POETRY
MCQs:
1. In what way does an Italian (or Petrarchan)
sonnet differ from the English (Shakespearean) form?
A)Rhyme
scheme B)length
C)all of the
above D)language
2. Which of the following poetic forms has more
number of lines?
A)limerick B)haiku
C)rhyme
royal D)sonnet
3. “There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the
night,
And found it was perfectly true.“
What kind of poem is this...?
A)limerick B)sonnet
C)haiku D)ballad
4. What do you call a poem where the first
letter of each line spells a word when read vertically?
A)acrostic
poem B)terza rima
C)anagram D)aubade
5.How many lines are in a haiku?
A) two B)five
C)four D)three
6.What is the most common poetic meter called?
A) iambic pentameter B)anapestic tetrameter
C)trochiac
trimeter D)dactylic pentameter
7. Roses are red, Violets are blue, sugar is
sweet, and so are you. The rhyming
scheme is.....
a)ABBA b)ABAC
c)ABAB c)ABCD
8. One unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed
syllable as in the word 'Above' is.......
a)trochee b)dactyl
c)iamb c)anapest
9. One stressed syllable followed by 1
unstressed syllable is......
a)iamb b)dactyl
c)trochee d)anapest
10. Which of the follwing is true about
'dactyl'?
A) Example
for dactyl is "bicycle"
B) It is
opposite to anapest
C) Dactyl
means finger
D) All the
above
11. English language is....
A)accentual B)syllabic
C)none of
the above D)accentual and syllabic
12. The word beautiful is _________
A)trisyllabic B)
disyllabic
C)monosyllabic D) polysylabic
13. Match the following.
A)short
story in a song 1) elegy
B)long
narrative about great deeds 2) ballad
C)sorrow
song 3)
epithalamion
D)marriage
song 4) epic
Choose the correct code:
A)
a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4 B)a-2,b-4,c-1,d-3
C)a-4,b-3,c-2,d-1 D)a-3,b-1,c-4,d-2
14. Match the following.
A) bicycle 1)
trochee
B) Fire 2)
anapest
C) About 3)
iamb
D) on the
road 4) dactyl
Choose the correct code:
A) a-1,b-2,c-3,d-4 B)a-2,b-4,c-1,d-3
C)a-4,b-3,c-2,d-1 D)a-4,b-1,c-3,d-2
15. Astrophel and stella is a sonet series
written by
A)Spencer B)Shakespeare
C)surrey D)Sydney
16. "in Medias res" means....
A) begin the
epic with a prayer to muse
B) Narrative
begins in the middle of the events
C)uses
supernatural agents/gods/ war/battles
D) Narrative
begins by a question
17.Identify the wrong match
A) Gulliver
Travels- Satire
B) Mac
Flecknoe- Epic
C)La Belle
Dam Sans Merci- Ballad
D) Rape of the
lock- mock epic
18.Paradise lost is written in
A) Free
verse B) Iambic pentameter
C) terza
rima D)Dactylic hexameter
19. Sprung rhythm is invented by
A)G M
Hopkins B)Wyatt
C)Keats D)Surrey
20. Alexandrine is used in
A)Sonnet B)Rhyme
Royal
C)Spencerian
Stanza D)Terza Rima
21. Nuptial song
A)pastoral B)Balld
C)sonnet D)Epithalamion
22.What is the term for the pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?
a) Rhyme b)
Rhythm
c) Meter d)
Stanza
23.What type of poem is known for its syllable
pattern of 5-7-5?
a) Ballad b) Villanelle c) Haiku d) Ode
24.Which type of poem is typically
characterized by its 14-line structure, with an octave followed by a sestet,
and often explores conflicting emotions?
a) Limerick b) Sonnet c)
Villanelle d) Haiku
25.In which type of poem does the first and
last line of each stanza rhyme, and the middle lines follow a distinct rhyme
scheme, typically found in Emily Dickinson's work?
a)
Villanelle b) Terza rima
c) Quatrain d)
Ballad
26. Which is wrongly matched
A) Lycidas-
On the death of Edward King
B) Gray’s
Elegy - on the death of Richard West
C) In
Memoriam - on the death of A H Hallam
D) Rugby Chapel- on the death of
Mathew Arnold
27. What is enjambment?
A)
Three-line stanza
B) A line of poem carries its meaning
to next line
C) A group
of verse lines
D) A
metrical break in a verse line
Answers:
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1.A |
2.D |
3.A |
4.A |
5.D |
6.A |
7.C |
8.C |
9.C |
10.D |
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11.D |
12.A |
13.B |
14.D |
15.A |
16.B |
17.B |
18.B |
19.A |
20.C |
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21.D |
22.C |
23.C |
24.B |
25.B |
26.D |
27.B |
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