Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

1 Which of the following does the speaker NOT expect from God?
Household-stuff

Wisdom

Wages

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

Increase

Weaken

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

March

December

April
4 The speaker is
Calm

Accusatory

Jealous

Brave
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
A tree

A couch

A bird

Wages
6 The speaker (falsely) sees the relationship with God as a type of
Slavery

Contract

Partnership

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

Running a church

Being a writer

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

Rebel

Politician

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

You're biased against me

Your power pushes me in different directions

You're putting me on trial
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Courageous

Unique

Strong

Appealing
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The University of Cambridge

The Globe Theatre

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

Allegory

Assonance

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

Book of Job

Gospel of Matthew

Genesis
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
False expectations

Sickness

The relationship of humans and God

The benefits of studying
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To band together with other sad people

Throw a party for sadness

To be unaware of your sadness

To accidentally take the side of sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's soul dies

The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh complains to his soul

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul
17 Each stanza of the poem is a sestain, meaning ___ lines
4

5

7

6
18 The two meters used in the poem are
iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

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

treasure

gown

book
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
upbringing and inclination

astrology and mood

body and mind

time of birth and religion
21 When the speaker threatens to "change the service, and go seek/Some other master out" he is saying he will
Stop being a servant

Change his profession

Stop serving God

Find someone new to take care of him
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Meek

Angry

Brave

Unhappy
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1500s

The 1800s

The 1700s

The 1600s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
Knowledge of God

God's plans

The speaker's true thoughts

The past
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
don't love thee

love thee not

cannot love thee

if thee love me not

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