IA5 Practice Test

Lyric poetry...

• is a formal type of poetry

• expresses personal emotions/ feelings

• is typically written in the 1st person

• all of the above

A sonnet

• has 14 lines (3 quatrains + 1 couplet)

• has 12 lines (3 quatrains)

• has 14 lines (1 quatrain + 5 couplets)

• has 12 lines (2 quatrains + 2 couplets)

True or False

In "Sonnet 18," the final couplet resolves the poem's problem.

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."

• True

• False

In "Sonnet 18," how will the speaker's lover continue to live on after she dies?

• through paintings

• through songs

• she will not continue on

• through poetry

In Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream," time passes

• at just the right speed

• too quickly

• too slowly

The main theme of Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream" could be summed up as...

• searching for new love after heartbreak

• questioning the nature of reality vs. illusion

• marveling in the power and beauty of nature

• investigating the existence of God

In Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream," the first stanza ends with a statement and the second stanza ends with a question. Why?

• the progression from a statement to a question represents the speaker's certainty that life is, in fact, a dream

• the progression from a statement to a question proves how old age can cause confusion

• the progression from a statement to a question suggests that the speaker changes his mind to be more optimistic

• the progression from a statement to a question demonstrates how the speaker is less certain about the meaning of life

In stanza 2, the speaker talks about the "surf-tormented shore" and the "pitiless wave." What important metaphor from the poem do these lines help to explain?

• the speaker's sadness over how he cannot stop time from passing

• the speaker's relief at being freed from an unhappy relationship

• the speaker's fear that his dreams are all washed away

• the speaker's anger at his lover for leaving him

True or False

Housman's "When I Was One-and-Twenty" portrays love as risky.

• True

• False

Seraphs are

• demons

• angels

• wooden staffs

• priceless paintings