final

Question 1

author

Answer 1

the person who wrote or penned the poem

Question 2

speaker

Answer 2

the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction. This is not necessarily the poet

Question 3

subject

Answer 3

the main idea, goal, or thing about which the poem is concerned

Question 4

rhyme scheme

Answer 4

the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry

Question 5

title

Answer 5

pique the interest of readers and may reveal information regarding the subject and/or speaker

Question 6

line

Answer 6

a subdivision of a poem

Question 7

stanza

Answer 7

a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit

Question 8

couplet

Answer 8

two-line stanza

Question 9

tercet

Answer 9

three-line stanza

Question 10

quatrain

Answer 10

four-line stanza

Question 11

cinquain

Answer 11

five-line stanza

Question 12

meter

Answer 12

the pattern of beats in a line of poetry

Question 13

haiku

Answer 13

a 3 line poem consisting of 17 syllables; 5 in the first one, 7 in the second line and 5 in the final line

Question 14

limerick

Answer 14

a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear

Question 15

free verse

Answer 15

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Question 16

blackout poetry

Answer 16

when a written piece of text from a book, newspaper, or magazine is taken and words are redacted, in order to create an original piece of poetry

Question 17

lyric poem

Answer 17

a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speakers personal emotions and feelings

Question 18

ode

Answer 18

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter

Question 19

alliteration

Answer 19

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)

Question 20

allusion

Answer 20

an implied or indirect reference especially in literature

Question 21

imagery

Answer 21

elements of a poem that invoke any of the five sense to create a set of mental images

Question 22

figurative language

Answer 22

language that is not literal; it suggests a comparison to something else, so that one thing is seen in terms of another

Question 23

simile

Answer 23

comparing two dissimilar things using “like” or “as”

Question 24

metaphor

Answer 24

comparing two dissimilar thing by saying one things is the other

Question 25

personification

Answer 25

a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities

Question 26

hyperbole

Answer 26

figure of speech composed of a striking exaggeration

Question 27

irony

Answer 27

implies a distance between what is said and what is meant

Question 28

idiom

Answer 28

a short expression that is peculiar to a language, people, or place that conveys a figurative meaning without literal interpretation of the words used in the phrase

Question 29

motif

Answer 29

a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition that is repeated over and over again

Question 30

dramatic irony

Answer 30

a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do

Question 31

soliloquy

Answer 31

when a character speaks to the audience about their thoughts–the other character don’t know this info.

Question 32

iambic pentameter

Answer 32

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

Question 33

situational irony

Answer 33

a literary technique in which an expected outcome does not happen, or its opposite happens instead

Question 34

foil

Answer 34

something or someone that makes another’s good or bad qualities more noticeable

Question 35

dialouge

Answer 35

conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

Question 36

aside

Answer 36

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

Question 37

classical allusion

Answer 37

A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement.

Question 38

verbal irony

Answer 38

a figure of speech in which the literal meaning of what someone is saying is different from what they really mean—sarcasm

Question 39

What detail do the actors at the Globe maintain to keep the productions as original and authentic as possible?
a. They wear 17th century underwear.
b. They only perform at night.
c. They only have men in all of the roles.
d. They speak in British accents.

Answer 39

a. they wear 17th century underwear

Question 40

What is the name of the costume item used to start to create the female shape?
a. a corset
b. high heels
c. a bra
d. tights

Answer 40

a. corset

Question 41

How is the costume item in question 2 laced?
a. It is straight laced.
b. It is spiral laced.
c. It is cross laced.
d. It is ladder laced.

Answer 41

a. straight laced

Question 42

Which of the following are part of the construction of The Globe? Check all that apply
a. stage floor with “traps” into hell
b. painted “heavens” with trap door
c. lighting
d. galleries
e. yard for the “groundlings”

Answer 42

a. state floor with “traps” into hell
b. painted “heavens” with trap door
d. galleries
e. yard for the “groundlings”

Question 43

How long is the train ride from downtown London to Stratford?
a. 20 minutes
b. 1 hour 20 minutes
c. 2 hours 20 minutes
d. 3 hours 20 minutes

Answer 43

c. 2 hours 20 minutes

Question 44

What was Shakespeare’s father’s occupation?
a. glove maker
b. writer
c. haberdasher (men’s clothing)
d. Bootmaker

Answer 44

a glove maker

Question 45

What is true of Shakespeare’s parents? Check all that apply.
a. They had eight children.
b. They divorced when Shakespeare was 13.
c. They were wealthy.
d. They owned the largest house on the street.

Answer 45

a. they had eight childern
c. They were wealthy.
d. they owned the largest house on the street

Question 46

What are some examples of things that Shakespeare wrote in his lifetime? Check all that apply.
a. sonnets
b. newspaper articles
c. research papers
d. narrative poems
e. plays

Answer 46

a. sonnets
d. narrative poems
e. plays

Question 47

Which social class do you think Shakespeare would have belonged to?
a. monarch
b. nobility
c. gentry
d. merchant
e. yeomanry
f. Laborers

Answer 47

c. gentry

Question 48

What is something shocking about Elizabethan Family Life? Check all that apply.
a. Love was not a reason to marry.
b. Women were regarded as “property” of their husbands.
c. Families were to be models for others.
d. Life expectancy was only 42-years-old.

Answer 48

a. Love was not a reason to marry.
b. women were regarded as “property” of their husbands
d. life expectancy was only 42 years old