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

Enlighten

Weaken

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

May

December

April
4 The speaker is
Jealous

Brave

Accusatory

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

Wages

A couch

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

Slavery

Apprenticeship

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

Running a business

Working in parliament

Running a church
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Politician

Farmer

Saint

Rebel
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
You're putting me on trial

Your power crucifies me

Your power pushes me in different directions

You're biased against 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

Assonance

Anachronism

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

Book of Job

Genesis

Gospel of Matthew
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
Sickness

The relationship of humans and God

The benefits of studying

False expectations
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
Throw a party for sadness

To accidentally take the side of sadness

To be unaware of your 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
7

5

4

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

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter
19 Which of these is not mentioned in the poem?
tree

treasure

book

gown
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
time of birth and religion

body and mind

upbringing and inclination

astrology and mood
21 When the speaker threatens to "change the service, and go seek/Some other master out" he is saying he will
Stop serving God

Find someone new to take care of him

Change his profession

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

Meek

Unhappy

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

The 1600s

The 1700s

The 1800s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
The speaker's true thoughts

The past

God's plans

Knowledge of God
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
if thee love me not

love thee not

cannot love thee

don't love thee

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