On my First Daughter Quizzes

On my First Daughter "On My First Daughter"

1 During which era did Ben Jonson write?

Elizabethan

Henrician

Medieval

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

Shakespeare

Keats

Chaucer

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

His plays

His political writing

His dramatic personal life

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

Learned

Classical

Spontaneous

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

Sonnet

Epigraph

Limerick

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

God

A bereaved family friend

Ben Jonson's wife

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

His daughter

His wife

Himself

God
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "On My First Daughter"?

Rhyme royal

Couplets

Sonnet

Free verse
9 What is the meter of "On My First Daughter"?

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

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

Iambic tetrameter (four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed 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"?

With safety of her innocence

It makes the father less to rue

Where, while that severed doth remain

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

The middle

The end

The beginning

The whole poem is highly conventional
12 Which era of poetry most strongly influenced "On My First Daughter"?

Classical Greek and Roman poetry

The poetry of the Italian Renaissance

Medieval poetry

Early Christian poetry
13 What is the most striking similarity between Jonson's poem and Martial's poem to Erotion?

Similar lack of strong grief

Similar ending

Similar theme

Similar formal structure
14 What is Jonson's tone at the beginning of the poem?

Heartbroken

Depressed

Distant

Furious
15 What does Jonson mean by "Mary, the daughter of their youth"?

Mary, who they had when they were young

Mary, who brought their youth to an end

Mary, who was born because they were young

Mary, who was young when she died
16 The fourth line ends "less to rue." To which lines of the poem does this phrase sound similar?

Third only

First only

First and third

Third and fifth
17 Which of the following is an example of parallelism?

Whose soul heaven’s queen, whose name she bears

At six months’ end she parted hence

Where, while that severed doth remain

It makes the father less to rue
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?

Only referring to them as a group

Giving all three the same name

Using ambiguous pronouns

Suggesting that his daughter was just as holy
21 Who is "heaven's queen" in line 7?

Jonson's wife

Mary, Jonson's daughter

The virgin Mary

None of the above
22 What has been "severed" in line 10?

Jonson's bond with his wife

Mary's soul from her body

Mary's body into pieces

Jonson's heart with grief
23 Which of the following literary devices does Jonson NOT employ in the final three lines?

Metaphor

Personification

Apostrophe

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

Virgin-train

Fleshly

Severed

Earth
25 What does Jonson believe will eventually happen to Mary's body?

It will rot and return to the earth

It will remain unchanged within the earth

It will be resurrected and united with her soul

It will come back to life and rejoin the family

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