50+ MCQs on Introduction to Meter with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. What is meter in poetry?
A) The number of lines in a poem
B) The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
C) The length of a poem
D) The rhyme scheme of a poem

2. Which term refers to a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable?
A) Trochee
B) Iamb
C) Anapest
D) Dactyl

3. In iambic pentameter, how many syllables are there in each line?
A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Eight

4. Which of the following is an example of trochaic meter?
A) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
B) “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”MCQs on Introduction to Meter 
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”

5. In poetry, what term refers to a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables?
A) Spondee
B) IambMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
C) Anapest
D) Trochee

6. Which of the following meters consists of five iambs per line?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic trimeterMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
D) Dactylic hexameter

7. How many syllables are in a line of iambic tetrameter?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

8. What is the scansion of the line “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” in iambic pentameter?
A) / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘
B) ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
C) / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
D) ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘

9. Which meter is often used in limericks, consisting of five anapestic lines, with lines 1, 2, and 5 having three feet, and lines 3 and 4 having two feet?
A) Anapestic trimeter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Trochaic tetrameter
D) Dactylic hexameter

10. What is the predominant meter in William Shakespeare’s sonnets?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

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11. Which of the following lines is in dactylic hexameter?
A) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
B) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
C) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
D) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”

12. Which meter consists of lines alternating between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter?
A) Ballad meter
B) Heroic couplets
C) Blank verse
D) Free verse

13. How many syllables are there in a line of anapestic tetrameter?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

14. Which meter is often associated with nursery rhymes and comic verse, consisting of lines with three anapestic feet?
A) Anapestic trimeter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Trochaic tetrameterMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
D) Dactylic hexameter

15. What is the meter of the following line: “Double, double, toil and trouble”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeterMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
D) Dactylic hexameter

16. What is the meter of “By the shores of Gitche Gumee”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

17. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of trochaic tetrameter?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

18. In the line “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield,” how many iambs are there?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

19. What meter is commonly used in epic poetry, consisting of six dactylic feet per line?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

20. How many syllables are in a line of iambic trimeter?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six

21. Which of the following lines is in iambic trimeter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

22. How many feet are in a line of dactylic pentameter?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

23. What is the predominant meter in most English-language sonnets?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

24. How many syllables are in a line of trochaic trimeter?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six

25. Which of the following lines is in trochaic tetrameter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

26. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of anapestic pentameter?
A) Five

B) Six
C) Seven
D) Eight

27. What is the meter of the following line: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

28. How many syllables are in a line of dactylic tetrameter?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

29. Which meter is often used in humorous or satirical poetry, consisting of lines with three trochaic feet?
A) Trochaic trimeter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic tetrameter
D) Dactylic hexameter

30. What is the meter of “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

31. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of iambic hexameter?
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Eight
D) Nine

32. Which of the following lines is in anapestic tetrameter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

33. How many syllables are there in a line of dactylic pentameter?
A) Five
B) Six
C) SevenMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
D) Eight

34. What is the meter of “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

35. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of trochaic pentameter?
A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Eight

36. Which of the following lines is in dactylic pentameter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

37. How many syllables are there in a line of iambic hexameter?
A) Twelve
B) Thirteen
C) Fourteen
D) Fifteen

38. What is the meter of the following line: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

39. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of trochaic hexameter?
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Eight
D) Nine

40. Which of the following lines is in anapestic pentameter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

41. How many syllables are there in a line of iambic heptameter?
A) Seven
B) Eight
C) Nine
D) Ten

42. What is the meter of “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

43. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of dactylic heptameter?
A) Seven
B) Eight
C) Nine
D) Ten

44. Which of the following lines is in anapestic heptameter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

45. How many syllables are there in a line of trochaic heptameter?
A) Seven
B) Eight
C) Nine
D) Ten

46. What is the meter of “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

47. How many stressed syllables are there in a line of iambic octameter?
A) Eight
B) Nine
C) Ten
D) Eleven

48. Which of the following lines is in anapestic octameter?
A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
B) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”

49. How many syllables are there in a line of dactylic octameter?
A) Eight
B) Nine
C) Ten
D) Eleven

50. What is the meter of “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”?
A) Trochaic tetrameter
B) Iambic pentameter
C) Anapestic trimeter
D) Dactylic hexameter

Answer

1. B) The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
2. A) Trochee
3. A) Five
4. A) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
5. A) Spondee
6. A) Iambic pentameter
7. A) Four
8. C) / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
9. A) Anapestic trimeter

10. A) Iambic pentameter
11. D) “Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles, son of Peleus”
12. A) Ballad meter
13. B) Four
14. A) Anapestic trimeter
15. A) Trochaic tetrameter
16. A) Trochaic tetrameterMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
17. A) Four
18. A) FourMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
19. D) Dactylic hexameter
20. A) Three
21. C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
22. B) Five
23. A) Iambic pentameter
24. A) Three
25. A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
26. A) FiveMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
27. A) Iambic pentameterMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
28. A) Four
29. A) Trochaic trimeter
30. C) Anapestic trimeterMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
31. A) Six
32. C) “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”
33. B) Six
34. C) Anapestic trimeter
35. A) FiveMCQs on Introduction to Meter 
36. D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
37. A) Twelve
38. A) Iambic pentameter
39. A) Six
40. A) “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me”
41. A) Seven
42. B) Iambic pentameter
43. B) Eight
44. D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
45. B) Eight
46. A) Trochaic tetrameter
47. A) Eight
48. D) “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
49. B) Nine
50. B) Iambic pentameter