To Penshurst Quizzes

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1 Who does the speaker address in "To Penshurst"?
The king

The house

The lady of the house

Jonson's patron
2 Who was Sir Robert Sidney?
Jonson's father

Jonson's neighbor

Jonson's patron

Jonson's friend
3 Which of the following is NOT something Jonson praises Penshurst for?
The beauty of the architecture

The hospitality of the lord and lady

The quality of the land

The goodness of the children
4 What is Jonson alluding to in the opening of "To Penshurst"?
Catholic churches in Europe

The temple of Solomon

Sidney's other estates

The king's palace
5 How does Jonson depict the relationship between Sidney and his neighbors?
Affectionate

Resentful

Envious

Equal
6 How does the poet depict himself within the poem?
As a fool

As an advisor

As a member of the family

As a prophet
7 How does Jonson characterize other aristocrats in comparison to Sidney?
As less intelligent

As less wealthy

As more powerful

As more superficial
8 What genre did Jonson invent with "To Penshurst"?
The country-house poem

The heroic couplet

The ode

The patronage poem
9 In what sense is "To Penshurst" giving advice?
Jonson warns Sidney against selling Penshurst

Jonson encourages Sidney to build a more spectacular house

Jonson encourages Sidney to pay him more money

Jonson encourages Sidney to continue to be a true nobleman
10 Why was Penshurst less visually impressive than other aristocratic homes?
The Sidneys were less wealthy, so could not achieve the same grandeur

It had been built gradually, so the plan was not unified

The Sidneys had been too cheap to hire a good architect

The Sidneys chose to build a humble home to fit in with the neighbors
11 How does Jonson respond to Penshurst's unfashionable appearance?
He attempts to conceal it

He argues that architectural beauty is not that important

He says true beauty is more important than trends

He argues that it was once in fashion
12 What pattern established in the opening does the line "Thou joy’st in better marks, of soil, of air" disrupt?
Use of negations

Use of metaphors

Syntactical order

Addressing various houses
13 Why might Jonson suggest that Sidney's animals give themselves up willingly?
To emphasize Sidney's natural place at the top of the hierarchy

To prove that animals are foolish

To suggest that Sidney is tyrannical

To show that the poem is meant to be satirical
14 What is the "Great Chain of Being"?
The bonds that connect all people with one another

The natural stages in a person's life

A natural hierarchy of all living things

The bonds that connect people with God
15 Why does Jonson emphasize that Sidney's neighbors bring gifts?
To show off his knowledge of consumer goods

To prove that everyone in the community is wealthy

To show that the Sidneys don't have everything

To show that Sidney is at home in the community
16 How does Jonson depict the arrival of the king?
As an inconvenience

As an honor

As a sign of the Sidney's political importance

As a show of disrespect
17 What does Penshurst symbolize?
Sir Robert's character

The wisdom of God

The decline of England

The rivalry between Jonson and Sidney
18 What does the line "His children thy great lord may call his own" imply?
Sir Robert's children aren't his own biologically

Sir Robert can claim anyone in the community as a son

Other noblemen can't be sure their wives are faithful

Sir Robert is wealthy enough to merit being a father
19 Who is the speaker in "To Penshurst"?
A houseguest

The lady

Jonson himself

Sir Robert
20 What is the form of "To Penshurst"?
Sonnet sequence

Heroic couplets

Free verse

Rhyme royal
21 What is the meter of "To Penshurst"?
Trochaic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable)

Iambic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

Iambic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

Trochaic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable)
22 Which of the following contains alliteration?
Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row

Of wood, of water; therein thou art fair.

Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse

Thou hast thy walks for health, as well as sport
23 Which of the following best replaces "copse" in "Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse"
Clearing

Patch of trees

Favorite spot

Police
24 Which of the following does Sidney personify?
Penshurst itself

The other houses in the area

The fruit trees

The animals of Penshurst
25 Which of the following is most obviously an example of hyperbole?
With all their zeal to warm their welcome here. / What (great I will not say, but) sudden cheer

Thy copse too, named of Gamage, thou hast there, / That never fails to serve thee seasoned deer

Bright eels that emulate them, and leap on land/Before the fisher, or into his hand.

The blushing apricot and woolly peach / Hang on thy walls, that every child may reach.

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