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Poetry & Poe Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

a)

Verse

b)

Stanza

c)

Paragraph

d)

Chapter

2.

What did the man in the poem strive to be free from?

a)

Poverty

b)

Chains of prejudice

c)

Illness

d)

Loneliness

3.

What did the man find in life?

a)

Wealth

b)

Beauty of love

c)

Fame

d)

Power

4.

What is the main focus of the second stanza?

a)

Overcoming prejudice

b)

Achieving wealth

c)

Finding love

d)

Gaining knowledge

5.

What does the poem suggest about the man's perception despite his blindness?

a)

He perceives less

b)

He perceives more

c)

He perceives the same

d)

He perceives nothing

6.

What does the rhyme scheme ABCB indicate about the poem's structure?

a)

The 1st and 3rd lines rhyme

b)

The 2nd and 4th lines rhyme

c)

All lines rhyme

d)

No lines rhyme

7.

What is one way free verse poetry can create musical patterns?

a)

By using a fixed meter

b)

By using repetition

c)

By using a fixed rhyme scheme

d)

By using a set stanza arrangement

8.

What is a defining characteristic of free verse poetry?

a)

Fixed rhyme scheme

b)

No fixed pattern

c)

Set stanza arrangement

d)

Fixed meter

9.

What is a typical feature of capitalization in poetry?

a)

Capitalizing only the first line of the stanza

b)

Random capitalization

c)

Capitalizing the first letter of each line

d)

No capitalization at all

10.

What literary device is used in "a gentle rain bathes the windshield"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

11.

What is the main theme of the poem?

a)

The rhythm of a gentle rain

b)

The chaos of a car accident

c)

The beauty of nature

d)

The sound of silence

12.

How does this poem use imagery to convey its message?

a)

By describing the colors of the rainbow

b)

By detailing the sounds and movements in the scene

c)

By focusing on the taste of rain

d)

By highlighting the smell of the road

13.

What is the stanza structure used in this poem?

a)

Octave

b)

Couplet

c)

Quatrain

14.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote which of the following? (Select all that apply)

a)

Short stories

b)

Novels

c)

Poems

d)

Plays

15.

Poe attended which of the following institutions?

a)

Harvard

b)

West Point

c)

Yale

d)

Cumberland University

16.

After Poe's parents died, he became an orphan and lived off the streets.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Poe married his cousin, Virginia Clemm.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Poe became a literary critic and was admired by many.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Poe lost 4 people very close to him to what disease?

a)

The Plague

b)

Tuberculosis

c)

Diphtheria

d)

The Flu

20.

It is unclear exactly how Poe died.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The reason there is mixed information about Poe is due to his rival Rufus Griswold.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Who did Edgar Allan Poe live with after his parents' death?

a)

John Allan

b)

Maria Clemm

c)

Elmira Shelton

d)

Virginia

23.

At what age did Edgar Allan Poe pass away?

a)

30

b)

35

c)

40

d)

45

24.

What type of stories did Edgar Allan Poe write?

a)

Romance

b)

Gothic

c)

Adventure

d)

Science Fiction

25.

What job did Edgar Allan Poe get after winning a writing contest?

a)

Editor

b)

Soldier

c)

Teacher

d)

Lawyer

26.

John Allan and Edgar had a strong relationship throughout his life.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Edgar Allan Poe was a very wealthy man.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Edgar Allan Poe struggled with alcoholism.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Edgar Allan Poe had an easy time keeping work.

a)

True

b)

False

30.
What is the narrator doing when he first hears the "tapping?"
a)
He is asleep in his bed.
b)
He is reading in his study.
c)
He is writing poetry.
d)
He is eating his dinner
31.
When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?
a)
The raven
b)
Pluto
c)
Some late night visitor
d)
His neighbor
32.
In what month does this poem take place?
a)
September
b)
October
c)
November
d)
December
33.
What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?
a)
Annabell
b)
Pluto
c)
Lydia
d)
Lenore
34.
What happens when he opens the door?
a)
He sees a maiden.
b)
He sees only darkness.
c)
The bird flies in.
d)
He sees the neighbor running away.
35.
The following line is an example of alliteration.
a)
"Doubting dreaming dreams no one dared to dream before."
b)
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only"
c)
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling"
d)
"'Wrecth,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee.'"
36.
As someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door," is an example of . . .
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Cliche'
37.
What is the only word that the raven utters?
a)
Lenore
b)
Quoth
c)
Nothing
d)
Nevermore
38.

Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of “The Raven”?

a)
The raven will never leave the chamber.
b)
The narrator will be lost in his grief forever.
c)
The poet will never sleep again.
d)
It is a symbol of madness.
39.

the placement and frequency of rhyming words in a poem, noted by a pattern with letters

(a)  

40.

occurs when a word in the middle of the line rhymes with a word at the end of the line

(a)  

41.

repetition of consonant sounds

(a)  

42.

groups of lines in a poem

(a)  

43.

the repetition of vowel sounds within words

(a)  

44.

words whose sounds imitate their meaning

(a)  

45.

occurs when words at the end of lines rhyme

(a)  

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