Poetry MCQs

Option A: The Poor Man and the Lady

Option B: The Return of Native

Option C: The Woodlanders

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: 2

Option B: 4

Option C: 1

Option D: 5

Correct Answer: 4 ✔

Option A: French

Option B: Latin

Option C: Middle english

Option D: English

Correct Answer: Middle english ✔

Option A: Elliot

Option B: Kipling

Option C: Cummings

Option D: Brooke

Correct Answer: Kipling ✔

Option A: Owner convicted of fraud

Option B: Fall in Sales

Option C: Rise in taxation on magazines

Option D: Shortage of paper

Correct Answer: Owner convicted of fraud ✔

Option A: Book of poetry

Option B: A radio play

Option C: A stage play

Option D: a short film

Correct Answer: A radio play ✔

Option A: Carolyn Kizer

Option B: Mary Oliver

Option C: Sylvia Plath

Option D: Marianne Moore

Correct Answer: Sylvia Plath ✔

Option A: Light verse

Option B: Romantic

Option C: Political satire

Option D: War poems

Correct Answer: War poems ✔

Option A: Quartet

Option B: Limerick

Option C: Sextet

Option D: Palindrome

Correct Answer: Limerick ✔

Option A: Comfort

Option B: Leisure

Option C: Relaxation

Option D: Tranquility

Correct Answer: Leisure ✔

Option A: Impediments

Option B: Inconveniences

Option C: Worries

Option D: Troubles

Correct Answer: Impediments ✔

Option A: Metaphor

Option B: Synecdoche

Option C: Euphemism

Option D: Irony

Correct Answer: Synecdoche ✔

Option A: Prosody

Option B: Allegory

Option C: Scansion

Option D: Assonance

Correct Answer: Prosody ✔

Option A: H. W. Longfellow

Option B: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Option C: Dylan Thomas

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Dylan Thomas ✔

Option A: Get a “stake” in our business.

Option B: You can’t have your cake and eat it, too

Option C: The snow was white as cotton.

Option D: You’re driving me crazy.

Correct Answer: You can’t have your cake and eat it, too ✔

Option A: a plot.

Option B: an character

Option C: an address

Option D: the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.

