Questions about the poem "My Last Duchess"

Question 1

Which is not a character trait of the Duke?

Accepted Answer

Kindness

Question 2

How does the speaker see the duchess?

Accepted Answer

as a possession

Question 3

What is the speaker planning to do as he speaks in the poem?

Accepted Answer

get remarried

Question 4

Which word means lays partly over something?

Accepted Answer

laps

Question 5

Which word means fully sufficient, more than adequate for the purpose or need?

Accepted Answer

ample

Question 6

Which word means a claim made or implied, usually a false claim?

Accepted Answer

pretense

Question 7

A gift bestowed as a token of good will is called what?

Accepted Answer

favour

Question 8

The action of giving freely.

Accepted Answer

munificence

Question 9

Which word means money, goods or estate that wife brings her husband in marriage?

Accepted Answer

dowry

Question 10

This word means "dared"

Accepted Answer

durst

Question 11

How does the speaker address the other person in the room?

Accepted Answer

courteously

Question 12

Which word is a synonym for face?

Accepted Answer

countenance

Question 13

Which word means the wife or widow of a duke?

Accepted Answer

duchess

Question 14

An adjective meaning objectionably aggressive in offering one's help, services or advice.

Accepted Answer

officious

Question 15

Which word means a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape?

Accepted Answer

mantle

Question 16

Who speaks in Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess?"

Accepted Answer

the duke

Question 17

What type of poem is "My Last Duchess?"

Accepted Answer

dramatic monologue

Question 18

Which word means a tree branch, especially one of the larger or main branches?

Accepted Answer

bough

Question 19

Something that gives reliable or formal assurance; a guarantee; a pledge

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warrant

Question 20

Which word means serious in intention, purpose or effort, showing depth or sincerity of feeling?

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earnest

Question 21

The portrait of the Duchess is best described by which word?

Accepted Answer

Realistic

Question 22

Which word means idle or frivolous conduct, action lacking serious value?

Accepted Answer

trifling

Question 23

Who is the author of "My Last Duchess?"

Accepted Answer

Robert Browning

Question 24

Who painted the portrait?

Accepted Answer

Fra Pandolf

Question 25

Which word means in truth, in fact, indeed?

Accepted Answer

forsooth

Questions about the poem "My Last Duchess"

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Questions about the poem "My Last Duchess"

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