On my First Daughter Quizzes

On my First Daughter "On My First Daughter"

1 During which era did Ben Jonson write?
Henrician

Victorian

Elizabethan

Medieval
2 Who is the best-known contemporary of Ben Jonson?
Keats

Chaucer

Shakespeare

Milton
3 What was Jonson best known for during his time?
His poetry

His political writing

His dramatic personal life

His plays
4 Which of the following does NOT describe Jonson's style?
Spontaneous

Classical

Learned

Polished
5 What is the genre of "On My First Daughter"?
Epitaph

Epigraph

Limerick

Sonnet
6 Who is the speaker in "On My First Daughter"?
God

Ben Jonson

A bereaved family friend

Ben Jonson's wife
7 Who is the speaker trying to convince in "On My First Daughter"?
Himself

His daughter

God

His wife
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "On My First Daughter"?
Rhyme royal

Free verse

Sonnet

Couplets
9 What is the meter of "On My First Daughter"?
Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

Iambic tetrameter (four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

Trochaic tetrameter (four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable)

Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable)
10 Which of the following lines is out of step with the meter of "On My First Daughter"?
It makes the father less to rue

Where, while that severed doth remain

With safety of her innocence

Yet all heaven’s gifts being heaven’s due
11 Which portion of the poem is the most conventional?
The beginning

The whole poem is highly conventional

The end

The middle
12 Which era of poetry most strongly influenced "On My First Daughter"?
Early Christian poetry

Classical Greek and Roman poetry

The poetry of the Italian Renaissance

Medieval poetry
13 What is the most striking similarity between Jonson's poem and Martial's poem to Erotion?
Similar theme

Similar formal structure

Similar lack of strong grief

Similar ending
14 What is Jonson's tone at the beginning of the poem?
Distant

Heartbroken

Depressed

Furious
15 What does Jonson mean by "Mary, the daughter of their youth"?
Mary, who was born because they were young

Mary, who was young when she died

Mary, who brought their youth to an end

Mary, who they had when they were young
16 The fourth line ends "less to rue." To which lines of the poem does this phrase sound similar?
First and third

Third and fifth

Third only

First only
17 Which of the following is an example of parallelism?
At six months’ end she parted hence

It makes the father less to rue

Where, while that severed doth remain

Whose soul heaven’s queen, whose name she bears
18 Which element of classical epitaph does Jonson most emphasize in "On My First Daughter"?
He employs no elements of classical epitaph

Praise

Consolation

Lamentation
19 Which of the following is an example of comfort from finality in "On My First Daughter"?
In comfort of her mother’s tears

With safety of her innocence

Yet all heaven’s gifts being heaven’s due

This grave partakes the fleshly birth
20 How does Jonson blur the lines between his daughter, her mother, and the Virgin Mary?
Suggesting that his daughter was just as holy

Using ambiguous pronouns

Only referring to them as a group

Giving all three the same name
21 Who is "heaven's queen" in line 7?
Mary, Jonson's daughter

The virgin Mary

Jonson's wife

None of the above
22 What has been "severed" in line 10?
Jonson's heart with grief

Jonson's bond with his wife

Mary's body into pieces

Mary's soul from her body
23 Which of the following literary devices does Jonson NOT employ in the final three lines?
Apostrophe

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification
24 Which of the following words does NOT emphasize Mary's embodiment?
Severed

Earth

Fleshly

Virgin-train
25 What does Jonson believe will eventually happen to Mary's body?
It will come back to life and rejoin the family

It will rot and return to the earth

It will remain unchanged within the earth

It will be resurrected and united with her soul

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