This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. That test was a piece of cake! A) The test was too hard. B) The test tasted like cake. C) The test was easy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The test was easy. 2. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Which is the metaphor A) They children ran like ripples through water. B) Alan's jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant. C) The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face. 4. My dad is a walking encyclopedia. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. A ..... compares 2 unlike things, using the words like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. What does "She has been living in a bubble" mean? A) She does not know a lot about what is happening in the world around her. B) She legitimately lives in a giant bubble. C) She knows a lot about what is happening in the world around her. D) She lives in a giant clear plastic ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She does not know a lot about what is happening in the world around her. 7. My best friend and I are like two peas in a pod. A) Very different. B) Very much alike. C) We argue a lot. D) We look alike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very much alike. 8. What is the meaning of the following simile?The fruit salad was like a rainbow! A) It was rainbow shaped. B) Leprechauns liked it. C) It was colorful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was colorful. 9. Which of these is an example of a metaphor? A) It's hotter than an oven in here. B) He's as dead as a doornail. C) To be or not to be, that is the question. D) The early bird gets the worm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The early bird gets the worm. 10. "Sam is as wise as an owl" can be rewritten as metaphor ..... How? A) Sam is like a wise owl. B) Sam is very smart and owls are known to be smart, too. C) Sam is a wise owl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sam is a wise owl. 11. My pencil is my ally on my test. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. She slept like a log. A) She slept soundly. B) She liked to sleep in the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She slept soundly. 13. Simile or metaphor? The lamp was a beacon of sunshine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. Lauren is a fish when she gets into the pool.What does the metaphor mean? A) Lauren is a mermaid. B) Lauren is the name of their fish. C) Lauren swims really well. D) Lauren can breath under water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lauren swims really well. 15. The answer to the problem is as clear as crystal A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, " what is the meaning of this simile? A) That you are incomplete just as a room is without a roof. B) That there is no roof in the room that the person is in. C) To describe happiness that is difficult to contain. D) That you should clap if you do not have a roof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe happiness that is difficult to contain. 17. I move as slow as a turtle when I wake up. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. "And when it comes down to this recordingI must be Lebron James if he's Jordan" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. He is a monkey! This is a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? It's time to take your turn. A) It's raining cats and dogs. B) The ball is in your court. C) Reach for the stars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ball is in your court. 21. Katrina is as hungry as a bear ..... what are they comparing? A) Bear, food. B) Katrina, bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katrina, bear. 22. Mrs. Bowsman is a bear when she wakes up each morning. A) Mrs. Bowsman likes to eat berries for breakfast. B) Mrs. Bowsman is grouchy in the mornings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Bowsman is grouchy in the mornings. 23. What does the metaphor mean?My brother is a night owl. A) My brother is a bird. B) My brother can fly. C) My brother stays up all night like an owl. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother stays up all night like an owl. 24. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks. What does the simile mean? A) The cookies were nice and soft. B) The cookies were really hard. C) The cookies were just right. D) The cookies were really warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cookies were really hard. 25. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below. He was a busy bee. A) He wore a striped shirt. B) He was extremely busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was extremely busy. 26. Maci has the voice of an angel. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 27. Joshua's brother is a rugrat. A) Joshua's brother looks like a rat. B) Joshua's brother is a little boy. C) Joshua's brother fell on the rug. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joshua's brother is a little boy. 28. This contract is as solid as the ground we stand on. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 29. Complete the metaphor:'The world is a stage, and we are ..... '? A) The audience. B) The actors. C) The props. D) The directors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The actors. 30. Life is like a sunset means that life is ..... A) Beautiful. B) Ageless. C) Black. D) Ancient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSimiles And Metaphors Quiz 1Similes And Metaphors Quiz 2Similes And Metaphors Quiz 3Similes And Metaphors Quiz 4Similes And Metaphors Quiz 5Similes And Metaphors Quiz 6Similes And Metaphors Quiz 7Similes And Metaphors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books