There are many lines from great poetry that everybody knows – or do they? In this quiz you are given some famous lines, each with one word missing. Can you select the right one to fill the gap? Given that my educational background was in English Literature, I appreciate that what is well-known to me might not be the same for you – although I have included some examples from American as well as British poets here.
As a bonus, do you know the identity of the poet in the picture?
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Question of
___ is the cruellest month (T S Eliot)
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March
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April
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August
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November
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Question of
All in the Valley of Death rode the ___ hundred (Tennyson)
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six
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seven
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eight
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nine
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Question of
Yet each man kills the thing he ___ (Wilde)
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hates
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despises
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loves
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loathes
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Question of
Two roads diverged in a ___ wood (Robert Frost)
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green
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red
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brown
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yellow
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Question of
Shall I compare thee to a ___ day? (Shakespeare)
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Spring
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Summer’s
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Autumn
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Winter’s
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Question of
Do not go gentle into that ___ night (Dylan Thomas)
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good
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bad
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dark
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long
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Question of
Quoth the ___ ‘Nevermore!’ (Poe)
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Giant
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Monster
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Dragon
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Raven
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Question of
Hail to thee, blithe spirit! ___ thou never wert (Shelley)
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Soul
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Bird
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Man
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Ghost
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Question of
It is an ancient ___ And he stoppeth one of three (Coleridge)
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Soldier
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Pensioner
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Mariner
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Emperor
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Question of
The best laid schemes o’ ___ an’ men (Burns)
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mice
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rats
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boys
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lads
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9/10 Nice
bad day for me
6/10 Interesting quiz
I got half correctly. Very good quiz.
3/10
2/10 and I failed the one from Ancient Mariner. Was I thinking?
“…with thy long beards and glittering eye”
Only two? That surprises me.
9/10 Darn I missed Frost! Great quiz 🙂
Oh, and I’m fairly sure that’d be wee Robbie Burns!
Quite right – tis the lad himself!
5 out of 10, good quiz!
8/10 and one silly mistake. This was a fun quiz and makes me want to sit down with an anthology 🙂
I am just like Dawnwriter
Not me! I got 3!
5/10 here, fun quiz!
5 only this time
got 4 out of 10 right!
I got them all right, however I guessed at two of them. It seems my brain works better on Tuesday
Well done! I would expect most people to do well at this.