1. Which of the
following is not a work of John Keats?
a.Endymion
b.To some ladies
c.To hope
d.None of above
2. Who wrote the poems, "On death" and "Women, Wine, and Snuff?"
a.John Milton
b.John Keats
c.P.B. Shelley
d.William Wordsworth
3. "Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden."
This is an extract from:
a.Paradise Lost
b.Paradise Regained
c.Samson Agonistes
d.Divorce Tracts
4. William Shakespeare was born in the year:
a.1564
b.1544
c.1578
d.1582
5. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy?
a.Titus Andronicus
b.Othello
c.Macbeth
d.Hamlet
e.None of the above
6. Who wrote 'The Winter's Tale?'
a.George Bernard Shaw
b.John Dryden
c.Christopher Marlowe
d.William Shakespeare
7. What is the
difference between a simile and a metaphor?
a) No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
b) A simile is more descriptive.
c) A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.
d) A simile must use animals in the comparison.
8. What is the word for a "play on words"?
a) pun
b) simile
c) haiku
d) metaphor
9. Which represents an example of alliteration?
a) Language Arts
b) Peter Piper Picked Peppers
c) I like music.
d) A beautiful scenery with music
10. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
a) Personification
b) Hyperboles
c) Alliteration
d) Onomatopoeia
11. The theme is ...?
a) a plot.
b) an character
c) an address
d) the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.
12. Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.
a) characters, main idea, and theme
b) purpose and audience
c) theme, purpose, form, and mood.
d) rhyme and reason
13. Which is not a poetry form?
a) epic
b) tale
c) ballad
d) sonnet
14. Which is an example of a proverb?
a) Get a "stake" in our business.
b) You can't have your cake and eat it, too
c) The snow was white as cotton.
d) You're driving me crazy.
15. Which is an exaggeration?
a) Alliteration
b) Haiku
c) Hyperbole
d) Prose
16. Which of the following is not a poet?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Terry Saylor
c) Elizabeth B. Browning
d) Emily Dickinson
a. H. W. Longfellow
b. Ralph Waldo Emerson
c. Dylan Thomas
d. William Wordsworth
18. What is a sonnet?
a. A poem of six lines
b. A poem of eight lines
c. A poem of twelve lines
d. A poem of fourteen lines
19. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?
a. Prosody
b. Allegory
c. Scansion
d. Assonance
20. Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?
a. Onomatopeia
b. Metonymy
c. Alliteration
d. Hyperbole