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Poetry Quiz One

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a characteristic of Poetry?

a)

it has an intense expression of feelings, distinctive styles, and rhythm, like cadence

b)

The are long elements of writing that is called prose

c)

Poetry has many different types of characterization

d)

The people in poetry are from allusions to other works of literature

2.

What is an epic?

a)

It is a short poem that describes a lesson

b)

It is a prose poem that describes a main character

c)

It is a long poem that often has speeches and describes the struggles of a hero

d)

It is a type of verse that is usually humorous

3.

What country does a Haiku come from?

a)

England

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Indonesia

4.

How many lines does a Vinallene have?

a)

12

b)

15

c)

16

d)

19

5.

What is a rhythm that has two syllables in it?

a)

A cadence

b)

A foot

c)

A beat

d)

A sylllable

6.

What is a type of poetry that does not have regular rhyme or cadence?

a)

Freedom Verse

b)

Free-Form Verse

c)

Free Verse

d)

Liberal Verse

7.

What is a type of verse that verse that is usually humorous and frequently rude, in five line and it has a strict rhyme, the second and the fifth line rhyme, and the third and fourth lines are shorter?

a)

A Sonnet

b)

A Lymarick

c)

A Villanelle

d)

Terza Rima

8.

What is a verse form consisting of three tercets, the first and third line rhyming with one another and the second rhyming with the first and third of the following tercet?

a)

Terza Rima

b)

Imagery

c)

Iambic Pentameter

d)

Trochaic Verse

9.

One of the characteristics of poetry is that the language is ____________.

a)

Easy

b)

Simple

c)

Complex

d)

long

10.

What is meter?

a)

It is a type of syncopation that is a stress that comes down on a part of the word.

b)

It is a type of rhythm that is standard to only one type of poetry.

c)

It is a stress that always comes down on the first part of a word.

d)

It is a stress that comes down on the last part of the word in a line that has 15 syllables