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

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1. Blank verse refers to which of the following ?

   A. Prose
   B. Unrhymed iambic pentameter
   C. Rhyming verse
   D. Rhyming couplets

2. Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the following? In Shakespeare’s plays, a troche is___________________?

   A. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot
   B. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot
   C. Only one syllable for the length of a foot
   D. None of the above

3. Which of the following best defines alliterative verse ?

   A. A traditional form with repeated consonant sounds
   B. An Anglo-Saxon form written in iambic pentameter with traditional rhymes
   C. A popular form in the 9th and 10th centuries
   D. A form brought to England in the years during the Norman invasion

4. Which of the following lines provides an example of alliterative verse ?

   A. “The knight took a step toward/The maiden she called him forward”
   B. “her biginneth the earste boc of ures ant ureisuns the gode beoth to seggen”
   C. “doughty in theire doings and dredde ay schame”
   D. “I left my lands to come where you are/To find you I have come so far!”

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

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

6. A verse form using stanza of eight lines, each with eleven syllables, is known as ?

   A. Spenserian Stanza
   B. Ballad
   C. Ottava Rima
   D. Rhyme Royal

7. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse ?

   A. Alliterative verse
   B. Sonnet form
   C. Iambic pentameter
   D. Dactylic hexameter

8. What is the verse form of Marie de France’s Lanval ?

   A. Dactylic pentameter
   B. Octosyllabic couplets
   C. Heroic couplets
   D. Clerihew

9. 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

10. 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

    Submitted by: Lubna shahzadi