Ode On A Grecian Urn Poem Quiz
Have you read the poem Ode on a Grecian Urn? Do you know who the poet of this poem is? Take this quiz and test yourself. Ode on a Grecian Urn is a poetry piece by John Keats, which is tested in the quiz below. The poet uses a unique style of writing. Do you still remember the poem? Gauge what you retained of it below. We wish you all the very best to you!
- 1.What does the speaker refer the urn to?
- A.
"An unravished bride of quietness"
- B.
"leaf-fring'd legend haunts"
- C.
"sylvan author"
- D.
"bold lover"
- 2.What does citadel mean in the context of the poem?
- A.
Fortress occupied by soldiers
- B.
A wooden podium
- C.
Coarse dirt
- D.
The city the urn depicts
- 3.The overall tone of this poem can best be described as:
- A.
Mournful
- B.
Emotional
- C.
Sarcastic
- D.
Vulgar
- 4.Why does the speaker go from a jubilant and ecstatic tone to one of mourning and despair?
- A.
He is unhappy with the damage on different parts of the urn.
- B.
He does not approve of the image on the urns.
- C.
He is bi-polar.
- D.
He is looking at different scenes on the urn.
- 5.Whats the authors feeling toward the urn?
- A.
The author has mixed feelings toward each scene, but in the end he is irate.
- B.
The author is mournful that the urn is so plain.
- C.
The author is sad that the events in the urn aren't going anywhere at all, and that no one knows how the events began.
- D.
The author does not appreciate the beauty of the urn. The author does not appreciate the beauty of the urn.
- 6.Why does the speaker praise the urns immortality so much?
- A.
He praises it because it has everlasting beauty, and it only needs to know its own beauty to contribute a purpose to life.
- B.
He admires the different scenes pictured on the urn.
- C.
He praises the urn because it is so unique.
- D.
He praises it because it reminds him of his own life.
- 7."sylvan historian" refers to anything pertaining to
- A.
Balloons
- B.
Bears
- C.
Woods
- D.
Food
- 8.The urn recites "beuty is truth truth beuty" to
- A.
The trees
- B.
To the speaker and all other humans that it meets
- C.
Ugly people
- D.
The the images on the urn
- 9.The speaker praises that the "unheard (melodies) are sweeter" because
- A.
He has tasted the melodies before
- B.
Because melodies unheard are more meaningful to the spirit
- C.
Because he the urn sings to his soul
- D.
He is dea
- 10.The speaker is a middle aged woman who is a historian
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The speaker uses devices such as imagery, oxymoron, and synechode to
- A.
Reveal the speakers dark side towards nature
- B.
Bring the urns stationary images to life
- C.
To illustrate how the urn originates from ancient Greece
- D.
To display his sexual frustration towards the two lovers
- 12.What literary device is this? " what mad pursuit? what struggle to escape" (referring to the stationary images on the urn)
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Irony
- C.
Paradox
- D.
Oxymoron
- 13.The meter of the poem is iambic tetrameter
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.What animal is sacrificed in the fourth stanza?
- A.
Pig
- B.
Cow
- C.
Lamb
- D.
Tadpole
- 15.Who wrote this poem?
- A.
Edward Keats
- B.
John Keats
- C.
Scott Peterson
- D.
Micheal Jackson
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