Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

1 What is a Spondee?

A metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables.

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

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

Away

Garden

Store
3 What is an Anapest?

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

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

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

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

Store

Strong Foot

Garden

Away
5 The line "first and last" is an example of which metrical foot?

Anapest

Amphimacer

Ampyhbrach

Dactyl
6 What is a Dactyl?

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

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

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

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

A mountain in England's Lake district

An archaic term for "Heaven"

A famous Scottish castle

A mountaintop from Greek mythology
8 To be a poet crowned with fame, Derwent must be all of the following EXCEPT what?

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies

Tender hearted

Innocent, steady and wise

Frugal and shrewd
9 The marks atop the words in the first half of the poem show what?

Letters that should be sung.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

The speed at which the poem should be read.

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 God of Poetry.

The Holy Trinity.

The poet and God.

The poet and his father.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?

In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"

Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

A letter.

A school book.
13 The poem is poetically composed with which of the following?

Blank verse

Haiku

Iambic pentameter

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

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

The length of a line of poetry.

Vowel lengths.

The height of Derwent and his brother.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?

Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The poet's affection for his son.

The differences between various metrical feet.

The poet's hopes for himself.
16 The poem's mood is all of the following EXCEPT?

Humorous

Angry

Fun

Affectionate
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 work the land for profit.

He should enjoy the natural world.

He should only consume natural foods.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?

It was where Coleridge taught his son poetry.

It was a real mountain that Coleridge and his son both knew in a part of England with literary significance.

It is the highest point in the Europe.

It was a fabled mountain from an Arabic poem.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?

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

His philosophy of writing for fun.

His philosophy of only writing short poems.

His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

Sarah, Coleridge's wife.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.

School children, in general.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?

Dactyl

Spondee

Anapest

Amphimacer
22 Which is NOT a theme found in the poem?

Fatherly Love

Politics

Education

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

Iambs

Amphimacers

Dactyls

Anapests
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?

The Modernists

Fluxus

The Lake Poets

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

Iambs

Amphibrachs

Spondees

Trochees

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