QUIZ # 1

JUNE 23, 2017

1. At the poem, The Seven Ages of Man, the poet compares the
world to________.
a. a story book b. a film
c. a stage d. a playground
2. The poet compares "exit" to
a. birth b. life c. doors d. death
3. In the second stage of life man
a. mews and pukes b. goes to school unwillingly
c. cries in his nurses lap d. sings and plays
4. As a young lover, according to the poet, man
a. learns to dance b. composes ballads for his beloved
c. goes hunting in the forest d. exercises to build his muscles
5. The poet describes man as a soldier in the
a. Third stage b. Fourth stage
c. Fifth stage d. Sixth stage
6. In the fifthstage of life, man is described as
a. the lover b. the soldier
c. the judge d. a senile man
7. The seventh stage of man is also described as
a. infancy b. childhood
c. second childhood d. adult hood
8. "Creeping like a snail" is an example of
a. Metaphor b. Alliteration
c.Personification d. Simile
9. The poem "Seven Ages" is written by
a. William Wordsworth b. William Shakespeare
c.William Golding d. Alfres Lord Tennyson
10. "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely
a. puppets b. actors
c. players d. dummies
11. The structure of the poem, The Seven Ages of Man is
________
a.Free verse b. blank verse
c. couplet d. limerick
________12. All the worlds a stage is an example of
a. Metaphor b. Alliteration
c. Personification d. Simile
II. Read the following and answer the questions:-
Q: Sighing like a furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrows.
13. a. Name the stage in man's life. a.
_______________________________.
14. b. What is 'woeful ballad'?
_______________________________________________.
15. c. What is the figure of speech in the first line?
______________________________.
Q: "Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel
seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth.
16. a. Who is referred to here?
a._____________________________.
Q: "For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice
Turning again toward childish treble.
17. a. In which act is man playing this part? ___________
18. b. What poetic devise is used in the 1st line?__________
Question: Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail
Unwillingly to school.
19. a) Which stage of human life is described in the above lines?
__________________________
20. b) What are the words or phrases which indicate that the boy is
not willing to go to school?_______________
21. From what word do the country England
originated?
22-24 Name the three tribes where the Anglo-saxon
came from.
25.In what year does the Germanic tribe invade
British?
26. Give the two types of rhyme
27. What elements of poetry mean a repetition of
consonant sounds at the beginning of the word?
28. What about the repetition of vowel sound?
29. What do you call the element that used vivid
words that appeal to our senses?
30. It is the task you do or perfrom at home, in school
or in the community