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Rhyme and Meter

Test your knowledge of rhyme and meter in poetry.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of perfect rhyme?

  1. cat and hat
  2. cat and mat
  3. cat and bat
  4. cat and sat
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of slant rhyme?

  1. cat and hat
  2. cat and mat
  3. cat and bat
  4. cat and sat
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a trochee?

  1. stressed-unstressed
  2. unstressed-stressed
  3. stressed-stressed
  4. unstressed-unstressed
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of an iamb?

  1. stressed-unstressed
  2. unstressed-stressed
  3. stressed-stressed
  4. unstressed-unstressed
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a spondee?

  1. stressed-unstressed
  2. unstressed-stressed
  3. stressed-stressed
  4. unstressed-unstressed
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a pyrrhic?

  1. stressed-unstressed
  2. unstressed-stressed
  3. stressed-stressed
  4. unstressed-unstressed
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a blank verse?

  1. unrhymed iambic pentameter
  2. rhymed iambic pentameter
  3. unrhymed trochaic octameter
  4. rhymed trochaic octameter
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a heroic couplet?

  1. two lines of iambic pentameter with a rhyme
  2. two lines of trochaic octameter with a rhyme
  3. two lines of iambic pentameter with no rhyme
  4. two lines of trochaic octameter with no rhyme
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a sonnet?

  1. 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme
  2. 14 lines of trochaic octameter with a specific rhyme scheme
  3. 14 lines of iambic pentameter with no rhyme scheme
  4. 14 lines of trochaic octameter with no rhyme scheme
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