World Poetry Day Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the World's Beloved Poems.

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    When was the first World Poetry Day held? 

    • March 21, 1999
    • May 2, 2001
    • June 12, 2001
    • May 1, 2002
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Do you love poetry? We invite you to celebrate this World Poetry Day with a fun, informative quiz. Do you think you know enough to ace this quiz? Go ahead and give it a try! Poetry is a literary genre that incorporates rhythmic beauty and aesthetics to convey a message. Try your best to get 90% on this quiz. Make sure to share this quiz with fellow poetry lovers! Have fun! All the very best!

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  • 2. 

    When is World Poetry Day observed? 

    • February 12

    • March 21

    • March 25 

    • April 2

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  • 3. 

    Who is the author of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"? 

    • William Ernest Henley

    • William Wordsworth

    • William Blake

    • William Shakespeare

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  • 4. 

    Who is the author of "And Still I Rise"? 

    • Rudyard Kipling

    • Maya Angelou

    • Lewis Carroll

    • Alfred Tennyson

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  • 5. 

    When is National Poetry Month?

    • May

    • June

    • April

    • August

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  • 6. 

    When did Edgar Allen Poe publish "The Raven"? 

    • 29 January 1800

    • 29 January 1818

    • 29 January 1832

    • 29 January 1845

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  • 7. 

    The Epic of Gilgamesh has its origin in which country? 

    • Ancient Egypt

    • Greece

    • Mesopotamia

    • India 

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  • 8. 

    Who wrote the poem "Ulysses"?

    • T. S. Eliot

    • Edgar Allan Poe

    • Alfred Tennyson

    • William Shakespeare

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  • 9. 

    Who wrote the classic poem "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

    • Dylan Thomas

    • Robert Frost

    • William Shakespeare

    • Edgar Allan Poe

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  • 10. 

    When did Robert Frost publish "The Road Not Taken"? 

    • 1883

    • 1889

    • 1900

    • 1915 

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