To The Memory of Mr. Oldham Quizzes

To The Memory of Mr. Oldham Quiz

1 Who was John Oldham?
A writer

A painter

An explorer

A politician
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
AABBCCDD

AB AB AB

ABAB BCBC

ABB ABB
3 Which meter is used in this poem?
Trochaic pentameter

Dactylic dimeter

Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
4 What does the word "ally'd" mean in this poem's context?
United

Peaceful

Supportive

Identical
5 What is a lyre?
A graveyard plot

A person who routinely lies

A country estate

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

Tongue

Ivy

Farewell
7 What does the word "numbers" mean in this particular context?
Mathematics

Musical notes

Poetic meter

Navigation
8 Who is the poem's speaker?
John Dryden

Nisus

Mr. Oldham

An unnamed young boy
9 The allusion to Nisus is drawn from which source?
The Aeneid

The Canterbury Tales

Aristotle's Poetics

Hamlet
10 What do ivy and laurels indicate in this work?
The vengeance of nature

Bookish intelligence

A strong legacy

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

A type of growth found in rotting materials

A popular 18th-century dish

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 turn away from satire towards more timeless issues

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

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

1691

1653

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

Paradox

Synecdoche

Simile
15 The line "Cast in the same poetic mould with mine" denotes what?
That the speaker and subject are similar as writers and people

That Oldham had influence and control over the speaker

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

That the speaker and Oldham competed for literary fame
16 Of what is this poem primarily composed?
Monistich

Spenserian Stanzas

Tercets

Heroic couplets
17 Which specific genre do Dryden and Oldham both work in?
The Novel

Pastoralism

Satire

Hymns
18 This poem is an example of what?
An acrostic

A sonnet

An ekphrastic poem

An elegy
19 What was the relationship between Dryden and Oldham in real life?
They were political rivals

They were friends

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 blend of high and low allusions

Its aggressive political critiques

Its long-winded pomposity

Its lack of technical precision
21 Which of the following is an instance of irony?
That Oldham died on the day the speaker was born

That the speaker has resented Oldham in the past but now misses him

That Oldham will be remembered as a fine poet, but he is actually a better novelist

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

N

F

L
24 What is most closely meant by the word "knave"?
Know-it-all

Scoundrel

Knight

Idiot
25 What is the name "Marcellus" an allusion to?
An English prince

A mythological character

Oldham's early pen name

A roman general

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