WGU C100 Quizes
Questions with Correct Answers |100% Verified
1. Which of the following describes iambic
pentameter? a A 3-syllable foot occurring five times in
a line.
b A 2-syllable foot occurring four times in a
line. c A 3-syllable foot occurring four times in a
line.
d A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line.: d A 2-syllable foot
occurring five times in a line.
2. Geoffrey Chaucer authored which of the following Medieval
works? a Beowulf
b The Canterbury Tales
c The Song of Roland
d Lancelot: b The Canterbury Tales
3. Which of the following ancient texts both featured an account of
the creation of man and woman and the story of a worldwide flood?
a The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of the Dead
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,b The Book of the Dead and the Torah
c The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah
d The Iliad and the Book of the Dead: c The Epic of Gilgamesh and the
Torah
4. Which of the following describes a 14-line poem with a rhyming
couplet at the end?
a Lyric
b Sonnet
c Ode
d Elegy: b Sonnet
5. A Woman singing against orchestral background is an example of a(n)
.
Rondo
Nocturne
Fugue
Aria:
Aria
6. Consider this stanza of poetry from Robert Burns ("A Red, Red Rose"):
O, my luve's like a red, red
rose That's newly sprung in
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, June.
O, my luve is like the melodie
That's sweetly played in
tune.
3/9
Questions with Correct Answers |100% Verified
1. Which of the following describes iambic
pentameter? a A 3-syllable foot occurring five times in
a line.
b A 2-syllable foot occurring four times in a
line. c A 3-syllable foot occurring four times in a
line.
d A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line.: d A 2-syllable foot
occurring five times in a line.
2. Geoffrey Chaucer authored which of the following Medieval
works? a Beowulf
b The Canterbury Tales
c The Song of Roland
d Lancelot: b The Canterbury Tales
3. Which of the following ancient texts both featured an account of
the creation of man and woman and the story of a worldwide flood?
a The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of the Dead
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,b The Book of the Dead and the Torah
c The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah
d The Iliad and the Book of the Dead: c The Epic of Gilgamesh and the
Torah
4. Which of the following describes a 14-line poem with a rhyming
couplet at the end?
a Lyric
b Sonnet
c Ode
d Elegy: b Sonnet
5. A Woman singing against orchestral background is an example of a(n)
.
Rondo
Nocturne
Fugue
Aria:
Aria
6. Consider this stanza of poetry from Robert Burns ("A Red, Red Rose"):
O, my luve's like a red, red
rose That's newly sprung in
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, June.
O, my luve is like the melodie
That's sweetly played in
tune.
3/9
