Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Stars

Wisdom

Wages
2 What does the verb “augment” mean?
Increase

Enlighten

Weaken

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

March

April

December
4 The speaker is
Brave

Jealous

Accusatory

Calm
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
A couch

A tree

Wages

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

Partnership

Contract

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

Running a business

Being a writer

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

Farmer

Politician

Rebel
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
Your power pushes me in different directions

You're putting me on trial

You're biased against me

Your power crucifies me
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Unique

Courageous

Strong

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

The University of Cambridge

The Globe Theatre

St Andrews Church, Bemerton
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Allegory

Anachronism

Alliteration

Assonance
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

The benefits of studying

The relationship of humans and God

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

To accidentally take the side of sadness

Throw a party for sadness

To be unaware of your sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's flesh complains to his soul

The speaker's soul dies

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul

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

5

4

7
18 The two meters used in the poem are
trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

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

tree

gown

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

astrology and mood

time of birth and religion

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

Stop serving God

Find someone new to take care of him

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

Meek

Angry

Unhappy
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1600s

The 1800s

The 1700s

The 1500s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
The speaker's true thoughts

The past

Knowledge of God

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

if thee love me not

don't love thee

cannot love thee

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