Unit 3 Practice Quiz

Question 1

What is the term for the repetition of sounds at the end of words in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Rhyme

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a gerund?

Accepted Answer

Running

Question 3

What is the term for the overall feeling or atmosphere of a poem?

Accepted Answer

Mood

Question 4

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 5

Who is the author of the poem 'The Road Not Taken'?

Accepted Answer

Robert Frost

Question 6

Which character says, 'To be or not to be'?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 7

What is the term for the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 8

When did Shakespeare die?

Accepted Answer

1616

Question 9

What is Shakespeare's longest play?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 10

What is the setting of 'Romeo and Juliet'?

Accepted Answer

Verona

Question 11

Is a stanza a part of a poem?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Who is the author of the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'?

Accepted Answer

Robert Frost

Question 13

Who is the author of the poem 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 14

Which of the following is not a gerund?

Accepted Answer

To run

Question 15

Who wrote the famous poem 'The Raven'?

Accepted Answer

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 16

What is the famous line from Langston Hughes' poem 'Harlem'?

Accepted Answer

What happens to a dream deferred?

Question 17

What is a gerund?

Accepted Answer

A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun

Question 18

Which of the following sentences contains a gerund?

Accepted Answer

I enjoy swimming in the ocean.

Question 19

What is the function of a gerund in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 20

What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Assonance

Question 21

Which play features a ghost?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 22

What is the term for the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 23

Which play features the character Puck?

Accepted Answer

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Question 24

What is the term for the use of exaggeration for emphasis or dramatic effect in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 25

What is the infinitive form of the gerund 'cooking'?

Accepted Answer

To cook

Question 26

Who is the tragic hero in Macbeth?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 27

What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 28

What is the term for the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Meter

Unit 3 Practice Quiz

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Unit 3 Practice Quiz

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