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?
Weaken

Enlighten

Increase

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

December

April

March
4 The speaker is
Accusatory

Brave

Calm

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

Wages

A bird

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

Slavery

Apprenticeship

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

Running a church

Running a business

Being a writer
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Saint

Farmer

Rebel

Politician
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

You're putting me on trial

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

Unique

Strong

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

The court of King James I

The University of Cambridge

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

Assonance

Allegory

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

Book of Job

Gospel of Matthew

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

The benefits of studying

Sickness

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 band together with other sad people

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 soul dies

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul

The speaker's soul leaves his body

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

5

7

4
18 The two meters used in the poem are
trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

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

book

gown

treasure
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
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

Brave

Angry

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"?
The past

God's plans

Knowledge of God

The speaker's true thoughts
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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