Naming of Parts Quizzes

Naming of Parts Quiz

1 Which device is most prominent in this poem?
Hyperbole

Synecdoche

Apostrophe

Rhyme
2 Fill in the blank: "The _____ Are fragile and motionless"
trees

children

soldiers

blossoms
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
4

5

2

7
4 Who is the poem's speaker?
A university student

A prison inmate

An army officer

A doctor
5 What is the poem's meter throughout?
Dactylic monometer

Trochaic dimeter

There is no consistent meter

Iambic pentameter
6 Fill in the blank: "it is perfectly easy / If you have any strength in your _____"
back

mind

arm

thumb
7 Which of these lines includes simile?
"Japonica / Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens."

"And this / Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see"

"You can do it quite easy / If you have any strength in your thumb."

"This is the safety-catch, which is always released"
8 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"And please do not let me / See anyone using his finger."

"we call this / Easing the spring."

"And this Is the upper sling swivel, / whose use you will see"

"For today we have the naming of the parts"
9 Which of the following does the poem juxtapose?
Safety and adventure

City life and the rustic

Industry and agriculture

War and nature
10 Fill in the blank: "And please do not let me / See anyone using his _____."
brain

phone

rifle

finger
11 Who is the speaker's implicitly evoked audience?
A couple on their wedding day

A group of soldiers

A classroom of children

A family of orphans
12 Which device appears in the sentence "The blossoms / Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see / Any of them using their finger."
Simile

Understatement

Personification

Anaphora
13 Which word is an example of onomatopoeia in the poem?
Glistens

Thumb

Bolt

Flick
14 Which of the following is NOT one of this poem's themes?
War

Sexuality

Childhood

Nature
15 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
Japonica

Guns

Fingers

Branches
16 What kind of stanzas does this poem have?
Sextets

Quatrains

Octets

Couplets
17 This can best be described as which of the following?
A nationalistic poem

An acrostic

An elegy

An anti-war poem
18 Which of the following is a symbol in this poem?
The lower swing swivel

The officer

The stars

The gun
19 What object does the poem center around?
A car

A fur coat

A gun

A hair dryer
20 Fill in the blank: "They call it easing the _____."
passage

Spring

day

pain
21 Which historical event does this poem allude to?
The Falklands War

The Vietnam War

World War II

World War I
22 Fill in the blank: "Today we have _____ / Yesterday, We had daily cleaning."
naming of parts

what to do after firing

review of the weapon

an important task
23 Where does this poem most likely take place?
Japan

France

Germany

Algeria
24 Which word is most clearly used in this poem to create a pun?
Parts

Breech

Spring

Bees
25 Fill in the blank: "And this / Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see, / When you are given your _____"
tools

guns

slings

jobs

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