Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

1 Which of the following does the speaker NOT expect from God?
Wisdom

Household-stuff

Wages

Stars
2 What does the verb “augment” mean?
Increase

Decrease

Enlighten

Weaken
3 In the early day of the speaker’s religious devotion “There was no month but ____”
December

May

March

April
4 The speaker is
Accusatory

Brave

Jealous

Calm
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
A tree

A bird

A couch

Wages
6 The speaker (falsely) sees the relationship with God as a type of
Partnership

Contract

Slavery

Apprenticeship
7 Which of these is NOT an example of life in “the town”?
Working in parliament

Being a writer

Running a business

Running a church
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Saint

Politician

Farmer

Rebel
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
You're putting me on trial

Your power crucifies me

Your power pushes me in different directions

You're biased against me
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Unique

Strong

Courageous

Appealing
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
The court of King James I

The University of Cambridge

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The Globe Theatre
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Assonance

Allegory

Anachronism

Alliteration
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Gospel of Matthew

Exodus

Book of Job

Genesis
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
The relationship of humans and God

False expectations

Sickness

The benefits of studying
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
Throw a party for sadness

To be unaware of your sadness

To band together with other sad people

To accidentally take the side of sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's flesh complains to his soul

The speaker's soul dies

The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul
17 Each stanza of the poem is a sestain, meaning ___ lines
5

6

7

4
18 The two meters used in the poem are
iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter
19 Which of these is not mentioned in the poem?
gown

treasure

tree

book
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
upbringing and inclination

time of birth and religion

astrology and mood

body and mind
21 When the speaker threatens to "change the service, and go seek/Some other master out" he is saying he will
Stop serving God

Change his profession

Stop being a servant

Find someone new to take care of him
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Brave

Meek

Angry

Unhappy
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1800s

The 1700s

The 1600s

The 1500s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
God's plans

The speaker's true thoughts

Knowledge of God

The past
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
cannot love thee

love thee not

if thee love me not

don't love thee

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