9.2.1 Narratives And Ballads
Quiz to 9. 2. 1 Narratives and Ballads
- 1.What were the wandering minstrels called?
- A.
Beards
- B.
Singers
- C.
Bards
- D.
Poets
- 2.What form did the wandering minstrels give their news in?
- A.
A blog
- B.
Ballads
- C.
News cast
- D.
Rap
- 3.What is a ballad?
- A.
Poems that tell a story, usually in short rhyming verses with frequent repetitions of words or lines
- B.
Poems that are lengthy and boring
- C.
A short story that consist of some sort of conflict
- D.
A novel that contains chapter
- 4.How are ballads meant to be heard?
- A.
In a nursery rhyme
- B.
In silent reading
- C.
Oral performance
- D.
On the the television set
- 5.What is a narrative poem?
- A.
A sort of free verse
- B.
A poem that tells a story and has a beginning, middle, end, and some kind of conflict
- C.
A poem that makes no sense at all
- D.
A free verse that is free of rhythm or rhyme
- 6.What happened on September 15, 1963?
- A.
A bomb exploded killing four teenage girls
- B.
A funeral that was attended by President Roosevelt
- C.
The Civil Rights Act came about
- D.
President Kennedy died
- 7.What is one of the characteristics of the ballad stanza?
- A.
An avav or abeb rhyme scheme
- B.
An acbc rhymse scheme
- C.
An cbcb and abad rhyme scheme
- D.
An abab or abcb rhyme scheme
- 8.What is the name of a four line stanza?
- A.
Cubicle
- B.
Quatrain
- C.
Quarter
- D.
Corner
- 9.What is term for a line of four pair syllables?
- A.
Bimeter
- B.
Meter
- C.
Trimeter
- D.
Tetrameter
- 10.What is a the terms for a a line that is six syllables in length?
- A.
Meter
- B.
Tetrameter
- C.
Octometer
- D.
Trimeter
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