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?
AABBCCDD

ABB ABB

ABAB BCBC

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter

Dactylic dimeter
4 What does the word "ally'd" mean in this poem's context?
Peaceful

United

Supportive

Identical
5 What is a lyre?
A country estate

A person who routinely lies

A graveyard plot

A string instrument
6 Which word is used as a metonymy in "To The Memory of Mr. Oldham"?
Farewell

Ivy

Abhorr'd

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

Navigation

Mathematics

Poetic meter
8 Who is the poem's speaker?
An unnamed young boy

John Dryden

Mr. Oldham

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

Aristotle's Poetics

Hamlet

The Canterbury Tales
10 What do ivy and laurels indicate in this work?
Bookish intelligence

The vengeance of nature

A rural lifestyle

A strong legacy
11 What does "mould" mean in the poem?
A container used to shape liquids

A popular 18th-century dish

A type of growth found in rotting materials

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

It might turn away from satire towards more timeless issues

It might become more commercial because of changes in publishing

It might grow technically perfect but less interesting
13 When was John Oldham born?
1789

1653

1691

1815
14 The phrase "Thy generous fruits" is an instance of what?
Metaphor

Simile

Paradox

Synecdoche
15 The line "Cast in the same poetic mould with mine" denotes what?
That the speaker and Oldham competed for literary fame

That Oldham was never able to break away from his determined fate

That the speaker and subject are similar as writers and people

That Oldham had influence and control over the speaker
16 Of what is this poem primarily composed?
Spenserian Stanzas

Heroic couplets

Monistich

Tercets
17 Which specific genre do Dryden and Oldham both work in?
Satire

The Novel

Hymns

Pastoralism
18 This poem is an example of what?
An ekphrastic poem

A sonnet

An elegy

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

They were political rivals

They were not alive at the same time, but Dryden enjoyed his predecessor's work

They never met, but exchanged several admiring letters
20 Which of the following does Dryden critique in Oldham's writing?
Its long-winded pomposity

Its blend of high and low allusions

Its aggressive political critiques

Its lack of technical precision
21 Which of the following is an instance of irony?
That the speaker has resented Oldham in the past but now misses him

That Oldham, though younger than the speaker, has died first

That Oldham died on the day the speaker was born

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 uses alliterative W sounds

It breaks the pattern of heroic couplets

It references taste imagery

It uses mostly one-syllalbe words
23 The poem's first line features alliteration with which sound?
N

L

O

F
24 What is most closely meant by the word "knave"?
Idiot

Knight

Know-it-all

Scoundrel
25 What is the name "Marcellus" an allusion to?
A roman general

A mythological character

Oldham's early pen name

An English prince

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