Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Wisdom

Household-stuff

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

Decrease

Increase

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

March

April

December
4 The speaker is
Accusatory

Calm

Brave

Jealous
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
Wages

A tree

A couch

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

Slavery

Contract

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

Working in parliament

Running a church

Being a writer
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Saint

Rebel

Farmer

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

You're biased against me

Your power crucifies me

Your power pushes me in different directions
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Appealing

Courageous

Unique

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

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The Globe Theatre

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

Assonance

Allegory

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

Genesis

Gospel of Matthew

Book of Job
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
False expectations

The benefits of studying

Sickness

The relationship of humans and God
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
Throw a party for sadness

To accidentally take the side of sadness

To band together with other sad people

To be unaware of your sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul

The speaker's soul dies

The speaker's flesh complains to his soul
17 Each stanza of the poem is a sestain, meaning ___ lines
6

4

5

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

iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

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

treasure

gown

tree
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
Change his profession

Stop serving God

Find someone new to take care of him

Stop being a servant
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Unhappy

Angry

Meek

Brave
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1600s

The 1700s

The 1800s

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

Knowledge of God

The speaker's true thoughts

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

love thee not

don't love thee

if thee love me not

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