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"Ode to the Virginian Voyage" Poetry Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the poem?

a)

Sally Walker

b)

Doug Owsley

c)

Micahael Drayton

d)

Richard Hakulyt

2.

To give human qualities to nonliving things.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomonopoeia

3.

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

a)

Paragraph

b)

Chapter

c)

Lines

d)

Stanza

4.

A unit of language into which a poem, stanza or play is divided.

a)

Paragraph

b)

Chapter

c)

Lines

d)

Stanza

5.

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or dictionary definition.

a)

Main Idea

b)

Theme

c)

Connotation

d)

Denotaton

6.

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

a)

Rhyme Pattern

b)

Rhyme Scheme

c)

Rhyme Time

d)

Rhyme

7.

The poem has a postive outlook on the voyage to Virginia?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is a synonym for the word "kenning?"

a)

Viewing

b)

Borrowing

c)

Arriving

d)

Loitering

9.

What is a "sassafrass"

a)

A tree found in Virginia

b)

A tree used for medicines

c)

A tree used for building

d)

All of the above

10.

Aeolous is the greek god of the...?

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Water

d)

Wind

11.

Apollo is the Greek God of the...

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Water

d)

Wind

12.

Richard Hakulyty

a)

A author promoting poetry

b)

An author promoting colonization of North America

c)

An author promoting colonization of Britain

d)

All of the above

13.

The word subdue means...?

a)

To offer a solution

b)

To seek

c)

To bring under control

d)

To give

14.

According to the poet, Virginia can offer colonist food, trees, and land.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

According to the poet, the colonist should be afraid of the voyage.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

According to the poet, the colonization of Virginia will have mostly negative results.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The poem warns the readers of the harsh Winters in Virginia.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

a connotation is the implied or figurative meaning of a word.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The word "ode" has a...

a)

Positive connotation

b)

Negative conotation

20.

The word "luscious" has a

a)

Positive connotation

b)

Negative Connotation

21.

The word "scowl" has a

a)

Positive Connotation

b)

Negative Connotation

22.

The word "paradise' has a

a)

Positive connotation

b)

Negative Connotation

23.

The poem "Ode to the Virgianian Voyage" and the nonfiction text "Witten in Bone" are written about the same time period and place.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Identify the Rhyme Scheme of the poem "Mary had a Little Lamb."

a)

ABBA

b)

ABCCAB

c)

ABCB

d)

AABB

25.

Identify the Rhyme Scheme of the poem "Ode to the Virgianian Voyage."

a)

ABBA

b)

ABCCAB

c)

ABCB

d)

AABB