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