Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Wisdom

Household-stuff

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

Weaken

Decrease

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

December

March

April
4 The speaker is
Brave

Calm

Accusatory

Jealous
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
Wages

A couch

A tree

A bird
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”?
Running a church

Running a business

Working in parliament

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

Rebel

Farmer

Saint
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

You're biased against me

Your power pushes me in different directions
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 Globe Theatre

The court of King James I
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Anachronism

Alliteration

Allegory

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"?
The benefits of studying

False expectations

Sickness

The relationship of humans and God
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To band together with other sad people

Throw a party for sadness

To be unaware of your sadness

To accidentally take the side of 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 soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul
17 Each stanza of the poem is a sestain, meaning ___ lines
7

6

5

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

iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter

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

gown

treasure

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

body and mind

upbringing and inclination

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 being a servant

Change his profession

Stop serving God
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 1500s

The 1800s

The 1600s

The 1700s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
God's plans

The past

Knowledge of God

The speaker's true thoughts
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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