Matthew Arnold: Poems Quiz 1

By Kathryn Gundersen · Edited by S.R. Cedars · Last reviewed June 26, 2014

1 In what English town was Matthew Arnold born?

Alton

Dover

Dartmouth

Laleham
2 Which famous school did Arnold attend as a boy?

Aldenham School

The Rugby School

Windermere School

Eton
3 Which university did Arnold attend?

Trinity

Cambridge

Oxford

Edinburgh
4 What was the name of Arnold's first book of poetry?

I[The Scholar-Gipsy]

I[The Strayed Reveler]

I[Empedocles on Etna]

I[New Poems]
5 How did Matthew Arnold die?

carriage accident

drowning

heart failure

diabetes
6 Which is NOT a common theme throughout Arnold's poetry?

love

money

anti-modernism

faith
7 In "Desire," what does Arnold wish that humans be saved from?

belief in God and devils

the temptations of life

the terrible apocalypse that was soon coming

a life lived only for pleasure
8 Which two entities are personified in "Desire"?

Time and Destiny

The Soul and Pride

Water and Fire

Light and Darkness
9 In "To Marguerite: Continued," Arnold compares humans to what?

monkeys

storms

stones

islands
10 In "To Marguerite: Continued," Arnold suggests that humans are ________.

deeply connected to each other

too warful

steadfast and unchanging

isolated from one another
11 How does Arnold feel about romantic love in "To Marguerite: Continued"?

He thinks it is beautiful and deeper than it ever has been.

He has no feelings about it.

He abhors love and never wants to experience it himself.

He expresses his frustration that passion is short-lived.
12 What is the name for the poetic device in which a sentence remains unfinished on one line to continue it on the next?

epistrophe

enjambment

personification

simile
13 What does the speaker of "A Summer Night" speak to?

the Moon

a Star

a Cloud

the Sun
14 The speaker of "A Summer Night" is best described as _______.

jilted

angry

confused

restless
15 To describe the type of person who breaks away from the "prison" of life, Arnold often uses _______ metaphors.

precious gem

animal

ocean

jungle
16 What important message does "Consolation" relay about time?

Humans will never use their time wisely.

Time is relative.

Time drags on forever.

We are in control of our time.
17 Which characters in "Consolation" beg for their time to be extended?

a pair of sick brothers

two world leaders

the couple

the goddess of destiny and the god of time
18 Why does Arnold refer to different corners of the globe in "Consolation?"

because some places do not experience time

to suggest the futility of life

to express the universality of time

because he has traveled to all these places
19 The Scholar-Gipsy is ________.

a native-born gipsy

Matthew Arnold himself

a former Oxford student

Matthew Arnold's friend
20 What does the Scholar-Gipsy take from the gypsies?

their children

their jewelry and precious gems

their ability to see the future

their secrets of learning and imagination
21 Why does the speaker believe that the Scholar-Gipsy is still alive?

because the Scholar-Gipsy did not live life like everyone else

because the Scholar-Gipsy was secretly a god

because he himself is the Scholar-Gipsy

because the Scholar-Gipsy is only an idea
22 In "A Dream," what is the name of the speaker's friend?

Arthur

Matthew

Martin

Andrew
23 What are the names of the women in "A Dream?"

Laura and Mary

Marguerite and Olivia

Margaret and Emily

Dorothy and Lenore
24 What does the speaker call the stream in "A Dream?"

River of Justice

Creek of Contempt

River of Life

Stream of Consciousness
25 Which two elements does Arnold juxtapose in "A Dream?"

earth and air

earth and fire

water and fire

air and water

The poem is set in and around the town of Oxford, England.

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