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Quiz 1 (Poetry)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the smallest structural element of the poem?

a)

rhythm

b)

sound

c)

syllable

d)

line

2.

The number of two lines is

a)

a cinquain

b)

a sestet

c)

a couplet

d)

a triplet

3.

What is a figure of speech used in "Life is a broken-winged bird"?

a)

Personification

b)

metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Irony

4.

Lyric poetry is written with a strong..................of a poet.

a)

question

b)

subject

c)

emotion

d)

experience

5.

What kind of memory portrayed in "Piano" by D.H. Lawrence?

a)

adult

b)

infant

c)

childhood

d)

elderly

6.

What is a figure of speech used in "I weep like a child for the past"?

a)

Personification

b)

metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Irony

7.

What is a figure of speech used in "The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard"?

a)

allusion

b)

Ononatopoeia

c)

paradox

d)

Irony

8.

Which is example of a dramatic poem?

a)

"Out, Out--" by Robert Frost

b)

"Up-Hill" by Christina Rossetti

c)

"Cargoes" by John Masefield

d)

"My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning

9.

Which is not an epic poem?

a)

The Iliad

b)

The Arneid

c)

Lucy Gray

d)

Beowulf

10.

Which is NOT a personality of King Gilgamesh?

a)

Fierce

b)

Hot tempered

c)

Brave

d)

Reasonable