Correct Answer: the point a writer is trying to make about a subject. ✔

Option A: pun

Option B: simile

Option C: haiku

Option D: metaphor

Correct Answer: pun ✔

Option A: George Bernard Shaw

Option B: John Dryden

Option C: Christopher Marlowe

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: 1564

Option B: 1544

Option C: 1578

Option D: 1582

Correct Answer: 1564 ✔

Option A: Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

Option B: Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth

Option C: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth ✔

Option A: Geoffrey Chaucer

Option B: Dick Whittington

Option C: Thomas Lancaster

Option D: King Richard II

Correct Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer ✔

Option A: Skeptical

Option B: Authoritative

Option C: Impressionistic

Option D: Both a & c

Correct Answer: Both a & c ✔

Option A: The 1900’s

Option B: The 1960’s

Option C: The 1920’s

Option D: The 1930’s

Correct Answer: The 1960’s ✔

Option A: Alliterative

Option B: Epic

Option C: Acrostic

Option D: Haiku

Correct Answer: Acrostic ✔

Option A: The 12th

Option B: The 14th

Option C: The 17th

Option D: The 19th

Correct Answer: The 12th ✔

Option A: William Carlos Williams

Option B: Emily Dickinson

Option C: Gerard Manly Hopkins

Option D: Robert Frost

Correct Answer: William Carlos Williams ✔

Option A: Prosody

Option B: Potology

Option C: Rheumatology

Option D: Scansion

Correct Answer: Prosody ✔

Option A: Glory

Option B: Ruin

Option C: Disaster

Option D: victory

Correct Answer: Disaster ✔

Option A: Emily Dickinson

Option B: Paul Dunbar

Option C: John Greenleaf Whittier

Option D: Walt Whitman

Correct Answer: Walt Whitman ✔

Option A: Masefield

Option B: Causley

Option C: Hughes

Option D: Larkin

Correct Answer: Hughes ✔

Option A: Robert Hass

Option B: Jessica Hagdorn

Option C: Maya Angelou

Option D: Micheal Palmer

Correct Answer: Maya Angelou ✔

Option A: Boer War

Option B: Second World War

Option C: Korean War

Option D: First World War

Correct Answer: First World War ✔

Option A: e. e. Cummings

Option B: T. S. Elliot

Option C: John Greenleaf Whittier

Option D: Walt Whitman

Correct Answer: T. S. Elliot ✔

Option A: Nature

Option B: Epics

Option C: Sonnets

Option D: Nonsense

Correct Answer: Nonsense ✔

Option A: How do I love thee

Option B: Ode to a Grecian urn

Option C: In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes

Option D: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Correct Answer: How do I love thee ✔

Option A: The Homeric epic

Option B: The Gilgamesh epic

Option C: The Deluge epic

Option D: The Hesiodic ode

Correct Answer: The Homeric epic ✔

Option A: westminster abbey

Option B: kent church

Option C: chapel at windsor

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: westminster abbey ✔

Option A: Victor Hugo

Option B: Alexander Pope

Option C: John Milton

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Victor Hugo ✔

Option A: William Shakespeare

Option B: Terry Saylor

Option C: Browning

Option D: Emily Dickinson

Correct Answer: Terry Saylor ✔

Option A: John Milton

Option B: John Keats

Option C: P.B Shelley

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: John Keats ✔

Option A: lyric

Option B: free verse

Option C: narrative

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: free verse ✔

Option A: lyric

Option B: free verse

Option C: narrative

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: narrative ✔

Option A: alliteration

Option B: simile

Option C: onomatopoeia

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: onomatopoeia ✔

Option A: metaphor

Option B: simile

Option C: personification

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: metaphor ✔

Option A: personification

Option B: onomatopoeia

Option C: alliteration

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: personification ✔

Option A: rhyme scheme

Option B: meter

Option C: alliteration

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: meter ✔

Option A: french

Option B: latin

Option C: italian

Option D: English

Correct Answer: french ✔

Option A: Lust

Option B: Corruption

Option C: Theft

Option D: Gluttony

Correct Answer: Gluttony ✔

Option A: Troilus and criseyde

Option B: House of fame

Option C: The canterbury tales

Option D: Parliament of fowls

Correct Answer: The canterbury tales ✔

Option A: Politician

Option B: Dramatist

Option C: Novelist

Option D: Architect

Correct Answer: Novelist ✔

Option A: The Festival of Britain

Option B: The Surrealist Exhibition

Option C: People of the 20th Century

Option D: Drawing the 20th Century

Correct Answer: The Surrealist Exhibition ✔

Option A: 24

Option B: 31

Option C: 21

Option D: 28

Correct Answer: 28 ✔

Option A: Denver

Option B: St Louis

Option C: Cuba

Option D: Toronto

Correct Answer: St Louis ✔

Option A: An awful way to earn a living

Option B: A game of knowledge

Option C: The soul exposed

Option D: An explosion of language

Correct Answer: A game of knowledge ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: William Morris

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Alliteration

Option B: Haiku

Option C: Hyperbole

Option D: Prose

Correct Answer: Hyperbole ✔

Option A: Jintishi

Option B: Villanelle

Option C: Ode

Option D: Tanka

Correct Answer: Jintishi ✔

Option A: Hindu

Option B: Celtic

Option C: Arabic

Option D: Arameic

Correct Answer: Arabic ✔

Option A: Onomatopeia

Option B: Metonymy

Option C: Alliteration

Option D: Hyperbole

Correct Answer: Hyperbole ✔

Option A: A poem of six lines

Option B: A poem of eight lines

Option C: A poem of twelve lines

Option D: A poem of fourteen lines

Correct Answer: A poem of fourteen lines ✔

Option A: epic

Option B: tale

Option C: ballad

Option D: sonnet

Correct Answer: tale ✔

Option A: Personification

Option B: Hyperboles

Option C: Alliteration

Option D: Onomatopoeia

Correct Answer: Onomatopoeia ✔

Option A: No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

Option B: A simile is more descriptive.

Option C: A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t.

