A three-line poetic form--usually about nature

The use of exaggeration to express emotions or to create a comical effect

the time and place where a story or poem takes place

The person narrating the story or poem

In chivalry, the knight was expected to be all EXCEPT one of the following:

Respectful ONLY to women with a lot of money

A long poem that recounts a hero's accomplishments

Pattern of stressed and unstressed words

A poem in which the first letter of each word forms a word

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1
What is a "Poetic Line"?
To say a sentence with rhythm
The paragraph of a poem
A complete sentence
A single line of poetry
2
Haiku
A three-line poetic form--usually about nature
A poem in which the first letter of each word forms a word
A long poem that recounts a hero's accomplishments
A poem that does not rhyme
3
What is hyperbole?
The use of exaggeration to express emotions or to create a comical effect
To have a great deal of energy
A very large ball
The use of subtleties to express emotions or to create a comical effect
4
The setting is...
The props necessary to perform a play
a time in one's memory
when the sun hides behind the mountains
the time and place where a story or poem takes place
5
All of the following were reasons to go on pilgrimage EXCEPT
To seek penance
To travel
To be healed from an illness
To be lazy
6
Shakespeare wrote sonnets
False
True
7
Narrator
The person narrating the story or poem
The protagonist's sidekick
An eavesdropper
The protagonist
8
Shakespeare's sonnets are 14 lines long
True
False
9
Poems ALWAYS follow capitalization and punctuation rules?
True
False
10
In chivalry, the knight was expected to be all EXCEPT one of the following:
Brave
Respectful to ALL women
Respectful ONLY to women with a lot of money
Pious
11
The Iliad, The Odyssey, and Beowulf are examples of what kind of poem?
Haiku
Acrostic
Epic
Sonnet
12
Epic Poem
A poem that does not rhyme
A long poem that recounts a hero's accomplishments
They don't exist
A poem in which the first letter of each word forms a word
13
In which period was Canterbury Tales written?
Renaissance
Late Medieval
Postmodern
Classical
14
What is "Meter"?
Nobody knows
Pattern of stressed and unstressed words
The length of a poem
The point of view of the poem's narrator
15
Acrostic Poem
A poem that does not rhyme
A three-line poetic form--usually about nature
A long poem that recounts a hero's accomplishments
A poem in which the first letter of each word forms a word
16
In which language did Geoffrey Chaucer write?
Middle English
French
Latin
Old English
17
Who was NOT a poet?
Donald Trump
Pablo Neruda
Tupac Shakur
William Shakespeare
18
Who is the father of English poetry?
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
Lord Byron
Mickey Mouse
19
What is a "Stanza"?
A verse
A fragment
The paragraph of a poem
The name of the person who invented poetry
20
"The Tale of the Wife of Bath" is what kind of story?
Exemplum
Breton Laïs
Beast Fable
Nobody knows
21
Which did NOT represent a reason to go on pilgrimage?
To be healed from a disease
To go to heaven
To be by themselves
To seek penance for sins
22
What is the rhyme scheme of "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?
It doesn't have one
Couplets
ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG
Internal
23
Poems do NOT use imagery
False
True

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