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Poetry Meter Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on Poetry Feet and Meters

Welcome to Who Wants to be a Millionaire of Poetry Meters! Test your knowledge with this quiz and see if you can win the ultimate prize of $1 million. Answer questions on different types of poetic feet and meters to progress towards the grand prize. Good luck!

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Poetry Meter Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on Poetry Feet and Meters

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  1. 50:50 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Welcome toWho Wants to be a Millionaire 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  2. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  3. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 All Poetry must have… 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B. Meter 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Rhyme B: Meter C: Assonance D: Alliteration

  4. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  5. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 The simplest units of poetry - just 2 or 3 syllables are called… 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 D: Poetic Feet 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: Iambs A: Couplets C: Poetic Hands D: Poetic Feet

  6. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  7. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 Poetic foot: stressed syllable followed by unstressed. Example - DUN can.. 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B. Trochee 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Anapest B: Trochee C: Iamb D: Dactyle

  8. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  9. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Poetic foot: 2 unstressed syllable then one stressed syllable . Example - hick or Y, dick or Y. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 A. Anapest 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: Trochee A: Anapest C: Iamb D: Dactyl

  10. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  11. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 Poetic foot: unstressed syllable followed by stressed. Example - Mac BETH 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 C. Iamb 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Anapest B: Trochee C: Iamb D: Dactyl

  12. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! You’ve Reached the $1,000 Milestone!

  13. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  14. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Poetic foot: stressed followed by 2 unstressed. Example - PO et ry or Mer i lee. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D. Dactyl 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Anapest B: Trochee D: Dactyl C: Iamb

  15. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  16. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 Type of meter which has 5 poetic feet per line. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B. Pentameter 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Tetrameter B: Pentameter C: Iambic D: Dactylic

  17. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  18. 15 Type of meter which has 4 poetic feet per line. $1 Million 14 $500,000 Type of meter which has 4 poetic feet per line. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D. Tetrameter 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Quadrameter B: Hexameter C: Fourtranameter D: Tetrameter

  19. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  20. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 A four line unit of poetry. 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B. Quatrain 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Anapest B: Quatrain C: Sestet D: Couplet

  21. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  22. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” is in … 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 C. Iambic Pentameter 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Trochaic Pentameter B: Iambic Tetrameter C: Iambic Pentameter D: Dactylic Trimeter

  23. Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations! You’ve Reached the $32,000 Milestone!

  24. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  25. 15 $1 Million “Adam Had em” This Poem Fleas reads in what meter? 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 C. Trochaic Monometer 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: Iambic Monometer A: Iambic Pentameter C: Trochaic Monometer D: Anapestic Dimeter

  26. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  27. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 An example of purely syllabic poetry is … 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 B. Japanese Haiku 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Beowulf of the Anglo Saxons B: Japanese Haiku D: Homer’s Iliad C: Sonnets

  28. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  29. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 • What meter is presented in the Beatles’ lyrics ….Picture your self in a boat on a river with • tangerine tree-ees and marmalade skii-ii-es. 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 D. Dactylic Tetrameter 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 A: Iambic Hexameter B: Anapestic Pentameter C: Choriambic Dimeter D: Dactylic Tetrameter

  30. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  31. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 “If you had 3 Quatrains and a couplet of Iambic Pentameter, how many syllables would you have? 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 A. 140 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: 80 A: 140 C: 120 D: 160

  32. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 1 $100

  33. 15 $1 Million 14 $500,000 If you had a couplet, a quatrain, a sestet and an octave in Trochaic Pentameter…How many syllables would you have? 13 $250,000 12 $125,000 11 $64,000 10 $32,000 9 $16,000 8 $8,000 7 $4,000 6 $2,000 C. 200 5 $1,000 4 $500 3 $300 2 $200 50:50 1 $100 B: 160 A: 100 220 C: 200 D:

  34. YOU WIN $1 MILLION DOLLARS!

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