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A Literary Criticism quiz with questions about John Donne poems.
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1
John Donne was a poet of what type of poetry?
Romantic Poetry
Metaphysical Poetry
Cavalier Poetry
Classical Poetry
2
In "A Valediction" this poem is particularly noteworthy in Donne's life because
His wife had a stillborn child while he was gone
He never returned to his wife again
His wife had an affair while he was gone
His wife died while he was gone
3
In "Go and Catch a Falling Star" Donne uses hyperbole in all of the following lines except
25-27
1
14-15
12
4
In "Love's Alchemy" the poem suggests that the speaker views the quest to find true love as
Folly
Mysterious, but capable of attainment
Worthy of scientific devotion
One best left to professionals
5
In "Love's Growth" the structure of this poem, a statement followed by logical arguments, is a
Discourse
Syllogism
Dialectic
Polemic
6
In "Go and Catch a Falling Star" past pronunciation of a word compared to today's is in line
8
27
16
5
7
In "The Relic" line 6 is a
Synecdoche
Caesura
Metonymy
Litotes
8
What type of sonnets did Donne write?
English (Shakespearean)
No particular type & elements of all; more Italian elements
Italian (Petrarchan)
English and Italian
9
"Go and Catch a Falling Star" differs from most Petrarchan philosophies in that they
Believed in imortality
Thought falling stars were a sign of bad luck
Went on pilgrimages
Idealized women
10
In "Holy Sonnet 5" the "both parts" of line 4 is best understood as
A person's spiritual and corporeal beings
A person's original sin and forgiven state
A person's capacity for both good and evil
A person's belief and lack of belief
11
In "Holy Sonnet 1" the simile present in the final line likens the power of God to that of
electricity
fire
magnetism
an artist
12
Why was Donne reluctant to make the career change into the clergy?
He wanted to be a poet primarily
He saw himself as unworthy of God's grace and to serve him
He was worried about his wife
His health was failing
13
Which of these time periods did Donne write in?
Georgian Era (1714-1830) and the Regency Period (1811-1820)
Late Middle Ages and Tudor Period (1485-1603)
Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) and Jacobean Age (1603-1625)
Victorian Age (1837-1901) and Edwardian Era (1901-1910)
14
In "Holy Sonnet 5" the use of "cunningly" in line 1 best corresponds to its archaic meaning of
Skillfully, or with ingenuity
Craftily, or in a deceiving manner
Deliberately, or with intention
Miraculously, or with divine help
15
In what is Donne's religious strife apparent?
The contradictions in his poetry
His non poetry works
His constantly changing faith
His apparent thoughts of suicide and his Holy Sonnets
16
Of what religion was Donne born and raised, and of what religion did he convert to in 1610?
Catholicism and Anglicanism
Anglicanism and Protestantism
Catholicism and Protestantism
Anglicanism and Catholicism
17
In "The Anniversary" Donne says all of the following about love except
It will continue into the afterlife
It will not be destroyed
It makes him like royalty
It is transitory
18
In "The Anniversary" the "divorce" referred to in the poem is caused by
The discovery of his mistress
His wife leaving him for another man
Death
British law
19
In "Holy Sonnet 5" the final line's reference to eating refers to
Study of the Bible
The medicine of prayer
The power of fire to consume
The all-consuming power of death
20
In "Holy Sonnet 18" line one establishes the poem as an extended
apostrophe
epithalium
ode
strophe
21
In "Love's Alchemy" the contrast of what lovers expect and receive is expressed in line 11-12's
Antithesis
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Paeon
22
In "The Flea" the use of "pampered swells" in line 8 is a reference to
The spoiled woman
The flea
Their lives together
Pregnancy
23
In "The Canonization" the first stanza contains all of the following except
Archaism
Chiasmus
Homoeoteleuton
Zeugma
24
In "Love's Growth" the word quintessence was used. What did this mean in Donne's time?
The fifth element after water, air, earth and fire
Pure love
A highly addictive drug
A healing by God
25
Donne had small group of admirers. How many poems were published in his lifetime?
Fifteen
Just one book of poems
Fewer than ten
More than twenty
26
In "The Canonization" the quote "His stamped face" in line 7 refers to
Someone with no expression
A dead person
A portrait
Money
27
In "The Relic" lines 12-19, the relic is reminiscent of what medieval practice of selling
Tithes
Pardons
Signs
Adorations
28
In "Holy Sonnet 1" the relationship between the words "haste" and "fast" is categorized as
Assonance
Consonance
Rime retournee
Rime riche
29
In "Holy Sonnet 5" line 9's reference to the world's being "drown'd no more" alludes to
The Tempest
The New Testament
The Old Testament
Arthurian legend
30
In "Holy Sonnet 18" the reference to "seven hills" in line eight alludes to
Jerusalem
Athens
Rome
Paris
31
Why was Donne's marriage to Ann More in 1601 scandalous, & why was he briefly imprisoned for it
He didn't have her father's permission, & married in secret
They lived together before becoming married
They were of different faiths
He was below her station
32
In "The Canonization" Donner expounds upon his own roles as all of the following except
A virile lover
A poet
A king
A possible saint
33
In "The Flea" we know that the woman has refused the man's advances from all the lines except
16
19
14
2
34
In "A Valediction" all of the following are metaphors in this poem except
Sigh-tempests
Trepidation of the spheres
Twin compasses
Tear-floods
35
In "Love's Alchemy" the complex central comparison of love and alchemy is an example of what
Metaplasm
Motif
Metaphysical conceit
Apostrophe
36
In "Love's Alchemy" the poem's final stanza depicts men who claim to have found love as
Lucky simpletons
Self-deluding fools
Wise scientists
Indifferent partners
37
In "Holy Sonnet 1" the "his" of line 13 most clearly refers to
Satan
Donne particularly
Man's sinful nature
Adam
38
In "Love's Alchemy" the speaker's attitude toward women is
Hopeful
Cynical
Hateful
Fearful
39
In "Love's Growth" a paradox is in line(s)
5
11-12
16
7-8
40
Which is not an aspect of the Metaphysical Conceit?
Compares 2 things that seem dissimilar in an un-poetic way
A concept or analogy
May compare love to something seen as very romantic
Draws frequently from science for analogies
41
In "Holy Sonnet XVIII" the contrast between "richly painted" and "robbed and tore" shows what
Elizabeth I and James I
the difference between Catholic and Protestant spaces
The Pope and Martin Luther
Donne's poetry and that of other poets
42
Which of these is NOT an aspect of Metaphysical Poetry?
Techniques in the extreme; obscurity, roughness, and strain
Expressed joy, "carpe diem," and glory to the crown
Intellectual, analytical, psychological, disillusioning
Psychological analysis of love and religion
43
What did Donne do in January 1615?
He became a Anglican minister
He divorced his wife
He stopped writing poems
He began writing Holy Sonnets
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In "Love's Alchemy" the title sums up Donne's message, which is that
Only those who dig continuously will find true love
Blessed men are able to manipulate women into relationships
Neither true love nor alchemy exist
Women are not smart enough to stay true to intelligent men
