To The Memory of Mr. Oldham Quizzes

To The Memory of Mr. Oldham Quiz

1 Who was John Oldham?
A writer

A politician

An explorer

A painter
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABB ABB

ABAB BCBC

AABBCCDD

AB AB AB
3 Which meter is used in this poem?
Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter

Dactylic dimeter

Iambic hexameter
4 What does the word "ally'd" mean in this poem's context?
United

Peaceful

Supportive

Identical
5 What is a lyre?
A graveyard plot

A string instrument

A country estate

A person who routinely lies
6 Which word is used as a metonymy in "To The Memory of Mr. Oldham"?
Abhorr'd

Farewell

Ivy

Tongue
7 What does the word "numbers" mean in this particular context?
Navigation

Poetic meter

Mathematics

Musical notes
8 Who is the poem's speaker?
An unnamed young boy

Mr. Oldham

Nisus

John Dryden
9 The allusion to Nisus is drawn from which source?
The Aeneid

Hamlet

Aristotle's Poetics

The Canterbury Tales
10 What do ivy and laurels indicate in this work?
A strong legacy

Bookish intelligence

The vengeance of nature

A rural lifestyle
11 What does "mould" mean in the poem?
A type of growth found in rotting materials

A popular 18th-century dish

A container used to shape liquids

An interior design element used in homes
12 What, according to the speaker, might have happened to Oldham's poetry as he aged?
It might grow technically perfect but less interesting

It might stay the same, but society would be ready for its message at last

It might become more commercial because of changes in publishing

It might turn away from satire towards more timeless issues
13 When was John Oldham born?
1815

1789

1691

1653
14 The phrase "Thy generous fruits" is an instance of what?
Simile

Metaphor

Paradox

Synecdoche
15 The line "Cast in the same poetic mould with mine" denotes what?
That the speaker and subject are similar as writers and people

That Oldham had influence and control over the speaker

That the speaker and Oldham competed for literary fame

That Oldham was never able to break away from his determined fate
16 Of what is this poem primarily composed?
Monistich

Spenserian Stanzas

Tercets

Heroic couplets
17 Which specific genre do Dryden and Oldham both work in?
Hymns

Satire

Pastoralism

The Novel
18 This poem is an example of what?
A sonnet

An ekphrastic poem

An elegy

An acrostic
19 What was the relationship between Dryden and Oldham in real life?
They were political rivals

They never met, but exchanged several admiring letters

They were friends

They were not alive at the same time, but Dryden enjoyed his predecessor's work
20 Which of the following does Dryden critique in Oldham's writing?
Its blend of high and low allusions

Its long-winded pomposity

Its aggressive political critiques

Its lack of technical precision
21 Which of the following is an instance of irony?
That Oldham, though younger than the speaker, has died first

That Oldham died on the day the speaker was born

That the speaker has resented Oldham in the past but now misses him

That Oldham will be remembered as a fine poet, but he is actually a better novelist
22 What primarily makes the line "But mellows what we write to the dull sweets of rhyme" unique?
It references taste imagery

It uses alliterative W sounds

It uses mostly one-syllalbe words

It breaks the pattern of heroic couplets
23 The poem's first line features alliteration with which sound?
N

F

O

L
24 What is most closely meant by the word "knave"?
Know-it-all

Knight

Scoundrel

Idiot
25 What is the name "Marcellus" an allusion to?
Oldham's early pen name

A roman general

An English prince

A mythological character

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