Free Printable 402-TWENTIETH CENTURY POETRY

1.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Modern Poetry :

a)

Realism

b)

Intertextuality

c)

Pessimism

d)

Idealization of Nature

2.

The term gyre in The Second Coming represents:

a)

The glorious past

b)

The uncertain future

c)

Yeats’s theory of evolution

d)

The Falconer

3.

The Second Coming consists of:

a)

Two stanzas

b)

Three stanzas

c)

Four stanzas

d)

Five stanzas

4.

The expression peace comes dropping slow belongs to which poem:

a)

The Second Coming

b)

Lake Isle of Innisfree

c)

In a Station of the Metro

d)

Gerontion

5.

Lake Isle of Innisfree broadly contains two types of metre; they are:

a)

Iambic Hexameter and Iambic Tetrameter

b)

Iambic Tetrameter and Iambic Pentameter

c)

Iambic Pentameter and Iambic Hexameter

d)

Iambic Trimeter and Iambic Hexameter

6.

Which of the following poems is prophetic in nature:

a)

The Second Coming

b)

Lake Isle of Innisfree

c)

In a Station of the Metro

d)

All of these

7.

Which of the following poems is an example of Haiku:

a)

The Second Coming

b)

Lake Isle of Innisfree

c)

In a Station of the Metro

d)

Gerontion

8.

The epigraph of Gerontion is borrowed from :

a)

Measure for Measure

b)

The Merchant of Venice

c)

Twelfth Night

d)

The Comedy of Errors

9.

The owner of Gerontion’s house was born in :

a)

Brussels

b)

Antwerp

c)

London

d)

Innisfree

10.

Which of the following is not true about Imagist poetry:

a)

Direct treatment

b)

Minimum words

c)

Philosophical comments

d)

Use of Free verse

402-TWENTIETH CENTURY POETRY

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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