Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Household-stuff

Wages

Wisdom
2 What does the verb “augment” mean?
Decrease

Increase

Enlighten

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

March

May

April
4 The speaker is
Accusatory

Jealous

Brave

Calm
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
Wages

A couch

A bird

A tree
6 The speaker (falsely) sees the relationship with God as a type of
Slavery

Contract

Apprenticeship

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

Being a writer

Running a church

Running a business
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Farmer

Politician

Saint

Rebel
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
Your power pushes me in different directions

You're biased against me

Your power crucifies me

You're putting me on trial
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Unique

Courageous

Strong

Appealing
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
The Globe Theatre

The University of Cambridge

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The court of King James I
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Allegory

Assonance

Alliteration

Anachronism
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Exodus

Book of Job

Gospel of Matthew

Genesis
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
The benefits of studying

The relationship of humans and God

False expectations

Sickness
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To be unaware of your sadness

Throw a party for 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 flesh fuses with his soul

The speaker's soul leaves his body
17 Each stanza of the poem is a sestain, meaning ___ lines
4

5

6

7
18 The two meters used in the poem are
iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

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

book

gown

treasure
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
astrology and mood

upbringing and inclination

time of birth and religion

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

Stop being a servant

Stop serving God

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

Unhappy

Brave

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

The 1500s

The 1700s

The 1600s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
Knowledge of God

God's plans

The past

The speaker's true thoughts
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
don't love thee

cannot love thee

if thee love me not

love thee not

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