Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Household-stuff

Wisdom

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

Weaken

Increase

Decrease
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?
A bird

Wages

A couch

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

Apprenticeship

Slavery

Contract
7 Which of these is NOT an example of life in “the town”?
Working in parliament

Being a writer

Running a church

Running a business
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 pushes me in different directions

Your power crucifies me

You're putting me on trial

You're biased against me
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Courageous

Strong

Appealing

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

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The University of Cambridge

The Globe Theatre
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Assonance

Allegory

Anachronism

Alliteration
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Gospel of Matthew

Book of Job

Genesis

Exodus
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
Sickness

The benefits of studying

False expectations

The relationship of humans and God
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To accidentally take the side of sadness

To be unaware of your sadness

To band together with other sad people

Throw a party for sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's soul dies

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul

The speaker's flesh complains to 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

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter
19 Which of these is not mentioned in the poem?
gown

tree

book

treasure
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
astrology and mood

upbringing and inclination

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
Find someone new to take care of him

Stop serving God

Change his profession

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

Unhappy

Angry

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

The 1600s

The 1800s

The 1500s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
The past

God's plans

The speaker's true thoughts

Knowledge of God
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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