1. What is the Greek term for the figure of speech known as a 'pun'?
2. Which of the following is not an alternate name for the pun?
3. John Donne's Hymn to God the Father contains a pun on his own name. Which word carries this pun?
4. Which writer is described as 'one of the most compulsive and incorrigible of punners in English literature'?
5. A homographic pun involves words that are:
6. A homophonic pun plays with words or phrases that:
7. A homonymic pun involves words that have:
8. A compound pun is defined as one that:
9. In the pun 'You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish,' what two elements are being compared for their sound?
10. Which playwright is famously associated with the grim pun about a 'grave man' in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
11. What is the primary characteristic of a 'compound pun'?
12. Which of these is a simple definition of 'paronomasia'?
13. Which word contains the pun in the line spoken by Mercutio after he is fatally stabbed in Romeo and Juliet? ''Tomorrow … you shall find me a grave man.''
14. Which of these is NOT a common type of pun?
15. Which Shakespearean play features the line "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man," using a pun on the word "grave"?
