Happy the Man Quizzes

Happy the Man Quiz

1 Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this poem?
Humankind's fear of the future is something that cannot be overcome.

Time is a social construct and an illusion.

In order for one to be truly happy, one must be confident about, and grateful for, the present.

The past is changeable, and there can be many different versions of it.
2 In what year was this poem published?
1686

1684

1685

1687
3 Which of the following best describes the meter of this poem?
Iambic tetrameter

Irregular meter

Trochaic pentameter

Iambic pentameter
4 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Self-determination and happiness

Nature

Temporality

Fate
5 Which of the following does NOT contain an example of alliteration?
"Be fair or foul or rain or shine"

"Not heaven itself upon the past has power"

"The joys I have possessed"

"Happy the man, and happy he alone"
6 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the argument this poem makes about time?
The future is not something to be feared.

The past is something that can be changed.

One's past is no longer in one's control.

The present is what matters most.
7 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Metonymy

Asyndeton

Caesura

Anaphora
8 Which of the following best describes how the voice shifts throughout the poem?
From that of an unnamed speaker to that of Heaven

From that of an unnamed speaker to that of a named speaker

From that of the hypothetical "happy man" to that of an unnamed speaker

From that of an unnamed speaker to that of the hypothetical "happy man"
9 Which of the following is personified in this poem?
Tomorrow

Rain

Shine

Today
10 Which of the following takes place in line 4?
The speaker declares that a "happy man" is one who is confident in himself.

The speaker dares "Tomorrow" to do its worst.

The speaker expresses his fear for the future.

The speaker states that he does not regret his past.
11 How many lines does this poem contain?
8

7

6

9
12 Which of the following is an apostrophe?
"Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today."

"The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine."

"But what has been has been, and I have had my hour."

"Happy the man, and happy he alone, / He who can call today his own"
13 Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABBA

Ottava rima

ABAB

Heroic couplets
14 Which classical author is Dryden translating in this poem?
Virgil

Ovid

Horace

Lucretius
15 Which of the following is NOT another author Dryden translated during his lifetime?
Horace

Homer

Virgil

Shakespeare
16 Which of the following is NOT a feature of the line “Be fair or foul or rain or shine”?
Iambic tetrameter

Metaphor

Alliteration

Synecdoche
17 Which of the following best describes the setting of the poem?
A palace

An Ancient Greek city

Abstract and unspecified

A weather observatory
18 Which of the following best describes the major conflict of the poem?
An individual's desire for stability and comfort vs. the fluctuations and challenges of life

An individual’s determination to be optimistic, confident, and grateful vs. the caprices of life

An individual's pessimism and lack of will vs. the blessings of life

An individual's weaknesses and sins vs. the judgments of life
19 The line "Happy the man, and happy he alone" contains which of the following literary devices?
Metonymy

Alliteration

Asyndeton

Synecdoche
20 Where is the climax of the poem?
Line 7

Line 1

Line 2

Line 8
21 "Not Heaven itself upon the past has power" is an example of which of the following?
Caesura

Alliteration

Apostrophe

Anthropomorphism
22 Which of the following is an example of an anaphora?
"Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, / But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour."

"The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. / Not Heaven itself upon the past has power"

"He who can call today his own: / He who, secure within, can say"

"Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. / Be fair or foul or rain or shine"
23 Which of the following best describes the tone of the speaker?
Confident, optimistic, didactic

Agitated, ecstatic, enraptured

Gloomy, mournful, melancholy

Regretful, remorseful, ashamed
24 Which of the following is an example of a metonymy?
"I have had my hour"

"Tomorrow do thy worst"

"The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine"

"Happy the man, and happy he alone, / He who can call today his own"
25 Which of the following kinds of imagery does Dryden utilize in this poem?
Weather imagery

Childhood imagery

Urban imagery

War imagery

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