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Of Mans first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden. This is an extract from:

A. Paradise Lost

B. Paradise Regained

C. Samson Agonistes

D. Divorce Tracts

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A. Paradise Lost


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Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?

A. Onomatopeia

B. Metonymy

C. Alliteration

D. Hyperbole

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What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?

A. Personification

B. Hyperboles

C. Alliteration

D. Onomatopoeia

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What was strange about Emily Dickinson?

A. She rarely left home

B. She wrote in code

C. She never attempted to publish her poetry

D. She wrote her poems in invisible ink

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Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse?

A. Betjeman

B. Hughes

C. Marvel

D. Larkin

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The Cambridge school refers to a group who emerged when?

A. The 1900's

B. The 1960's

C. The 1920's

D. The 1930's

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In 1960 The Colossus was the first book of poems published by which poetess?

A. Elizabeth Bishop

B. Sylvia Plath

C. Marianne Moore

D. Laura Jackson

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What is the study of poetrys meter and form called?

A. Prosody

B. Potology

C. Rheumatology

D. Scansion

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Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?

A. Alliterative verse

B. Sonnet form

C. Iambic pentameter

D. Dactylic hexameter

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From what century does the poetic form the folk ballad date?

A. The 12th

B. The 14th

C. The 17th

D. The 19th

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Who wrote Canterbury Tales?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Dick Whittington

C. Thomas Lancaster

D. King Richard II

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Which is an example of a proverb?

A. Get a stake in our business.

B. You cant have your cake and eat it, too

C. The snow was white as cotton.

D. Youre driving me crazy.

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Which represents an example of alliteration?

A. Language Arts

B. Peter Piper Picked Peppers

C. I like music.

D. A beautiful scenery with music

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What is the earliest surviving European poem?

A. The Homeric epic

B. The Gilgamesh epic

C. The Deluge epic

D. The Hesiodic ode

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Which is an exaggeration?

A. Alliteration

B. Haiku

C. Hyperbole

D. Prose

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Wlliam Shakespeare is not the author of:

A. Titus Andronicus

B. Taming of the Shrew

C. White Devil

D. Hamlet

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Of Mans first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden. This is an extract from:

A. Paradise Lost

B. Paradise Regained

C. Samson Agonistes

D. Divorce Tracts

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how many children chaucer had?

A. 4

B. 1

C. 0

D. 2

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The magazine Contemporary Poetry and Prose was inspired by which exhibition?

A. The Festival of Britain

B. The Surrealist Exhibition

C. People of the 20th Century

D. Drawing the 20th CEntury

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In coleridges poem The rime of the Ancient Marinerwhere were the three gallants going?

A. A funeral

B. A wedding

C. Market

D. To the races

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Which of the following is not a poet?

A. William Shakespeare

B. Terry Saylor

C. Elizabeth b. Browning

D. Emily Dickinson

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Margaret Atwood was born in which Canadian city?

A. Vancouver

B. Toronto

C. Ottowa

D. Montreal

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in which language the stories of canterbury tale are written?

A. French

B. Latin

C. Middle english

D. English

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Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with?

A. Nature

B. Epics

C. Sonnets

D. Nonsense

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Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?

A. Hindu

B. Celtic

C. Arabic

D. Arameic

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Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form?

A. Jintishi

B. Villanelle

C. Ode

D. Tanka

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How did W. H. Auden describe poetry?

A. An awful way to earn a living

B. A game of knowledge

C. The soul exposed

D. An explosion of language

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What is a funny poem of five lines called?

A. Quartet

B. Limerick

C. Sextet

D. Palindrome

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Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?

A. Politician

B. Dramatist

C. Novelist

D. Architect

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How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?

A. 24

B. 31

C. 21

D. 28

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How many languages did chaucer know?

A. 2

B. 4

C. 1

D. 5