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Poetry Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Abuelito Who" is a poem about

a)

the speaker's memories of a family member

b)

the speaker's anger over a parent's punishment

c)

the speaker's first love

d)

the speaker's misunderstanding of illness

2.

The entire poem "Fame is a Bee" is a (n)

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

allusion

3.

Check all examples of personification.

a)

Let the rain sing you a lullaby

b)

a river would stop

c)

an ocean would never laugh

d)

it has a sting

4.

"Oranges" by Gary Soto is

a)

a narrative poem

b)

a sonnet

c)

a limerick

d)

a lyrical poem

5.

The speaker in "Mother to Son" is

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

the son

c)

the child

d)

the mother

6.

"Abandoned Farmhouse" paints a picture of

a)

A poor family living in a home

b)

A beautiful, isolated home

c)

The scene of a place where some thing tragic happened

d)

A messy, dirty home

7.

A poet who was a part of a period called "The Harlem Renaissance"

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Edgar Allen Poe

d)

Emily Dickinson

8.

Edgar Allen Poe was known for writing

a)

Happy, upbeat poems

b)

gothic horror stories and poems

c)

romantic novels

d)

narrative poems

9.

The poem "Mother to Son" uses what literary device?

a)

dialect

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

rhythm

10.

Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem is called

a)

The Caged Bird

b)

The Raven

c)

The Turkey

d)

The Dark Night

11.

"is a doorknob tied to a sour stick" is an example of:

a)

a metaphor

b)

a simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

12.

"While I weep - while I weep!" is an example of

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

repetition

d)

end rhyme

13.

I can walk the ocean floor

And never have to breathe.


is an example of:

a)

a metaphor

b)

an allusion

c)

a hyperbole

d)

a simile

14.

The syllable pattern of a haiku is...

a)

three syllables, five syllables, seven syllables

b)

five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables

c)

two syllables, three syllables, two syllables

d)

five syllables, five syllables, seven syllables

15.

The mood of the speaker in the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" is

a)

cheerful

b)

sad

c)

angry

d)

loved

16.

Emily Dickinson became famous

a)

after her death.

b)

after her first poem was published.

c)

when she was 25.

d)

when she got married.

17.

ee cummings is known for

a)

writing poems about nature.

b)

using unusual punctuation and capitalization in his poems.

c)

using allusions in his poetry.

d)

writing gothic horror.

18.

The theme of "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is

a)

nothing in life is precious.

b)

life is always changing.

c)

everything good will leave you.

d)

life will give you gold.

19.

What does the line "I shall not live in vain" mean in the poem "If I can stop one heart from breaking" by Emily Dickinson?

a)

It means the speaker is vain.

b)

It means that the speaker's life will have purpose.

c)

It means that the speaker is jealous of others.

d)

It means that the speaker wants to be famous.

20.

Robert Frost's most famous poem is called:

a)

"The Road Not Taken"

b)

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

c)

"The Raven"

d)

"The Caged Bird"