverpool

b)

London

c)

Leicester

d)

Londonderry

11.

"Porky Pies" means … in cockney

a)

lies

b)

supplies

c)

ties

d)

parties

12.

The use of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme in ‘the EArly bIrd catches the wOrm’ is called

a)

alliteration

b)

apologetic

c)

assonance

13.

October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Her Pepperup potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterward. (Rowling 1999)

This is an example of a

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

sonnet

14.

"The river glideth at his own sweet will"

this line shows

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

iambic pentameter

15.

How many pairs of syllables are there in one line of Iambic Pentameter?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

4

d)

6

16.

Which of these sentences is in Iambic Pentameter?

a)

Is this what I am supposed to see?

b)

Hey boomer - to hell with you!

c)

The Oxford Companion is very kind to me

d)

Now go with pride before the gath'ring crowd

17.

In which word is the second syllable stressed? (ONE ANSWER ONLY)

a)

Fast

b)

Brainy

c)

Approve

d)

Water

18.

Who is the author of Bleak House?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Victor Hugo

19.

Why is the bridge important in the poem Upon Westminster bridge by William Wordsworth?

a)

It is what was viewed

b)

It is where the city is viewed from

c)

It was one of the things which were seen.

d)

It symbolised the progress and stability William Wordsworth had

20.

Fill in the blank: "I wander through each ______________ street." (London, William Blake)

a)

Filthy

b)

Charter'd

c)

Hideous

d)

Manacled

21.

What does the word "charter'd" mean in London by William Blake?

a)

Huge

b)

Owned

c)

Dirty

d)

Built-up