Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Household-stuff

Stars

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 ____”
May

March

April

December
4 The speaker is
Jealous

Calm

Accusatory

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

A tree

A bird

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

Contract

Apprenticeship

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

Being a writer

Running a business

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

Farmer

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

You're putting me on trial

You're biased against me

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

Strong

Courageous

Unique
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
Book of Job

Exodus

Gospel of Matthew

Genesis
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"
Throw a party for sadness

To band together with other sad people

To accidentally take the side of 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 complains to his soul

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

7

4
18 The two meters used in the poem are
iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

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

book

treasure

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

astrology and mood

upbringing and inclination

body and mind
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

Find someone new to take care of him

Stop serving God
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Brave

Meek

Unhappy

Angry
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1800s

The 1600s

The 1700s

The 1500s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
God's plans

Knowledge of God

The speaker's true thoughts

The past
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
cannot love thee

if thee love me not

love thee not

don't love thee

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