Love (III) Quizzes

Love (III) Quiz

1 Where does "Love (III)" appear in Herbert's poetry collection The Temple?

last

just before "Love (IV)"

in the second section

first
2 Which of the following meters is used in the poem?

trochaic pentameter

iambic pentameter

free verse

iambic tetrameter
3 From what genre does the poem take inspiration?

dialogue

sestina

vilanelle

epic
4 Which of the following cannot be used to describe the relationship between Love and the speaker?

erotic

courtly

rude

courteous
5 What is the form of the poem?

haiku

four couplets

three six-line stanzas

two sonnet-length stanzas
6 Who or what is personified as Love?

Herbert's mother

Cupid

an attractive woman

God
7 Why does the speaker hesitate to sit at Love's table?

he is not hungry

he is an atheist

he feels he is not worthy

he has not undergone the necessary rites of purifcation
8 What significance do eyes have in the poem?

the speaker is blind

they relate to vision and knowledge

they relate to the idea of prophecy

they have no significance
9 How does Love reassure the speaker?

he tells him he is not as bad as other men

he reminds him that he is God's creation, and worthy of God's love

he reminds him of his earthly beauty

he praises his poetry
10 Who serves the meal in the poem?

Love

it magically appears

the speaker

a servant
11 What best describes the speaker's attitude?

bold, flirtatious

doubtful, shy

skeptical, angry

defensive
12 What best describes Love's attitutde?

suspiciously kind

skeptical, angry

defensive

friendly and courteous
13 Which of the following is NOT a possible interpretation of the last line?

a scene of self-cannibalism

a scene of sexual union

a metaphor for man's entrance into heaven

a metaphor for the sacrament/communion
14 What did T. S. Eliot admire in the work of Herbert and the metaphysical poets?

their adherence to their period's social mores

the complexity and freshness of their metaphors

their abandonment of past metrical models

their innovative use of rhyme

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