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WorksheetsGrade 10 - Welcome to 2020's first quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
What do you call a group of lines in a poem?
A meter
A monologue
A stanza
Iambic pentameter
There is a difference between a dramatic monologue and a soliloquy?
No
Yes
Who wrote 'My Last Duchess'?
William Shakespeare
John Cleese
Percy Shelley
Robert Browning
Which of the following is the correct definition of iambic pentameter?
A perfect rhyming scheme
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
2 beats, stressed, then unstressed syllables
What is the meaning of allusion?
a literary device that functions similarly to a metaphor
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
'Prayer before Birth' uses a sad, cynical tone.
True
False
'Sonnet 116' reflects on the superficiality of love.
True
False
'My Last Duchess' was partly inspired by a true historical event.
True
False
A sonnet is made up of how many lines?
12
14
16
15
What is enjambment?
A type of rhythmic meter
A type of rhyming scheme
It can be defined as a thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line
In English literature, how many types of irony are there?
3
4
2
5
How can you recognise a dramatic monologue?
The speaker speaks his or her thoughts aloud when by himself or herself or regardless of any hearers
The form will look like a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.
'Prayer Before Birth' was written during World War 2.
False
True
2. What is a two-line stanza?
a duodenum
a tercet
a couplet
a couple
