Lesson 4.1.1.5
4.1.1.5 AQA Anthology of Love Poetry through the Ages: Pre-1900 Quiz: AQA English Literature, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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Into which two stanza sections is a Petrarchan sonnet divided?
- Octave and sestet
- Sestet and couplet
- Quatrain and couplet
- Tercet and quatrain
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How many lines are in a standard sonnet?
- Fourteen
- Sixteen
- Eight
- Twelve
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Which sonnet form comprises three quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet?
- Petrarchan sonnet
- Shakespearean sonnet
- Spenserian stanza
- Miltonic sonnet
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Which grammatical perspective is used when a speaker addresses a beloved directly as 'you'?
- Third person
- Second person
- First person
- Passive voice
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What does the Latin literary phrase 'carpe diem' literally translate to?
- Remember death
- Love conquers all
- Seize the day
- Time flies
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Which literary technique compares one thing to another using 'like' or 'as'?
- Personification
- Simile
- Metonymy
- Oxymoron
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Which poetic form is specifically written as a lament for a loss?
- Epithalamion
- Pastoral
- Sonnet
- Elegy
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Which type of motif is most traditionally associated with jealousy in love poetry?
- Light and stars
- Jewels and gold
- Poison and decay
- Flowers and spring
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How many syllables are in a standard line of unvaried iambic pentameter?
- Five
- Ten
- Twelve
- Eight
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What term describes the dramatic turn of thought or argument in a sonnet?
- Anaphora
- Volta
- Enjambment
- Caesura
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Which 19-line poetic form features five tercets, a quatrain, and two repeated refrains?
- Sonnet
- Sestina
- Villanelle
- Ballad
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In poetry, what term describes a speaker addressing a silent listener to reveal their character?
- Soliloquy
- Dramatic monologue
- Interior monologue
- Apostrophe
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What literary device continues a sentence beyond the end of a line without punctuation?
- End-stopping
- Caesura
- Anaphora
- Enjambment
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What is the term for a strong pause within a line of poetry?
- Caesura
- Enjambment
- Volta
- Refrain
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What term describes an elaborate, surprising extended metaphor comparing two very unlike things?
- Hyperbole
- Conceit
- Synecdoche
- Oxymoron
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Which poetic device directly addresses an absent person, abstract idea, or inanimate object?
- Personification
- Allusion
- Invocation
- Apostrophe
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Which thematic element is most directly tested in pre-1900 poems exploring distance between lovers?
- Religious devotion
- Social status
- Financial gain
- Absence and longing
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In pre-1900 poetry, love treated as a social taboo is typically depicted as what?
- Forbidden or secret
- Comical and absurd
- Universal and open
- Spiritual and divine
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What term describes the theatrical voice or character assumed by the poet?
- Auditor
- Narrator
- Protagonist
- Persona
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Which poetic feature most strongly indicates that love is being presented as unstable?
- Strict rhyming couplets
- Shifting tone
- Consistent refrains
- Regular metre
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