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Grade 11 Shakespeare's Sonnets

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In "Sonnet 18," does the beloved fare better or worse than a summer's day?
  1. The beloved fares better; the beloved's beauty declines.
  2. The beloved fares worse; the beloved's wrinkles begin to show.
  3. The beloved fares better; the beloved's beauty is constant.
Grade 11 Poetry
Who wrote Old Ironsides?
  1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  2. James Russell Lowell
  3. William Cullen Bryant
  4. Ben Cody
  5. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Grade 11 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere CCSS: CCRA.R.6, RL.11-12.6

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This poem was written right before the Civil War.
How does the poem allude to that in the final stanza?
Grade 11 Thanatopsis
According to the poem, all humans have come from
  1. Nature
  2. God
  3. Phantoms
  4. Our parents
Grade 11 Poetry

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In "Dirge Without Music," who/what would the speaker consider the enemy?
  1. God
  2. Death
  3. Illness
  4. Nature
Grade 11 Poetry

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In the poem "Sestina," which of the following shed tears or have tears?
  1. teacup
  2. teakettle
  3. almanac
  4. grandchild
  5. grandmother
Grade 11 Poetry
In The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, who or what died?
  1. A man
  2. A raft
  3. A group of fish
  4. A lantern
Grade 11 Poetry
The following is an example of the type of parallel structure used in Walt Whitman's poetry:
  1. How he knucked tight...how he follow'd with them...how he saved the drifting company at last
  2. The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and loitering
  3. Curious I halt and silent stand...who are you my dear comrade?
  4. My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air
  5. none of the above
Grade 11 Poetry
"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love" is the line that suggests that:
  1. He wants to return to nature and nurture it.
  2. He wants to be buried in the ground.
  3. He wants to be cremated.
  4. He loves grass.
  5. none of the above
Grade 11 Poetry

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Which choice represents the rhyme scheme of "Villanelle of His Lady's Treasures"?
  1. aba aba aba aba aba abaa
  2. abb abb abb abb abb aabb
  3. aba cdc aba cdc aba abcd
  4. abba abba abba abba abba cdcd
Grade 11 Poetry

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Which words represent the rhyme scheme in "Villanelle of His Lady's Treasures"?
  1. sell
  2. happy
  3. care
  4. mold
Grade 11 Poetry

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What happens if the reader takes the advice of the speaker?
  1. He'll get good grades.
  2. He'll become a man.
  3. He'll impress many people.
  4. He'll gain fame and fortune.
Grade 11 Poetry

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In the poem "Sestina," how many lines is each of the first six stanzas?
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 7
Grade 11 Poetry

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What is the mood of the poem "Sestina"?
  1. bright
  2. hopeful
  3. humorous
  4. melancholy
Grade 11 Poetry

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Which elements make "In Flanders Fields" most like a traditional rondeau?
  1. the stanza format
  2. the rhyme scheme
  3. the subject matter
  4. the refrain
  5. the title
Grade 11 Poetry
Explain the meaning of these two lines from Song of Myself: "I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
  1. He is a free spirit, unlike other, more dignified authors.
  2. He is untamed, a wild heathen.
  3. He is trying to pretend he is like the hawk.
  4. No one understands him.
  5. none of the above
Grade 11 Poetry
Walt Whitman's poetry was considered radical for its time because
  1. He wrote of things not considered to be poetic.
  2. He celebrated common, ordinary events.
  3. He did not follow traditional rhyme scheme patterns.
  4. all of the above
  5. none of the above
Grade 11 Poetry
In Old Ironsides, what is the narrator referring to?
  1. A plane
  2. A ship
  3. A partner/spouce
  4. A loved one
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