Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

1 What is a Spondee?
A metrical foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
2 What is an example of a Trochee?
Store

Strong Foot

Away

Garden
3 What is an Anapest?
A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable and then another stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable and then another unstressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
4 What is an example of an Iamb?
Away

Garden

Strong Foot

Store
5 The line "first and last" is an example of which metrical foot?
Dactyl

Ampyhbrach

Amphimacer

Anapest
6 What is a Dactyl?
A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
7 "Skiddaw" is what?
A famous Scottish castle

A mountain in England's Lake district

An archaic term for "Heaven"

A mountaintop from Greek mythology
8 To be a poet crowned with fame, Derwent must be all of the following EXCEPT what?
Frugal and shrewd

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies

Tender hearted

Innocent, steady and wise
9 The marks atop the words in the first half of the poem show what?
Letters that should be sung.

The speed at which the poem should be read.

A hidden message in a coded language.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.
10 Why does Coleridge call a Spondee "strong foot"?
Spondees are composed of three stressed syllables, so they make a heavy-footed sound.

The word "Spondee" derives from an old English word meaning "heavy of foot"

Spondees are composed of two stressed syllables, so they have a heavy footed rhythm.

The word "Spondee" derives from a special military march, in which soldiers walk heavily.
11 The word "Father" in the poem is used to specifically refer to who or what?
The God of Poetry.

The poet and his father.

The Holy Trinity.

The poet and God.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

A school book.

In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"

A letter.
13 The poem is poetically composed with which of the following?
Rhyming couplets

Haiku

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse
14 What do the words "long" and "short" refer to in the poem?
The length of a line of poetry.

The height of Derwent and his brother.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

Vowel lengths.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?
Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The differences between various metrical feet.

The poet's affection for his son.

The poet's hopes for himself.
16 The poem's mood is all of the following EXCEPT?
Angry

Fun

Affectionate

Humorous
17 When Coleridge says Derwent should "delight in the things of earth, water and skies" what does he mean?
He should enjoy the natural world.

He should only consume natural foods.

He should work the land for profit.

He should hunt on land, sea and air.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?
It was where Coleridge taught his son poetry.

It is the highest point in the Europe.

It was a real mountain that Coleridge and his son both knew in a part of England with literary significance.

It was a fabled mountain from an Arabic poem.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?
His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.

His philosophy of writing for fun.

His philosophy of only writing short poems.

His philosophy of poetry as a great money-making scheme.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
School children, in general.

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.

Sarah, Coleridge's wife.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?
Amphimacer

Dactyl

Spondee

Anapest
22 Which is NOT a theme found in the poem?
Education

Poetry

Fatherly Love

Politics
23 Which metrical foot throngs "with a leap and a bound"?
Iambs

Anapests

Amphimacers

Dactyls
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?
The Elizabethans

The Modernists

Fluxus

The Lake Poets
25 Which well-known metrical foot marches from "short to long"?
Iambs

Amphibrachs

Spondees

Trochees

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