Happy the Man Quizzes

Happy the Man Quiz

1 Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this poem?
In order for one to be truly happy, one must be confident about, and grateful for, the present.

Time is a social construct and an illusion.

Humankind's fear of the future is something that cannot be overcome.

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

1685

1687

1684
3 Which of the following best describes the meter of this poem?
Irregular meter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
4 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Nature

Fate

Self-determination and happiness

Temporality
5 Which of the following does NOT contain an example of alliteration?
"Happy the man, and happy he alone"

"The joys I have possessed"

"Not heaven itself upon the past has power"

"Be fair or foul or rain or shine"
6 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the argument this poem makes about time?
The present is what matters most.

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

The past is something that can be changed.

The future is not something to be feared.
7 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Metonymy

Caesura

Anaphora

Asyndeton
8 Which of the following best describes how the voice shifts throughout the poem?
From that of an unnamed speaker to that of the hypothetical "happy man"

From that of an unnamed speaker to that of Heaven

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

From that of an unnamed speaker to that of a named speaker
9 Which of the following is personified in this poem?
Shine

Today

Tomorrow

Rain
10 Which of the following takes place in line 4?
The speaker dares "Tomorrow" to do its worst.

The speaker declares that a "happy man" is one who is confident in himself.

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?
7

6

8

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

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

"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"
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?
Horace

Lucretius

Virgil

Ovid
15 Which of the following is NOT another author Dryden translated during his lifetime?
Homer

Horace

Shakespeare

Virgil
16 Which of the following is NOT a feature of the line “Be fair or foul or rain or shine”?
Synecdoche

Alliteration

Metaphor

Iambic tetrameter
17 Which of the following best describes the setting of the poem?
Abstract and unspecified

A weather observatory

A palace

An Ancient Greek city
18 Which of the following best describes the major conflict of the poem?
An individual's weaknesses and sins vs. the judgments 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 desire for stability and comfort vs. the fluctuations and challenges of life
19 The line "Happy the man, and happy he alone" contains which of the following literary devices?
Alliteration

Asyndeton

Synecdoche

Metonymy
20 Where is the climax of the poem?
Line 8

Line 1

Line 2

Line 7
21 "Not Heaven itself upon the past has power" is an example of which of the following?
Anthropomorphism

Caesura

Apostrophe

Alliteration
22 Which of the following is an example of an anaphora?
"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"

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

"Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, / But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour."
23 Which of the following best describes the tone of the speaker?
Regretful, remorseful, ashamed

Agitated, ecstatic, enraptured

Gloomy, mournful, melancholy

Confident, optimistic, didactic
24 Which of the following is an example of a metonymy?
"Happy the man, and happy he alone, / He who can call today his own"

"Tomorrow do thy worst"

"I have had my hour"

"The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine"
25 Which of the following kinds of imagery does Dryden utilize in this poem?
Urban imagery

War imagery

Childhood imagery

Weather imagery

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