Option D: A simile must use animals in the comparison.

Correct Answer: A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t. ✔

Option A: Titus Andronicus

Option B: Othello

Option C: Macbeth

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: Paradise Lost

Option B: Paradise Regained

Option C: Samson Agonistes

Option D: Divorce Tracts

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Endymion

Option B: To some ladies

Option C: To hope

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: None of above ✔

Option A: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Option B: Irvine Welsh

Option C: Agatha Christie

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Agatha Christie ✔

Option A: Queen Cristina

Option B: Top Girls

Option C: Camille

Option D: The Homecoimg

Correct Answer: Camille ✔

Option A: Agatha Christie

Option B: H Ryder-Haggard

Option C: P D James

Option D: Arthur Conan Doyle

Correct Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle ✔

Option A: Anthony Hopkins

Option B: Richard Burton

Option C: Tom Jones

Option D: Dylan Thomas

Correct Answer: Dylan Thomas ✔

Option A: Vancouver

Option B: Toronto

Option C: Ottowa

Option D: Montreal

Correct Answer: Ottowa ✔

Option A: A poet of middleness

Option B: Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness

Option C: One of the leading prairie poets

Option D: Has some distinction as a critic

Correct Answer: A poet of middleness ✔

Option A: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Othello

Option D: Romeo and Juliet

Correct Answer: Romeo and Juliet ✔

Option A: TS Eliot

Option B: Lord Tennyson

Option C: Charlotte Bronte

Option D: Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Alliterative verse

Option B: Sonnet form

Option C: Iambic pentameter

Option D: Dactylic hexameter

Correct Answer: Iambic pentameter ✔

Option A: The Epic

Option B: The Comic

Option C: The Occult

Option D: The Tragic

Correct Answer: The Occult ✔

Option A: Elizabeth Bishop

Option B: Sylvia Plath

Option C: Marianne Moore

Option D: Laura Jackson

Correct Answer: Sylvia Plath ✔

Option A: Sea scenes

Option B: Rural Idyll

Option C: War

Option D: Innocent childhood

Correct Answer: War ✔

Option A: Dylan Thomas

Option B: Ezra Pound

Option C: Yeats

Option D: E. E. cummings

Correct Answer: Yeats ✔

Option A: Betjeman

Option B: Hughes

Option C: Marvel

Option D: Larkin

Correct Answer: Betjeman ✔

Option A: She rarely left home

Option B: She wrote in code

Option C: She never attempted to publish her poetry

Option D: She wrote her poems in invisible ink

Correct Answer: She rarely left home ✔

Option A: A funeral

Option B: A wedding

Option C: Market

Option D: To the races

Correct Answer: A wedding ✔

Option A: John keats

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: Solan

Option D: Sappho

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: characters, main idea, and theme

Option B: purpose and audience

Option C: theme, purpose, form, and mood.

Option D: rhyme and reason

Correct Answer: theme, purpose, form, and mood. ✔

Option A: Sir Walter Scott

Option B: William Butler Yeats

Option C: Henry Longfellow

Option D: Robert Burns

Correct Answer: Robert Burns ✔

Option A: hundred years’ war

Option B: Black death

Option C: Peasant revolt

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: hundred years’ war ✔

Option A: To the shrine of st. Peter at Canterbury cathedral

Option B: To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral

Option C: both A and B

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral ✔

Option A: Language Arts

Option B: Peter Piper Picked Peppers

Option C: I like music

Option D: A beautiful scenery with music

Correct Answer: Peter Piper Picked Peppers ✔

Option A: lyric

Option B: free verse

Option C: narrative

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: lyric ✔

Option A: imagery

Option B: personification

Option C: metaphor

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: imagery ✔

Option A: metaphor

Option B: simile

Option C: personification

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: simile ✔

Option A: rhyme

Option B: onomatopoeia

Option C: alliteration

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: alliteration ✔

Option A: alliteration

Option B: onomatopoiea

Option C: rhyme

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: rhyme ✔

Option A: Assonance

Option B: Onomatopaea

Option C: Rhyme

Option D: Grammar

Correct Answer: Grammar ✔