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?
Weaken

Enlighten

Decrease

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

May

March

December
4 The speaker is
Brave

Accusatory

Jealous

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

A couch

A bird

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

Partnership

Apprenticeship

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

Working in parliament

Being a writer

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

Rebel

Saint

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

You're biased against me

Your power pushes me in different directions

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

Courageous

Unique

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

The University of Cambridge

The court of King James I

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

Alliteration

Anachronism

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

Book of Job

Exodus

Gospel of Matthew
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
The benefits of studying

Sickness

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 band together with other sad people

To be unaware of your sadness

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

The speaker's soul leaves his body

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
4

6

7

5
18 The two meters used in the poem are
trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

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

gown

tree

treasure
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 serving God

Change his profession

Stop being a servant

Find someone new to take care of him
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Angry

Meek

Brave

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

The 1500s

The 1600s

The 1800s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
Knowledge of God

The speaker's true thoughts

God's plans

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

don't love thee

love thee not

cannot love thee

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