Poetry Exam *New Version**

**Revised 4/16/03**
P o e t r y E x a m

Find all your answers in Prentice Hall Literature,
your regular English book, using the new version.

Note: I have determined that I cannot provide all of you with an old book, to which these page numbers formerly referred. Therefore, I must renumber this test to match the new book. So that you will not be confused by my necessarily slow progress in this renumbering, I will replace the old numbers with new ones and signify the change by showing the new numbers in red. If you wish to work on the set below, you may do so, but only those with red page numbers or all in red in this version are the official test, which you will receive on the test date listed in the May assignments calendar or the deadlines chart,
both provided elsewhere on my site.

Sorry for the confusion.
The revision is complete.

On test day, you will restrict yourself to only those pages mentioned for each question. Notes, other books, and conversation are not allowed.

1. Lines 3-4 on page 566 is an example of: a) stanza b) hyperbole c) personification d) haiku

2. Line 4 on page 604 is an example of: a) rhythm b) irony c) jargon d) onomatopoeia

3. Line 14 on page 521 is an example of: a) jargon b) point of view c) simile d) irony

4. Lines 9-10 on page 634 is an example of: a) refrain b) hyperbole c) tone d) couplet

5. Line 10 on page 574 is an example of: a) rhyme b) stanza c) allusion d) theme

6. Page 624 is an example of: a) mood b) sonnet c) monologue d) haiku

7. Line 90 on page 586 is an example of: a) noumenon b) hyperbaton c) nihilist symbol
d) apostrophe

8. Lines 1-3 on page 628 is an example of: a) hyperbole b) narrative poem c) metaphor d) haiku

9. Lines 21-26 on page 571 is an example of: a) traditional verse b) troglodyte verse c) blank verse d) free verse

10. Lines 1-6 on page 592 is an example of a) traditional verse b) free verse c) blank verse
d) filled-in verse

11. Lines 9-11 on page 611 is an example of: a) traditional verse b) free verse c) poetic verse
d) blank verse

12. Lines 1-3 & 4-6 on page 590 are examples of: a) rhymes b) irony c) reason d) tone

13. Lines 8 & 9 and 14 & 15 on page 556 are examples of: a) hyperbole b) simile c) near rhyme d) internal rhyme

14. Line 31 on page 528 is an example of: a) internal rhyme b) imagery c) sonnet d) tone

15. Lines 1-12 on page 618 are an example of: a) haiku b) onomatopoeia c) personification
d) rhythm

16. Line 2 on page 558 is an example of: a) alliteration b) assonance c) limerick d) repetition

17. Line 1 on page 561 is an example of: a) irony b) assonance c) lyric d) mood

18. Line 52 on page 523 is an example of: a) refrain b) theme c) irony d) allusion

19. Line 7-12 on page 527 is an example of: a) mood b) pun c) ballad d) simile

20. Lines 1-17 on page 556 is an example of: a) imagery b) tone c) alliteration d) haiku

21. Line 10 on page 548 is an example of: a) connotation b) rhyme c) onomatopoeia d) symbol

22. The speaker on page 552 is: a) Edgar Allan Poe b) Edgar Lee Masters c) George Gray
d) Brad Pitt

23. Lines 25-28 on page 579-80 is an example of: a) diction b) jargon c) stanza d) irony

24. Page 633-4 is an example of: a) sonnet b) ballad c) couplet d) free verse

25. Page 620 is an example of: a) lyric poem b) narrative poem c) concrete poem d) Edgar Allan Poem

26. Page 566-7 is an example of: a) narrative poem b) lyric poem c) Irish poem d) Japanese poem

27. Lines 9-10 on page 616 is an example of: a) octave b) sestet c) couplet d) quatrain

28. Page 630 is an example of a: a) sonnet b) limerick c) haiku d) concrete poem

29. The word "whale" in line 10 (instead of "tuna" for example) on page 618 is an example of choosing a word for its: a) connotation b) jargon c) stanza d) irony

