Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Household-stuff

Wages

Stars
2 What does the verb “augment” mean?
Decrease

Weaken

Enlighten

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

May

April

March
4 The speaker is
Jealous

Brave

Accusatory

Calm
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
Wages

A couch

A tree

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

Apprenticeship

Slavery

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

Running a business

Running a church

Working in parliament
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Saint

Politician

Rebel

Farmer
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
Your power crucifies me

You're putting me on trial

You're biased against me

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

Strong

Unique

Appealing
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
The court of King James I

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The Globe Theatre

The University of Cambridge
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Anachronism

Assonance

Allegory

Alliteration
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Genesis

Exodus

Gospel of Matthew

Book of Job
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
The relationship of humans and God

False expectations

Sickness

The benefits of studying
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To be unaware of your sadness

Throw a party for sadness

To accidentally take the side of sadness

To band together with other sad people
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 complains to his soul

The speaker's soul dies

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

7

4

5
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?
gown

treasure

book

tree
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
body and mind

time of birth and religion

astrology and mood

upbringing and inclination
21 When the speaker threatens to "change the service, and go seek/Some other master out" he is saying he will
Change his profession

Find someone new to take care of him

Stop serving God

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

Angry

Meek

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

The 1800s

The 1600s

The 1500s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
Knowledge of God

The past

The speaker's true thoughts

God's plans
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
don't love thee

love thee not

if thee love me not

cannot love thee

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