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Quiz about Popular Poetry Potpourri
Quiz about Popular Poetry Potpourri

Popular Poetry Potpourri Trivia Quiz


A fun collection of trivia from poetry that is far from trivial!

A multiple-choice quiz by chimerae. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
chimerae
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
154,368
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
395
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (3/10), Guest 194 (0/10), Guest 77 (1/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. According to Greek legend and the poem by Tennyson, who gifted Tithonus with immortality? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who penned the poem that appeared as a forward in the second edition of John Milton's "Paradise Lost?" Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In Emily Dickinson's "I Died for Beauty," for what did her kinsman in the tomb die?
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Question 4 of 10
4. In which dramatic poem by Robert Browning does the soliloquist direct his speech to his wife? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which epic poet portrayed sin as a half-serpent woman? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In "Resolution and Independence," to whom does William Wordsworth refer as "Him who walked in glory and in joy"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In which Shakesperean play is the question raised, "Who is Sylvia?" Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. According to Lewis Carroll, what is the moral of "Brother and Sister?" Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which Keats' poem opens with the line, "No, no, go not to Lethe"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In his poem "Musée des Beaux Arts," W.H. Auden admires the Old Masters' understanding of: Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. According to Greek legend and the poem by Tennyson, who gifted Tithonus with immortality?

Answer: Aurora

In Tennyson's "Tithonus," the goddess Aurora obtains the gift of immortality from Zeus and grants it to Tithonus. However, Tithonus has forgotten to ask for eternal youth; therefore he is entrapped in an endless cycle of aging.
2. Who penned the poem that appeared as a forward in the second edition of John Milton's "Paradise Lost?"

Answer: Andrew Marvell

The second edition of "Paradise Lost," which was released in 1674, opened with Andrew Marvell's "On Paradise Lost," which commended the sublime style and subject of Milton's epic.
3. In Emily Dickinson's "I Died for Beauty," for what did her kinsman in the tomb die?

Answer: Truth

Dickinson refers to Truth and Beauty as being "One," "Brethren," and "Kinsmen" in this famous poem.
4. In which dramatic poem by Robert Browning does the soliloquist direct his speech to his wife?

Answer: Andrea Del Sarto

Browning's character Andrea del Sarto commences his speech at the close of an argument with his wife. His monologue begins, "But do not let us quarrel any more/ No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once."
5. Which epic poet portrayed sin as a half-serpent woman?

Answer: Edmund Spenser

The Spenserian female monstrosity is found in the first Book of "The Faerie Queene" and is called "Errour."
6. In "Resolution and Independence," to whom does William Wordsworth refer as "Him who walked in glory and in joy"?

Answer: Robert Burns

Wordsworth is dedicating the line to Robert Burns. The complete line is: "Him who walked in glory and in joy/ Following his plow, along the mountainside." The Scottish poet Burns often wrote on pastoral subjects in which labored fields were featured as a setting. This is seen, for example, in such Burns' poems as "To A Mouse - On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough."
7. In which Shakesperean play is the question raised, "Who is Sylvia?"

Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

It is a question that musicians pose in this play's fourth act.
8. According to Lewis Carroll, what is the moral of "Brother and Sister?"

Answer: Never stew your sister.

During a typical quarrel between siblings, the brother wishes to make his sister the contents of an Irish stew. For a humorous twist, Carroll embellished some of his more frivolous poetry with mock-serious morals.
9. Which Keats' poem opens with the line, "No, no, go not to Lethe"?

Answer: Ode on Melancholy

This poem's original first stanza began, "Though you should build a bark of dead men's bones..."
10. In his poem "Musée des Beaux Arts," W.H. Auden admires the Old Masters' understanding of:

Answer: Suffering in its human position

Auden notes that while suffering is central in the artwork, the peripheral commonalities of daily life are still very much active.
Source: Author chimerae

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