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Colonial American Poetry Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term means climate region?

a)

clime

b)

sanction

c)

strain

d)

sway

2.

Which term means friendly and cheerful?

a)

scornful

b)

genial

c)

despotic

d)

sway

3.

Which term means control or rule?

a)

clime

b)

sway

c)

sanction

d)

strain

4.

Which term means song?

a)

clime

b)

sanction

c)

strain

d)

deplore

5.

Which term means read or examine carefully?

a)

deplore

b)

outvie

c)

rove

d)

peruse

6.

Which term means feel or express strong disapproval?

a)

deplore

b)

outvie

c)

rove

d)

sanction

7.

Which term means official permission or approval?

a)

deplore

b)

sway

c)

sanction

d)

despotic

8.

Which term means feeling or expressing contempt?

a)

sanction

b)

scornful

c)

despotic

d)

outvie

9.

Which term means like that of a tyrant?

a)

deplore

b)

despotic

c)

sway

d)

sanction

10.

Which term means to beat someone in competition?

a)

deplore

b)

outvie

c)

rove

d)

clime

11.

Which term means to wander?

a)

outvie

b)

deplore

c)

sanction

d)

rove

12.

Which of our authors was enslaved?

a)

Wheatley

b)

Freneau

13.

Which of our authors was college educated?

a)

Wheatley

b)

Freneau

14.

Which of our authors was a prisoner of war?

a)

Wheatley

b)

Freneau

15.

Which of our authors never became a parent?

a)

Wheatley

b)

Freneau