Naming of Parts Quizzes

Naming of Parts Quiz

1 Which device is most prominent in this poem?
Hyperbole

Apostrophe

Synecdoche

Rhyme
2 Fill in the blank: "The _____ Are fragile and motionless"
soldiers

children

trees

blossoms
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
4

5

2

7
4 Who is the poem's speaker?
An army officer

A doctor

A prison inmate

A university student
5 What is the poem's meter throughout?
Iambic pentameter

Trochaic dimeter

Dactylic monometer

There is no consistent meter
6 Fill in the blank: "it is perfectly easy / If you have any strength in your _____"
thumb

arm

back

mind
7 Which of these lines includes simile?
"And this / Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see"

"Japonica / Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens."

"This is the safety-catch, which is always released"

"You can do it quite easy / If you have any strength in your thumb."
8 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"And this Is the upper sling swivel, / whose use you will see"

"we call this / Easing the spring."

"And please do not let me / See anyone using his finger."

"For today we have the naming of the parts"
9 Which of the following does the poem juxtapose?
Safety and adventure

War and nature

City life and the rustic

Industry and agriculture
10 Fill in the blank: "And please do not let me / See anyone using his _____."
brain

finger

phone

rifle
11 Who is the speaker's implicitly evoked audience?
A family of orphans

A classroom of children

A group of soldiers

A couple on their wedding day
12 Which device appears in the sentence "The blossoms / Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see / Any of them using their finger."
Understatement

Simile

Anaphora

Personification
13 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia in the poem?
Bolt

Thumb

Glistens

Flick
14 Which of the following is NOT one of this poem's themes?
Childhood

Sexuality

War

Nature
15 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
Japonica

Fingers

Guns

Branches
16 What kind of stanzas does this poem have?
Sextets

Couplets

Quatrains

Octets
17 This can best be described as which of the following?
An anti-war poem

An acrostic

An elegy

A nationalistic poem
18 Which of the following is a symbol in this poem?
The gun

The officer

The stars

The lower swing swivel
19 What object does the poem center around?
A fur coat

A car

A hair dryer

A gun
20 Fill in the blank: "They call it easing the _____."
day

passage

Spring

pain
21 Which historical event does this poem allude to?
The Falklands War

World War I

The Vietnam War

World War II
22 Fill in the blank: "Today we have _____ / Yesterday, We had daily cleaning."
naming of parts

an important task

review of the weapon

what to do after firing
23 Where does this poem most likely take place?
Germany

France

Japan

Algeria
24 Which word is most clearly used in this poem to create a pun?
Spring

Breech

Parts

Bees
25 Fill in the blank: "And this / Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see, / When you are given your _____"
slings

jobs

tools

guns

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