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Question 1

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In lines 7-8, the narrator is trying to ________ Tom when he tells him, “Hush Tom never mind

it, for when your head's bare, / You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.”

Selected Answer:

admonish

Question 2

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In line 3, the boy is calling out his trade; instead of “sweep,” he cries “weep weep weep

weep.” This is the poet’s way of telling the reader that __________.

Selected Answer:

the boy knows his plight and is satirizing those who take advantage of him.

Question 3

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The dream in lines 11-20 is a miniature allegory that has several analogies to the world in

which the boys live. The “green plain” (line 15) represents __________.

Selected Answer:

hope for a better and happier future

Question 4

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The poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in

this practice. Yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “Tho' the morning was cold, Tom

was happy and warm / So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” This is dramatic irony in

the sense that __________.

Selected Answer:

both provide an accurate explanation of the situation

Question 5

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The poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in

this practice. Yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “Tho' the morning was cold, Tom

was happy and warm / So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” The boy’s statement

testifies to his __________.

Selected Answer:

good heart and innocence

Question 6

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The most significant literary device in the poem, "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves" is metaphor.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 7

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"Journey of the Magi" maintains that Christ's birth was a "hard and bitter agony."

Selected Answer:

True

Question 8

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A synonym of hyperbole is exaggeration.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 9

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A poem's sound structure is its rhyme scheme and systematic and repeated use of similar

sounds.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 10

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Which of the following poem was written by Robert Frost

Selected Answer:

"The Road Not Taken"

Question 11

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Lines 1-4 of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur” reads: THE WORLD is charged with

the grandeur of God / It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; / It gathers to a greatness,

like the ooze of oil / Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?” The word “rod” is a

metaphor or symbol for __________.

Selected Answer:

God’s authority and chastening power

Question 12

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The tiger in Blake's poem of the same name symbolizes

Selected Answer:

created evil

Question 13

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In this poem, the poet or persona asks that God "o'erthrow" him, reclaim him as His own, and

"marry" him.

Selected Answer:

"Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God"

Question 14

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The author of "Ode to a Nightingale" is Frost.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 15

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Keats died of polio.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 16

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Lines 7-8 of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur” reads: And wears man’s smudge and

shares man’s smell: the soil / Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.” “The soil / Is bare”

because __________.

Selected Answer:

God has sent drought as punishment for the sins of humans

Question 17

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A poem's meter helps to convey the tone, which then helps to establish meaning.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 18

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Which of the following poem was written by John Donne

Selected Answer:

"Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God"

Question 19

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Some poems are organized in a continuous form without stanzas.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 20

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The metrical structure of a poem is its rhythm pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 21

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Personification is the imaginative identification of two dissimilar objects or ideas.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 22

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Another name for Petrarchan sonnet is

Selected Answer:

Italian sonnet

Question 23

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Image is a verbal representation of a series of experiences as of sight, touch, smell, and

hearing.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 24

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Line 3 of George Herbert’s “Virtue” reads: “The dew shall weep thy fall tonight.” The word

“fall” means __________.

Selected Answer:

original sin

Question 25

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The rhyme scheme of Gerard Manley Hopkins's "God's Grandeur" is abba abba cd cd cd.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 26

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Match the following definitions with the appropriate poetic device.

1. paradox

2. symbol

3. octave

4. verbal irony

5. sonnet

6. hyperbole

7. imagery

8. simile

9. allusion

10. onomatopoeia

11. sestet

12. personification

13. theme

14. alliteration

15. overstatement

Question Selected Match

paradox

Apparent contradiction that is somehow true.

symbol

Something that means more than what it is.

octave

The first 8 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet

verbal irony

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.

sonnet

A single stanza poem often consisting of 14 iambic pentameter lines and an intricate rhyme

scheme.

hyperbole

An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

imagery

Representation through language of a sense experience.

simile

Comparison between two different things, explicitly indicated by the word "like" or "as."

allusion

Reference to previous literature.

onomatopoeia

Words that mimic their meaning in sound.

sestet

The last 6 lines of a Petrarchan sonnet

personification

A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept.

theme

The central idea or unifying generalization implied or stated by a literary work.

alliteration

The repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sounds of accented syllables or

important words (example map-moon).

overstatement

An exaggeration for effect.

Question 27

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A poem's rational structure is the order in which the ideas in the poem are expressed.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 28

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Lines 11-14 of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur” reads: “And though the last lights

off the black West went / Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—/ Because the

Holy Ghost over the bent / World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.” The word

“bent” in line 13 means __________.

Selected Answer:

the Holy Ghost is hovering over the earth

Question 29

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A Shakespearean Sonnet has this rhyme scheme: ACAC, BDBD, EFEF, GG.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 30

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The premise of "Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God" is that

Selected Answer:

Only God can deliver and save the speaker

Question 31

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The following is an excerpt from "Ozymandias": "It little profits that an idle king."

Selected Answer:

False

Question 32

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"Theme" and "meaning" are antonymous.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 33

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The phrase "frigate like a book" is an example of a metaphor.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 34

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Norway is the setting of “The Chimney Sweeper.”

Selected Answer:

False

Question 35

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In "Ode to a Nightingale," the bird suffers as does man.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 36

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A paradoxical statement is a figure of speech in which an apparently self-contradictory

statement is nevertheless found to be true.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 37

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According to the lecture notes, the allusion in the poem "Out, Out - -" is from

Selected Answer:

Shakespeare's play MacBeth

Question 38

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The three major types of irony are verbal irony, dramatic irony, and irony of situation.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 39

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According to Plato, poetry should be for art's sake, and not interpreted, analyzed, and

dissected.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 40

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The speaker in Shakespeare's "That Time of Year" compares himself to autumn/winter, night,

and a burnt-out fire.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 41

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As literature, the Bible contains an organized view of life that comprehends and subsumes

even man's artistic creations.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 42

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In an "Ode to a Nightingale," the bird's song is eternal.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 43

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Line 7 of George Herbert’s “Virtue” reads: “Thy root is ever in its grave.” The word “grave” is

metonymy for __________.

Selected Answer:

death

Question 44

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"In the forests of the night, /What immortal hand or eye/ Dare frame thy fearful symmetry" is

from what poem?

Selected Answer:

"The Tiger"

Question 45

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"The Road Not Taken" followed upon the Industrial Revolution which ushered in major

changes in thought.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 46

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Meter refers to the regular beats that occur in a poem.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 47

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A metaphor is a comparison using "like" or "as."

Selected Answer:

False

Question 48

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"Nothing beside remains" is a significant phrase in what poem?

Selected Answer:

"Ozymandias"

Question 49

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Byron defined poetry as "The lava of imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake."

Selected Answer:

True

Question 50

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Tropes often merge with each other to build a continuum.

Selected Answer:

True

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