Yet Do I Marvel Quizzes

Yet Do I Marvel Quiz

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

Haiku

Free verse

Villanelle
2 Which of the following entities does not appear in the poem?
God

Tantalus

Prometheus

Sisyphus
3 What does "inscrutable" mean?
Greedy

Impossible to understand

Marvelous

Cruel
4 What is the "never-ending stair" of the poem?
Sisyphus' hill

The road to poetic fame

The place where Tantalus is trapped

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

Contradiction

Hinge

Pace
6 What does "immune to catechism" mean?
Can't get sick

Can't be combined

Can't merely be memorized and repeated

Not immunized
7 What's wrong with the mole, according to the poem?
It lives underground and is blind

It is black

It is mortal

It is can't sing
8 Most of the poem is written in iambic pentameter, but "Yet do" (accented on the first syllable) is an example of a:
Spondee

Trochee

Meter

Form
9 "And did He stoop to quibble" means:
If He wanted to explain

And did he stoop to quibble? (a question)

If He leaned down

If He dribbled
10 What kind of references or allusions does the poem NOT include?
Biological

Entomological

Theological

Mythological

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