John Donne was born into a family that was _____, but he became a(n) _____ priest.
Agnostic, Anglican
Anglican, Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic, Anglican
Puritan, Lutheran
2. John Donne was on the path to success. He was private secretary to a high court official, Sir Thomas Egerton. How did he ruin his career?
He wrote a private, critical poem about Queen Elizabeth
He eloped with Egerton's niece
It was discovered that he was a Catholic
He basically made a pass at Egerton's wife
3. Henry Vaughan experienced a spiritual awakening inspired by the poems of what metaphysical poet?
George Herbert
Thomas Carew
His own
John Donne
4. Which of the following was NOT a metaphysical poet?
Abraham Cowley
George Herbert
John Dryden
Henry Vaughan
5. The metaphysical poets employed many extended comparisons, also known as:
gargantuan similes
conceits
splendid comparisons
paradoxes
6. He wrote of both "A Divine Mistress" and "A Cruel Mistress".
Richard Crashaw
John Donne
Thomas Carew
Henry Vaughan
7. What Donne poem contains these lines: "If ever any beauty I did see, / Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee."
The Sun Rising
The Flea
The Canonization
The Good-Morrow
8. In "The Canonization", Donne says, "The ____ riddle hath more wit / By us: we two being one, are it. / So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. / We die and rise the same, and prove / Mysterious by this love." What's missing from the blank?
Phoenix
Twisted
Sphinx
Giant's
9. In what poem does John Donne try to convince a woman to have sex with him?
The Flea
The Apparition
All of these
To His Mistress Going to Bed
10. What kind of poetry did Donne NOT write?
sonnets
elegies
satires
concrete poetry
11. "_____, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful." Fill in the missing word from this Donne sonnet.
12. He wrote "To His Coy Mistress."
John Donne
Andrew Marvell
Richard Crashaw
George Herbert
13. What Donne poem is a play on Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?
The Ecstasy
The Bait
The Funeral
Song
14. George Herbert wrote a poem in which he insisted that even simple, uncomplicated verse can be beautiful if it plainly states the truth. In it, he says, "Nor let them punish me with losse of ryme, / Who plainly say, My God, My King." What is the name of this poem?
Love (I)
Jordan (I)
Affliction (II)
Sinne (II)
15. This poem by John Donne was probably about his wife's death.
A Valediction: Forbiding Mourning
A Nocturnal Upon Saint Lucy's Day
The Flea
The Funeral
16. John Donne dedicated his holy sonnets to whose mother?
Richard Crashaw's
His own
Andrew Marvell's
George Herbert's
17. Which metaphysical poet helped to rebuild his parish's church out of his own pocket?
John Donne
George Herbert
Andrew Marvell
Richard Crashaw
18. George Herbert ends his poem "The Collar" with these lines: "Methought I heard one calling, Childe: / And I reply'd, _____"
Forgive Me
By Christ
I Am
My Lord
19. In Herbert's "The Pulley", what alone among the blessings does God withhold from man?
pleasure
truth
wisdom
rest
20. What metaphysical poet wrote a poem encouraging Christians to honor Christmas piously, and not by emulating heathen customs of decoration and reveling?
George Herbert
Andrew Marvell
John Donne
Henry Vaughan
21. After his wife died, Vaughan married his:
he never remarried
cousin
sister-in-law
niece
22. Andrew Marvell wrote an Horation Ode upon this man's return from Ireland.
Bonnie Prince Charles
Cromwell
John Milton
Jonathan Swift
23. Richard Crashaw wrote a poem called "Non Vi" that contained a picture of a heart. What is this picture called?
An Emblem
A Coat of Arms
A Symbol
Concrete Poetry
24. Richard Crashaw wrote a poem about what other metaphysical poet's book?
George Herbert's
Andrew Marvell's
John Donne's
His own
25. What does Vaughan refer to as a "Sweet, sacred hill"?
Golgotha
Calvary
The Mount of Olives
Mount Sinai
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