Yet Do I Marvel Quizzes

Yet Do I Marvel Quiz

1 What kind of poem is "Yet Do I Marvel"?
Villanelle

Haiku

Sonnet

Free verse
2 Which of the following entities does not appear in the poem?
Sisyphus

God

Tantalus

Prometheus
3 What does "inscrutable" mean?
Greedy

Marvelous

Cruel

Impossible to understand
4 What is the "never-ending stair" of the poem?
The place where Tantalus is trapped

The road to poetic fame

Where God dwells

Sisyphus' hill
5 What is the "turn" or shift in tone of a sonnet called?
Pace

Hinge

Volta

Contradiction
6 What does "immune to catechism" mean?
Can't get sick

Can't merely be memorized and repeated

Can't be combined

Not immunized
7 What's wrong with the mole, according to the poem?
It lives underground and is blind

It is can't sing

It is black

It is mortal
8 Most of the poem is written in iambic pentameter, but "Yet do" (accented on the first syllable) is an example of a:
Spondee

Meter

Trochee

Form
9 "And did He stoop to quibble" means:
If He wanted to explain

If He dribbled

If He leaned down

And did he stoop to quibble? (a question)
10 What kind of references or allusions does the poem NOT include?
Entomological

Biological

Mythological

Theological

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