I.Multiple Choice1.To commerate the death of his young wife, __________wrote the poem Annabel Lee.a. D.H. Lawrenceb. John Miltonc. Philip Phreneaud. Edgar Allan Poe2. In Leisure, ____________ thinks that it is a poor life if “we have no time to stand and stare”a. John Keatsb. William Henry Daviesc. Alexander Poped. John Donne3.. In Amy Lowell’s Falling Snow, the poet says that “When the temple bell rings again/ they will be covered and gone”. “They” here refers to ______a. the wooden clogsb. footprintsc. the pilgrimsd. none of the above4. The “busy archer”in Philip Sydney’s To the Moon refers to____a. the poet himselfb. Cupidc. a comrade-in-arms of the poetd. none of the above5. “Act____act in the glorious present”is perphaps the most soul-stirring line in _________’s poem A Psalm of Life.a. Henry Wadsworth Longfellowb. Percy Bissy Shellyc. Walt Whitmand. Carl Sandburg6. In Song of the Rain, _________ paints a rosy picture of happy family life where the poet is “Safe in the House with my boyhood love/ And our children are asleep in the attic above”.a. Kenneth Mackenzieb. Carl Sandburgc. Hugh MacCraed. Jerard Manley Hopkins7. “Day brought back my night”is a well-praised phrase from __________’s On His Deceased Wife.a. Edgar Allan Poeb. Robert Frostc. John Miltond. Philip Sydney8. In James Shirley’s poem Death the Leveller, the word “leveller” meansa. something that reduces everything to nothingb. something that brings equality to allc. something that levels the groundd. none of the above.9. What does “Fire” in Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice symbolize?a. warb. angerc. loved. desire10. In John Keat’s poem The Terror of Death, the phrase “unreflecting love” meansa. love without calculationb. love without preparationc. love never thought ofd. love involving many considerationsII.Blank Filling1.One word is too often ________,For me to ________ itOne feeling is too ______distained,For ______ to distain it.2.Make me thy lyre, even as the ___________ isWhat if my _______ are falling like its own,The __________of thy mighty harmonies ,Will take from both a ________autumnal tone___________Seasons of mists and mellow __________Close bosom friend of the______ sun,Conspiring with him how to _______ and blessWith fruit the vines round the thatch eaves ________ 3.When your are old and grey and full of ________And ______by the fire,. take down this bookAnd slowly read, and dream of the ________beautyYour eyes had once, and of their ______deep4.What is this life if, full of __________We have no time to stand and _______No time to see, when ______ we passSquirrels _______their nuts in grassIII.Authorship Identification1. In the world’s broad fields of battle,In the bivuac of life,Be not like dumb, driven cattleBe a hero in the strife.2. The snow whispers about me,And my wooden clogsLeave holes behind me in the snow,But no one will pass this waySeeking my footsteps,3. Her face was veil'd; yet to my fancied sightLove, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin'dSo clear, as in no face with more delight.But O, as to embrace me she inclin'd4. Ethereal minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eyeBoth with thy nest upon the dewy ground?Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will,Those quivering wings composed, that music still!5. No time to turn at beauty’s glance,And watch her feet, how they can danceNo time to wait till her mouth canEnric h that smile her eyes began.6.The CatGreening her eyes on the flame litten mat;Wickedly wakeful, she yawns at the rainBending the roses over the pane7.O world! O life! O time!On whose last steps I climb,Trembling at that where I had stood before;When will return the glory of your prime?8. The glories of our blood and stateAre shadows, not substantials things;There is no armor against fate,Death lays his icy hand on kings9.Whither, ‘midst falling dew,While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursueThy solitary way?10. O blest unfabled Incense Tree,That burns in glorious Araby,With red scent chalicing the air,Till earth-life grow Elysian there!IV.True or False1.Like John Donne, John Milton was a metaphisical poet because he liked to philosophizeabout things.2.In his lifetime, Shakespeare published altogether 154 sonnets.3. A free verse is different from a blank verse in that its form is much looser than the latter.4.Emily Dickinson was the first woman poet in the United States.5.Shakespeare never published any other poems than sonnets .6.In Sunflower, William Blake alludes to a Greek myth about a girl who pined away and died asa result of unrequited love7.Robert Browning’s main contribution to English poetry is his invention of the “dramaticmonologue”.8. A major difference between the 19th- century and the 20th- century English poetry is that theformer is more form-conscious while the latter is more content-conscious.9.An Italian sonnet differs from an English sonnet in the way the message of the poem isconveyed: the former is more direct, and the latter indirect.10.Poets like to write about nature because they think nature is beautiful.V.Terminology1.Sonnet2.imagery3.meter4.rhyming schemeI. 1. d 2. b. 3. b. 4. b. 5. a. 6. c. 7. c. 8. b. 9. d. 10 aII.1. profaned , profane, falsely, thee2.forest, leaves, tumult, deep,3.fruitfulness, maturing, load, run4.sleep, nodding, soft, shaddows5.care, stare, woods, hideIII.1.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Psalm of Life2.Amy Lowell, Falling Snow3.John Milton, On His Deceased Mistress4.William Wordsworth, To a Skylark5.William Henry Davies, Leisure6.Huge MacCrae, Song of the Rain7.Pecy Bishhy Shelly, A Lament8.James Shirly, Death the Leveller9.William Cullen Bryant, To a Waterfowl10.George Darley, the PhoenixIV. 1. F. 2. T. 3. T. 4. F. 5. F. .6 T. 7. T. 8. F. 9 F .10 FV.1.sonnet: a form of poetry that originated in Italy, meaning “short song”, containing 14lines that are divided into an octave and a sestet, though English poets like Shakespeare made changes on the structure by turning it into one comprising 3 quartrains and one couplet.2.imagery: figurative language used in poetry containing images as vehicles for expressionof poetical thoughts on the part of the poet.3.meter:systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse and a measure of unit ofmetrical verse4.rhyming scheme: a regular pattern of rhyme used in verse.。