Metaphoric Table Quiz -

Questions

1. Who wrote the famous simile, ‘My love is like a red, red rose’?

a. Robert Burns   b. Robert the Bruce   c. Robert Mugabe

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2. Which of the following describes, ‘A pig in a poke’? 

a. Alliteration  b. Metaphor  c. Brexit  d. All three

 

3. Who wailed the pun, ‘Infamy!  Infamy!  They’ve all got it in for me!’? 

a. Kenneth Williams   b. Robbie Williams   c. Jeremy Corbyn

 

4. 'Scotland wins the World Cup is the use of...       

a. Metonymy   b. Metaphor   c. A fertile imagination

 

5. Which of these are oxymorons...?

a. Terribly good   b. Happily married   c. Donald Trump

 

6. ‘I would walk 500 miles’, is an example of...          

a. Hyperbole   b. Hyperactivity   c. Bus de-regulation

 

7. ‘Downing Street was confused’, is an example of...

a.  Personification   b. Metonymy   c. Boris Johnson