12th Grade Poetry Quizzes, Questions & Answers
Recent Poetry Quizzes
This quiz titled 'Oh Captain, My Captain' and 'I Saw Old General at Bay' assesses understanding of Walt Whitman's poetry, focusing on themes, historical context, and literary devices. It evaluates critical thinking and...
Questions: 20 | Attempts: 295 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhich phrase most expresses the difficult time the ship has had in “O Captain! My Captain!”?
This quiz focuses on the analysis of Walt Whitman's poem 'O Captain! My Captain!' It assesses understanding of themes, historical context, and poetic devices, emphasizing the poem's significance and the emotional depth conveyed...
Questions: 20 | Attempts: 608 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhich phrase most expresses the difficult time the ship has had in “O Captain! My Captain!”?
Explore the timeless piece 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time' by Robert Herrick. This quiz delves into the authorship, themes of Carpe Diem, symbolic interpretations, and the transient nature of beauty and time, enhancing...
Questions: 6 | Attempts: 1041 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025
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Sample QuestionWho is the author of the "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time?"
This is a trivia quiz on poetry on Surrey and Wyatt and Astrophil and Stella Sonnets. These two works help a learner get a proper understanding of literature and see the different techniques that one can use. Have you had time to...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 419 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2025
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Sample QuestionSurrey was Henry VIII's last victim.
This is an enrichment activity. If you are up for a challenge, try it! The questions focus on tone, mood, figurative language and other literary devices.
You do NOT have to complete this activity to get credit...
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 1030 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025
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Sample QuestionShakespeare’s sonnet 130 is a (an)
Explore themes of fate and inevitability in 'Lopez- Masque of the Red Death'. This quiz assesses understanding of character actions, symbolic elements, and thematic messages in Edgar Allan Poe's haunting tale, focusing on how...
Questions: 11 | Attempts: 358 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025
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Sample QuestionThe people in this story have avoided the Red Death's victims mainly because
The Wanderer And Dream Of The Rood are two poems that are an idea to teach someone on poems and different structures in use. The quiz below is designed to not only test your understanding of the structure and vocabulary in the...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1078 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025
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Sample QuestionThis Old English word means 'fate' at the opening of the Wanderer.
Are you familiar with the "Easter 1916" poem by W.B. Yeats? Can you pass the quiz based on the same poem? We have prepared this quiz to test your knowledge of Yeat's Easter 1916 poem, and we'll ask you...
Questions: 18 | Attempts: 8506 | Last updated: May 8, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhen was the poem written?
This is our second quiz on the Old English period.
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 395 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2025
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Sample QuestionIn the Wanderer 'Wyrd' is a Christian term, meaning 'fate.'
Known all around the world for being arguably the world’s greatest playwright, it’s easy to forget that William Shakespeare was also a seasoned poet. What can you tell us about his work? Let’s find out!
Questions: 50 | Attempts: 2159 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025
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Sample QuestionIn which of the following decades were Shakespeare’s sonnets written?
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