Blank verse refers to which of the following ?

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1. Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English poetry ?

   A. Sir Thomas Wyatt
   B. William Shakespeare
   C. Earl of Surrey
   D. Milton

2. What is blank verse ?

   A. iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets
   B. the verse form of the Shakespearean sonnet
   C. free verse, without rhyme or regular meter
   D. unrhymed iambic pentameter

3. What is the title to Milton’s blank-verse epic that assimilates and critiques the epic tradition ?

   A. L’Allegro
   B. Lycidas
   C. Paradise Lost
   D. The Divine Comedy

4. What the term Blank Verse refers_____________?

   A. having no rhyming end
   B. having no rhythmic flow
   C. having no significance
   D. having no blanks in the verse

5. Who was the first to use blank verse ?

   A. Thomas Wyatt
   B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
   C. Sir Thomas more
   D. None of the above

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6. In verse, “meter” refers to which of the following ?

   A. The length of a written line
   B. The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
   C. The height of the stage
   D. The number of words in a line

7. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debra Schwartz, Greek “new comedy” was often characterized as being ?

   A. Highly sexual
   B. Violent
   C. Satirical
   D. Dull and political

8. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora Schwartz, Greek “old comedy” was often characterized as being ?

   A. Highly sexual
   B. Not comedic at all
   C. Satirical and political
   D. Grounded in religion

9. Fill in the blank. In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Puck is also known as_____________?

   A. Oberon
   B. Robin Goodfellow
   C. Demetrius
   D. Hermia

10. Fill in the blank. In Shakespeare’s plays, prose is often used in_________________?

    A. Serious letters
    B. Iambic pentameter
    C. Rhyming verse
    D. Couplets