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Reading Lyric Poetry

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Team Review Quiz for the Poetry Unit in ENG 205

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1
Rumi's poetry most often focuses on:
Epic battles
Love
Christian devotion
Dancing
2
The sonnet is a subgenre of lyric poetry.
False
True
3
How many lines are there in a sonnet?
Eighteen
Twelve
Twenty
Fourteen
4
What is it called when you combine contrast and exaggeration?
Hyperbole.
Onomatopoeia.
Oxymoron.
Metaphor.
5
Which of the sonnet writers whose work we read is considered the "Father of the Renaissance"?
Shakespeare.
Labé.
De la Vega.
Petrarch.
6
Which poet that we read wrote "I Have Five Things to Say"?
Christine de Pizan.
Rumi.
Sappho.
Louise Labé.
7
Lyric poetry has many subgenres.
True
False
8
What is antithesis?
Exaggeration.
Comparison using "like" or "as."
Contrast or opposition.
Contrast + exaggeration.
9
In class, we read this lyric by Sappho:
The Guest House
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
Let's Not Pretend
Love Has Seven Names
10
What is hyperbole?
Comparison using "like" or "as."
Contrast or opposition.
Contrast + exaggeration.
Exaggeration.
11
Which of the following best describes "iambic pentameter"?
Three feet of two unstressed, followed by one stressed syllable.
Four feet of a stressed, followed by an unstressed syllable.
Six feet of stressed, followed by two unstressed syllables.
Five feet of an unstressed, followed by a stressed syllable.
12
Which of these medieval lyric poets wrote "The Fox"?
Hadewijch of Brabant
Dafydd ap Gwillym
Bernart de Ventadorn
Guido Calvalcanti
13
Where do "lyrics" get their name?
From the words that accompany songs.
From the country of Allyria.
From a girl named Lyra.
From a musical instrument called a "lyre."
14
What is the term used for analyzing the rhyme scheme, meter, and other elements of poetry?
Deep reading
Scansion
Literary analysis
Scatting
15
Which of the following best describes lyric poetry?
Long poetry involving perilous journeys, battles, and the supernatural.
Dramatic work with a focus on plot, reversal of fortune, and catharsis.
Short prose work involving a plot, characters, conflict, and resolution.
Short poetry that is emotional, personal, and often in the present tense.