Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

1 What is a Spondee?
A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.
2 What is an example of a Trochee?
Strong Foot

Store

Away

Garden
3 What is an Anapest?
A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable and then another stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable and then another unstressed syllable.
4 What is an example of an Iamb?
Away

Garden

Store

Strong Foot
5 The line "first and last" is an example of which metrical foot?
Amphimacer

Anapest

Ampyhbrach

Dactyl
6 What is a Dactyl?
A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
7 "Skiddaw" is what?
A mountaintop from Greek mythology

An archaic term for "Heaven"

A mountain in England's Lake district

A famous Scottish castle
8 To be a poet crowned with fame, Derwent must be all of the following EXCEPT what?
Frugal and shrewd

Innocent, steady and wise

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies

Tender hearted
9 The marks atop the words in the first half of the poem show what?
Stressed and unstressed syllables.

The speed at which the poem should be read.

Letters that should be sung.

A hidden message in a coded language.
10 Why does Coleridge call a Spondee "strong foot"?
The word "Spondee" derives from a special military march, in which soldiers walk heavily.

Spondees are composed of three stressed syllables, so they make a heavy-footed sound.

The word "Spondee" derives from an old English word meaning "heavy of foot"

Spondees are composed of two stressed syllables, so they have a heavy footed rhythm.
11 The word "Father" in the poem is used to specifically refer to who or what?
The poet and his father.

The God of Poetry.

The Holy Trinity.

The poet and God.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
A school book.

A letter.

Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"
13 The poem is poetically composed with which of the following?
Iambic pentameter

Haiku

Blank verse

Rhyming couplets
14 What do the words "long" and "short" refer to in the poem?
Vowel lengths.

The height of Derwent and his brother.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

The length of a line of poetry.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?
The poet's hopes for himself.

The differences between various metrical feet.

Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The poet's affection for his son.
16 The poem's mood is all of the following EXCEPT?
Humorous

Affectionate

Angry

Fun
17 When Coleridge says Derwent should "delight in the things of earth, water and skies" what does he mean?
He should hunt on land, sea and air.

He should only consume natural foods.

He should work the land for profit.

He should enjoy the natural world.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?
It was where Coleridge taught his son poetry.

It is the highest point in the Europe.

It was a fabled mountain from an Arabic poem.

It was a real mountain that Coleridge and his son both knew in a part of England with literary significance.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?
His philosophy of only writing short poems.

His philosophy of writing for fun.

His philosophy of poetry as a great money-making scheme.

His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
Sarah, Coleridge's wife.

School children, in general.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?
Anapest

Dactyl

Amphimacer

Spondee
22 Which is NOT a theme found in the poem?
Poetry

Fatherly Love

Education

Politics
23 Which metrical foot throngs "with a leap and a bound"?
Iambs

Amphimacers

Anapests

Dactyls
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?
The Lake Poets

The Elizabethans

Fluxus

The Modernists
25 Which well-known metrical foot marches from "short to long"?
Trochees

Amphibrachs

Iambs

Spondees

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