1 What literary movement did John Clare belong to? Modernist Romantic Gothic Classical 2 Where was Clare born? New Delhi Belfast Helpstone London 3 What was John Clare's economic background? Lower-middle class Upper-middle class Peasant Gentry 4 Who of the following is NOT one of Clare's contemporaries? Percy Shelley John Keats Ted Hughes George Byron 5 How did Clare's status change over the course of his life? His first book was famous, and then he gradually declined in the public eye He did not achieve fame until after his death He never achieved fame His first book was popular, and he remained well-known throughout his life 6 Who was the likely subject of "First Love"? We don't know Patty Turner Clare's mother Mary Joyce 7 What emotion does "First Love" describe? Raw passion and lust Sudden, overwhelming love The closeness of still being with your first love after years together A sweet, innocent crush 8 Which of the following best characterize's Clare's use of figurative language in the beginning of "First Love"? Subtle yet unusual Non-existent Conventional Shocking 9 Which line of the final stanza of "First Love" MOST closely parallels a line from the first stanza? She seemed to hear my silent voice Is love’s bed always snow? My heart has left its dwelling-place Are flowers the winter’s choice? 10 Which line from the first stanza is an example of idiom? I ne’er was struck before that hour My face turned pale as deadly pale And stole my heart away complete. Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower 11 Which line from the first stanza is an example of simile? With love so sudden and so sweet And stole my heart away complete My legs refused to walk away My face turned pale as deadly pale 12 Which line marks a shift in tone in the first stanza? With love so sudden and so sweet My life and all seemed turned to clay My face turned pale as deadly pale My legs refused to walk away 13 Which word does NOT appear in both the first and last stanzas? Stole Never Heart Flower 14 How does the treatment of the heart in the first and second stanza change? The second stanza uses more conventional imagery The second stanza uses the heart to emphasize love's transformative powers The second stanza does not use the heart symbolically The second stanza employs more bodily and visceral imagery 15 Which of the following is an example of personification? Blood burnt round my heart Words from my eyes did start My legs refused to walk away The trees and bushes round the place / Seemed midnight at noonday 16 Which of the following best translates the meaning of line 7, "And when she looked, what could I ail?" And with her looking at me, I suddenly felt sick And with her looking at me, what could hurt me? And with her looking at me, how could I escape? And with her looking at me, what could I do to fight back? 17 What does the speaker suggest about love's impact on the body in the second stanza? Love lets the body take over the mind, which is why it's so important to avoid Love makes the body useless and incapable of achieving its aims Love has nothing to do with the body, but is a purely emotional experience Love transforms the body into a different kind of object with new purposes 18 Which of the following is NOT an example of paradox? The trees and bushes round the place / Seemed midnight at noonday She seemed to hear my silent voice, / Not love's appeals to know Are flowers the winter's choice? My face turned pale as deadly pale 19 What does Clare's use of paradox enable him to say about love? Love gives new laws to the world of ordinary things Love transports us to a fantasy world with wholly new objects Love is foolish because it doesn't make any sense Love is driving the speaker mad 20 What perspective is "First Love" written from? First-person limited First-person omniscient Third-person omniscient Second-person limited 21 What period of time does "First Love" describe? A single instant A few moments of intense experience The first few days of a relationship Many years of devotion 22 What is the meter of "First Love"? Trochaic tetrameter (four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Iambic tetrameter (four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) 23 What is the rhyme scheme of "First Love"? AABBCCDD ABABABAB ABCDABCD ABABCDCD 24 Which of the following does not include alliteration? And blood burnt round my heart. With love so sudden and so sweet Not love's appeals to know I never saw so sweet a face 25 What is the major conflict in "First Love"? Between the speaker and his uninterested beloved Between the speaker's desire for sanity and his overwhelming feelings Between ordinary reality and the strange world of love Between the speaker's desire and his religious convictions
