Literature-in-English

Question 1

1The turn in thought or argument in a sonnet is the

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A. refrain B. volta C. caesura D. stanza

Question 2

2Two consecutive rhyming lines in a poem form a

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A. tercet B. sestet C. couplet D. quatrain

Question 3

3A quatrain is a stanza of

Easy

A. six lines B. four lines C. eight lines D. two lines

Question 4

4Poetry that does not follow a regular rhyme or metre is

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A. a sonnet B. a couplet C. free verse D. blank verse

Question 5

5A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter is a

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A. sonnet B. ballad C. ode D. elegy

Question 6

6A pair of rhyming lines is a

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A. couplet B. quatrain C. tercet D. sestet

Question 7

7A poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, is a

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A. sonnet B. ode C. haiku D. limerick

Question 8

8A pause in the middle of a line of verse is a

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A. stanza B. caesura C. foot D. enjambment

Question 9

9The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is

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A. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG B. AABB CCDD C. ABCABC D. ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

Question 10

10A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into

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A. three quatrains and a couplet B. two sestets C. an octave and a sestet D. four tercets