Yet Do I Marvel Quizzes

Yet Do I Marvel Quiz

1 What kind of poem is "Yet Do I Marvel"?

Villanelle

Sonnet

Haiku

Free verse
2 Which of the following entities does not appear in the poem?

Tantalus

God

Prometheus

Sisyphus
3 What does "inscrutable" mean?

Greedy

Marvelous

Cruel

Impossible to understand
4 What is the "never-ending stair" of the poem?

The road to poetic fame

Sisyphus' hill

The place where Tantalus is trapped

Where God dwells
5 What is the "turn" or shift in tone of a sonnet called?

Volta

Hinge

Pace

Contradiction
6 What does "immune to catechism" mean?

Not immunized

Can't be combined

Can't get sick

Can't merely be memorized and repeated
7 What's wrong with the mole, according to the poem?

It is can't sing

It lives underground and is blind

It is mortal

It is black
8 Most of the poem is written in iambic pentameter, but "Yet do" (accented on the first syllable) is an example of a:

Spondee

Meter

Form

Trochee
9 "And did He stoop to quibble" means:

If He wanted to explain

And did he stoop to quibble? (a question)

If He dribbled

If He leaned down
10 What kind of references or allusions does the poem NOT include?

Theological

Mythological

Biological

Entomological

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