Matthew Arnold: Poems Quizzes

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?

Laleham

Dartmouth

Dover

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

Aldenham School

The Rugby School

Windermere School

Eton
3 Which university did Arnold attend?

Edinburgh

Cambridge

Trinity

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

I[Empedocles on Etna]

I[The Strayed Reveler]

I[New Poems]

I[The Scholar-Gipsy]
5 How did Matthew Arnold die?

diabetes

carriage accident

heart failure

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

love

faith

anti-modernism

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

the temptations of life

a life lived only for pleasure

the terrible apocalypse that was soon coming

belief in God and devils
8 Which two entities are personified in "Desire"?

Time and Destiny

Light and Darkness

The Soul and Pride

Water and Fire
9 In "To Marguerite: Continued," Arnold compares humans to what?

islands

storms

monkeys

stones
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 abhors love and never wants to experience it himself.

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

He has no feelings about it.

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?

simile

epistrophe

personification

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

a Cloud

the Sun

the Moon

a Star
14 The speaker of "A Summer Night" is best described as _______.

restless

confused

jilted

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

precious gem

jungle

ocean

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

We are in control of our time.

Humans will never use their time wisely.

Time is relative.

Time drags on forever.
17 Which characters in "Consolation" beg for their time to be extended?

two world leaders

the goddess of destiny and the god of time

the couple

a pair of sick brothers
18 Why does Arnold refer to different corners of the globe in "Consolation?"

to express the universality of time

to suggest the futility of life

because some places do not experience time

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

Matthew Arnold's friend

a native-born gipsy

a former Oxford student

Matthew Arnold himself
20 What does the Scholar-Gipsy take from the gypsies?

their ability to see the future

their children

their jewelry and precious gems

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

because the Scholar-Gipsy was secretly a god

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

because the Scholar-Gipsy is only an idea

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

Arthur

Martin

Matthew

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

Margaret and Emily

Marguerite and Olivia

Dorothy and Lenore

Laura and Mary
24 What does the speaker call the stream in "A Dream?"

Stream of Consciousness

River of Justice

Creek of Contempt

River of Life
25 Which two elements does Arnold juxtapose in "A Dream?"

air and water

water and fire

earth and fire

earth and air

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