Erjh Poetry Test
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Please answer the mulitple choice questions.
- 1.Which of the following problems helped contribute to Poe failing out of school?
- A.
Drinking
- B.
Gambling
- C.
Dating
- D.
Both A and B
- 2.Which of these problems was not a part of Poe's life?
- A.
He liked to gamble
- B.
He was kicked out of many colleges
- C.
He lost two women very close to him
- D.
He drank too much
- E.
He had trouble thinking of interesting topics
- 3.Poe is said to have invented which of the following?
- A.
The detective story
- B.
Scotch Tape
- C.
Science Fiction
- D.
Both A and C
- 4.In what city did Edgar Allan Poe die?
- A.
Atlanta
- B.
Boston
- C.
Chicago
- D.
Virginia
- E.
Baltimore
- 5.What is/are characteristics of Emily Dickinson's life?
- A.
She home-schooled herself
- B.
She was very poor
- C.
She was from New England
- D.
Both A and B
- E.
Both A and C
- 6.Not many Dickinson poems were published during her lifetime, why?
- A.
She was from the South
- B.
She wrote for herself and friends
- C.
She was a woman
- D.
Both B and C are correct
- E.
None of these are correct
- 7.Many Dickinson poems have which figure of speech?
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Personification
- D.
Alliteration
- 8.Robert Frost...
- A.
Lived life to the fullest
- B.
Had a knack for predicting the future
- C.
Tried to relate everyday experiences to real life; life in rural America
- D.
Both A and B
- 9.Which of the following is true about Langston Hughes?
- A.
He spoke for President Kennedy
- B.
He drank too much
- C.
He was very private
- D.
He liked the farm
- E.
He wrote short stories, poetry, plays, and screen plays
- 10.Where did Langston Hughes live most of his adult life?
- A.
Atlanta
- B.
Harlem
- C.
Minneapolis
- D.
Detroit
- E.
London
- 11.Langston's poems gave him the name of what?
- A.
American's favorite poet
- B.
Grandma's boy
- C.
People's Poet
- D.
Playman
- 12.Which of the following styles best describes Langston Hughes?
- A.
Confronted Racial stereotypes of African Americans
- B.
Learn about life through everyday work
- C.
Safety versus the unknown
- D.
Image of rural America
- 13.Langston Hughes was a classmate of
- A.
Michael Vick
- B.
Nikki Giovanni
- C.
Edgar Allen Poe
- D.
Thurgood Marshall
- E.
Martin Luther King Jr.
- 14.Which poet was extremely patriotic?
- A.
Edgar Allen Poe
- B.
Emily Dickinson
- C.
Walt Whitman
- D.
Langston Hughes
- 15.Who had gardens that were described as a "butterfly utopia"?
- A.
Edgar Allen Poe
- B.
Emily Dickinson
- C.
Walt Whitman
- D.
Langston Hughes
- 16.The following poet is buried under a floor medallion in the foyer leading to the auditorium named after him.
- A.
Edgar Allen Poe
- B.
Emily Dickinson
- C.
Langston Hughes
- D.
Robert Frost
- 17.What is the number one place to be from if you are a writer?
- A.
England
- B.
The South
- C.
New England
- D.
America
- E.
Russia
- 18.What was "The Raven" about?
- A.
A man longing for his lost love
- B.
A person watching their life flash before their eyes
- C.
A mother's letter to her son
- D.
A longely woman who likes being lonely
- E.
A man traveling through the woods
- 19.
- A.
He liked birds
- B.
He wanted to scare people
- C.
He was practicing for Virginia's death
- D.
The idea came to him in a dream
- E.
Edgar Allan Poe did not write it
- 20.What was the meaning from the poem by Emily Dickinson, There is No Frigate Like a Book?
- A.
Don't quit
- B.
Communicating with others is very important
- C.
Stop and smell the roses
- D.
Books can take you anywhere
- E.
Work is better if you do it with others
- 21.
- A.
Don't quit
- B.
Communicating with others if very important
- C.
Stop and smell the roses
- D.
Books can take you anywhere
- E.
Work is better if you do it with others
- 22.What was the lesson learned from reading the poem, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost?
- A.
Don't quit
- B.
Communicating with others is very important
- C.
Stop and smell the roses
- D.
Books can take you anywhere
- E.
Work is better if you do it with others
- 23.The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words is a
- A.
Refrain
- B.
Quatrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Meter
- E.
Stanza
- 24.A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza is a
- A.
Refrain
- B.
Quatrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Meter
- E.
Stanza
- 25.Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem, also known as the paragraph of a poem, is a
- A.
Refrain
- B.
Quatrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Meter
- E.
Stanza
- 26.A poem of four lines; one stanza is called
- A.
Refrain
- B.
Quatrain
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Meter
- E.
Stanza
- 27.A beat of the poem is a
- A.
Refrain
- B.
Figurative Speech
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Meter
- E.
Stanza
- 28.A mode of expression used in a poem is called a
- A.
Refrain
- B.
Figurative Speech
- C.
Rhyme
- D.
Meter
- E.
Stanza
- 29.Giving a non-human subject is given human characteristics is known as
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Personification
- D.
Symbol
- 30.Anything that represents something else is known as
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Personification
- D.
Symbol
- 31.Stinks like rotten eggs is a
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Personification
- D.
Symbol
- 32.A formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent is
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- 33.A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicityly mentioned; a hint
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- 34.The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter is known as a(n)
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- 35.An Extravagant statement not intended to be taken literally is a(n)
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Onomatopoeia
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