QUIZ No. 4 Sept.

26,2019

A. Match the vocabulary words in column A with their meanings in Column B. Write only the letters

Vocabulary Words Meanings

1. earnest A. destructed
2. fleeting B. good /amazing
3. bivouac C. serious
4. sublime D. sad and lonely
5. shipwrecked E. short-lived
6. strife F. temporary camp
7. forlorn G. conflict/war/struggle

B. Which of the lines in the poem” A Psalm of Life” suggest the following: Write the number of the line
in the poem for your answer.

8. People should not waste the short time that they had.
9. People should continue to appreciate life as real and important.
10. Act as heroes amid the earth’s struggle.
11. People should learn to continue working and learn to be patient.
12. We should not live in the past but rather live in the present.

C. Identify the literary devices and figurative language used by the author in the poem.
13. What figure of speech is used in this line,” Still achieving, still pursuing”
a. assonance b. alliteration c. consonance
14. What imagery is used in the lines ”Footprints on the sands of time” and “In the world’s broad
field of battle” show:
a. tactile b. visual c. auditory d. gustatory
15. The line, “ Was not spoken by the soul”, is an example of_______
a. allusion b. personification c. apostrophe
16. “ Life is but an empty dream”, is an example of_____
a. simile b. personification c. metaphor
17. What rhyme scheme is used in the poem?
a. ABAB b. AABB
18. ____ rhyme is used to make the stanza melodious.
a. internal rhyme b. end rhyme
19-20.The poem contains_____ stanzas and each having ______ lines in it.