Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man — Quiz

Question 1

Which lines are the best example of antithesis?

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Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;

Question 2

Which lines are the best example of parallelism?

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With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride

Question 3

Which statements about antithesis in poetry are accurate? Choose three correct answers.

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Antithesis is used to emphasize contrast.; Antithesis is usually dependent upon parallelism.; Antithesis is the combination of two opposing ideas.

Question 4

The repetition of similar grammatical structures in a poem is

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parallelism.

Question 5

What is antithesis?

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the combination of opposing ideas

Question 6

An iamb is a unit of poetry that consists of

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an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Question 7

A heroic couplet

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expresses a complete poetic thought.

Question 8

Enlightenment thinkers rejected

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established ideas.

Question 9

Alexander Pope uses poetry to express his ideas because

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the structure of verse emphasizes order and rationality.

Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man — Quiz Answers