Chapter Quiz: Closed Form

Question 1

Tercet

Answer 1

A group of three lines of verse, usually all ending in the same rhyme.

Question 2

Acrostic

Answer 2

A poem in which the initial letters of each line, when read downward, spell out a hidden word or phrase.

Question 3

Closed Form

Answer 3

Verse that has a regular, often symmetrical pattern (choose).

Question 4

Fixed Form

Answer 4

A traditional poetic form requiring certain certain predetermined (choose a type) elements of structure.

Question 5

Open Form/ Free Verse

Answer 5

Verse that has no formal pattern.

Question 6

Terza Rima

Answer 6

A poetic form made up of three- line stanzas that are connected by an overlapping rhyme scheme (aba, bcb, ded, etc.).

Question 7

Closed Couplet

Answer 7

Two rhymed lines that contain an independent and complete thought or statement.

Question 8

Blank Verse

Answer 8

Unrhymed iambic pentameter (Shakespeare Plays)

Question 9

Epic Poem

Answer 9

A long narrative poem.

Question 10

Couplet

Answer 10

A two- lines stanza of poetry, usually rhymed.

Question 11

Conventions

Answer 11

Any established feature or technique that is commonly understood by authors and readers.

Question 12

English/ Shakespearean Sonnet

Answer 12

A sonnet composed of 3 quatrains with a final couplet, and a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef (turning point of Shakespeare) gg.

Question 13

Italian/ Petrarchan Sonnet

Answer 13

A sonnet composed of an octave followed by a sestet.

Question 14

Octave

Answer 14

A stanza of 8 lines.

Question 15

Sonnet

Answer 15

A fixed form of 14 lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter.

Question 16

Quatrain

Answer 16

A stanza consisting of 4 lines.

Question 17

Sestet

Answer 17

A poem or stanza of 6 lines.

Question 18

Heroic Couplet

Answer 18

A closed couplet written in iambic pentameter.

Question 19

Every poem has some kind of form.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Most poetry written before 1960 was open form.

Answer 20

False

Most poetry written after 1960 (Counterculture/ individuality) was open form.

Question 21

Shakespeare wrote almost all of his plays in blank verse.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Tercets are the most common stanzas used in the English language.

Answer 22

False

Quatrains are the most common stanzas used in the English language.

Question 23

By definition, the following is an example of a couplet:
Blow,
Snow,
Blow!

Answer 23

False
By definition, the following is an example of a tercet: Blow,
Snow,
Blow!

Question 24

Acrostics date back to the Old Testament.

Answer 24

True