30. Lines 1-35 on page 550 is an example of: a) pun b) monologue c) stanza d) personification

31. Page 611 is an example of: a) haiku b) onomatopoeia c) omniscient point of view d) rhythm

32. Lines 27 & 28 on page 571 are examples of: a) parallelism b) onomatopoeia c) hyperbole
d) allusions

33. Lines 1-4 on page 578 is an example of: a) imagery b) repetition c) theme d) speaker

34. Lines 5-10 & 21-26 on page 571 are examples of: a) refrains b) allusions c) stanzas d) tones

35. Lines 2-8 on page 609 is an example of: a) parallelism b) metaphor c) tone d) mood

36. Lines 104-113 on page 608 is an example of: a) repetition b) jargon c) metaphor d) parallelism

37. Line 8 "I ... cart" on page 581 is an example of: a) metaphor b) simile c) mood d) ballad

38. Lines 10 on both pages 617 and 618 are examples of: a) metaphors b) mood c) similes
d) plagiarism

39. Lines 18-20 on page 533 is an example of: a) refrain b) speaker c) alliteration
d) onomatopoeia

40. On page 548, abacbc is an example of: a) theme b) irony c) parallelism d) rhyme scheme

41. Find personification on page 592 in: a) lines1-2 b) lines 23-24 c) line 15 d) lines 12-14

42. Find onomatopoeia on page 606 in: a) line 62 b) line 40 c) line 45 d) line 50

43. Find jargon on page 533 in: a) line 3 b) line 32 c) line 10 d) line 15

44. Find hyperbole on page 566-7 in: a) lines 11-12 b) line 9 c) lines 1-2 d) lines 5-6

45. Find theme on page 517 in: a) line 17-21 b) line 4-5 c) line 9-10 d) line 12

46. Find a sonnet on page: a) 629 b) 647 c) 625 d) 543-4 e) none of these

47. Find limerick on page: a) 665 b) 660 c) 558 d) 617 e) none of these

48. Find haiku on page: a) 630 b) 590 c) 633 d) 628

49. Find traditional verse on page: a) 544 b) 558 c) 521 d) 540

50. Find free verse on page: a) 552 b) 628 c) 558 d) 566

51. Find blank verse on page: a) 617 b) 152 c) 896 d) 314

52. Find rhyme on page 621 in: a) lines 1-3 b) lines 2 & 4 c) lines 11-12 d) lines 5 &7

53. Find near rhyme on page 522 in: a) lines 31-32 b) lines 25-26 c) lines 35-36 d) lines 37-38

54. Find internal rhyme on page 528 in: a) line 40 b) line 47 c) line 55 d) line 42

55. Find rhythm on: a) p. 533, lines 39-44 b) p. 540, lines 16-18 c) p. 543, lines 3-4 d) p. 559, lines 2-3

56. Find alliteration on page 578 in: a) line 5 b) line 2 c) line 4 d) line 13

57. Find assonance on page 568 in: a) line 8 b) line 19 c) line 22 d) line 5

58. Find irony on page 540 in: a) lines 25-27 b) line 13 c) lines 7-9 d) line 20

59. Find mood on page 578 in this word: a) line 1, "can" b) line 14, "distress" c) line 5, "on" d) line 11, "work"

60. Find tone on page 559 in: a) line 1 b) line 3 c) line 8 d) line 22

61. Find symbol on page 561 in: a) line 12 b) line 11 c) lines 1-5 & 7-10 d) line 6

62. The speaker on page 574 is: a) the poet b) the dog c) God d) the universal person (all of us)

63. The diction on page 568 is chosen for its: a) outrageousness b) sadness c) romanticism
d) education

64. Line 36 on page 603 is an example of: a) synecdoche b) zephyr c) metaphor d) antinomy

65. Find a lyric poem on page: a) 633-4 b) 628 c) 602-3 d) 16-19

66. Find a narrative poem on page: a) 598 b) 596 c) 527-30 d) 31

67. Find a couplet on page: a) 629 b) 617 c) 618 d) 620

68. Find a concrete poem on page: a) 595 b) 582 c) 581 d) 1058

69. Find the connotation of painful fragmentation on p.598 in: a) line 4 b) line 2 c) line 1 d) line 3

70. Find monologue on page 548-9 in: a) line 21 b) lines 9-14 c) lines 16-18 d) lines 3-6

71. The point of view on page 596 is: a) personal opinion b) eyewitness testimony
c) meteorological fact d) superficial play

72. Find allusion on page 530 in: a) line 82 b) line 106 c) line 90 d) line 99

73. Find imagery on page 582 in: a) line 25 b) line 3 c) lines 4-9 d) lines 16-18

74. Find a stanza on page 583 in: a) lines 20 & 25 b) line 8 c) lines 10-15 d) lines 1-4

75. Find parallelism on page 611 in: a) lines 3-6 b) line 10 c) lines 1 & 7 d) line 7

76. Find repetition on page 530 in: a) lines 90 & 96 b) lines 105 & 106 c) lines 91 & 92
d) lines 87 & 88

77. Find a metaphor on page 559 in: a) line 4 b) line 5-6 c) line 2-3 d) line 8 e) all except A

78. Find a simile on page 558 in: a) line 1 b) line 4 c) line 2 d) line 8

79. Find refrain on pages 527-30 in: a) lines 42, 48, 54, etc. b) lines 65, 70, 75, etc. c) lines 40, 45, 50, etc. d) lines 10, 13, 16, etc.

