Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

1 Which of the following does the speaker NOT expect from God?
Household-stuff

Wisdom

Stars

Wages
2 What does the verb “augment” mean?
Enlighten

Decrease

Weaken

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

March

December

April
4 The speaker is
Jealous

Calm

Accusatory

Brave
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
A bird

Wages

A couch

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

Contract

Partnership

Apprenticeship
7 Which of these is NOT an example of life in “the town”?
Being a writer

Running a church

Running a business

Working in parliament
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 crucifies me

Your power pushes me in different directions

You're biased against me

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

Courageous

Appealing

Strong
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
The University of Cambridge

The court of King James I

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

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

Allegory

Alliteration

Assonance
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Book of Job

Genesis

Gospel of Matthew

Exodus
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
False expectations

The benefits of studying

The relationship of humans and God

Sickness
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
Throw a party for sadness

To band together with other sad people

To be unaware of your sadness

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

The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh complains to his soul

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

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter
19 Which of these is not mentioned in the poem?
book

gown

treasure

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

time of birth and religion

upbringing and inclination

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 being a servant

Find someone new to take care of him

Change his profession

Stop serving God
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Unhappy

Meek

Angry

Brave
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1700s

The 1800s

The 1600s

The 1500s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
The past

God's plans

Knowledge of God

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

if thee love me not

don't love thee

love thee not

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