80. The rhyme scheme ababccdee is found on page: a) 552 b) 556 c) 559 d) 574

81. The theme of the poem on page 616 is: a) Breaking up is a drag. b) Poverty causes other problems. c) Man's insignificance makes a dumb joke of his wars. d) Prejudice is self-destructive.

82. The theme of the poem on page 620 is: a) Fathers have a very strong affect on their sons' values. b) Fathers and sons have a relationship which fathers and daughters do not. c) One often has memories of mice and men. d) The sand in the desert is sometimes damp.

83. The theme of the third poem on page 628 is: a) Since I am ugly, I weep. b) Vandalism against plants is free. c) Without children, people are free to play but weak and wild. d) Pretty flowers keep us from getting angry.

84. The theme of the third poem on page 629 is: a) Follow directions. b) One finds plants even in cities. c) Don't give up till you get the prize. d) Take the morally correct path, and you will be rewarded with delicious beauty.

85. The theme of the poem on page 517 is: a) Birds make good pets. b) Men in prison often write great music. c) People need freedom to be happy. d) Birds' brains are so small that they can't learn to stop crashing their wings into the bars.

86. The English and Italian sonnets are different in all the following ways except: a) rhyme scheme b) total number of lines c) stanza makeup d) inventors

87. Edgar Allan Poe was known for all of the following except: a) mysticism b) allusions c) huge vocabulary d) light humor

88. All the following are true about Robert Frost except: a) He won 4 Pulitzer Prizes. b) He was famous first in England. c) He was a failure as a businessman and farmer. d) He lived for only 38 years.

89. This poet wrote beautifully musical poetry about mystical, supernatural themes: a) Robert Frost b) Carl Sandburg c) Edgar Allan Poe d) William Wordsworth

90. This black poet wrote many poems about dreams he had about race relations: a) Edgar Allan Poe b) Martin Luther King c) Emily Dickinson d) Langston Hughes

91. This modern poet took free verse to its limits by even ignoring traditional rules of grammar, capitalization, and punctuation: a) William Shakespeare b) Robert Browning c) E. E. Cummings
d) John Masefield

92. This genius poet was a hermit who hid more than a thousand poems because of shyness:
a) Walt Whitman b) Emily Dickinson c) Dante Rossetti d) Paul Laurence Dunbar

93. Langston Hughes, whose poetry is about the African-American experience in a predominantly White culture, is in the school of: a) classicism b) communism c) realism d) romanticism

94. Carl Sandburg wrote mostly: a) rambunctious, city jazz poems. b) mellow, dreamy poems.
c) crisp, sharp, mocking satire. d)country, wise New England sermons.

95. This poet was also a great playwright 400 years ago: a) Charles Dickens b) William Shakespeare c) Dorothy Parker d) Langston Hughes

96. This poet was a British mathematician who was known to have visited opium dens: a) Emily Dickinson b) William Shakespeare c) Lewis Carroll d) Robert Browning

97. The Nobel Prize winning poet Lucila Godoy Alcayaga is known for a) her poetic pseudonym, which means Archangel of the Sea Breeze. b) being the first South American to win the prize. c) using her experience as a teacher to write about children. d) changing her Chilean name for fear of political enemies to the themes of her poetry. e) all of the above

98. This poet wrote about black people still feeling like slaves: a) Paul Laurence Dunbar b) Robert Browning c) F. Scott Fitzgerald d) Matthew Arnold

99.This poet had the job of writing poems about true events important to the British, caled The Poet Laureate: a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson b) T.S.Eliot c) Maya Angelou d) E.E. Cummings

100. This poet wrote many depressing poems like "The Wasteland" but also the cute "...Cats..." series: a) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow b) T.S. Eliot c) Langston Hughes d) John Keats