On my First Daughter Quizzes

On my First Daughter "On My First Daughter"

1 During which era did Ben Jonson write?

Victorian

Henrician

Elizabethan

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

Milton

Keats

Shakespeare

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

His dramatic personal life

His plays

His political writing

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

Classical

Learned

Polished

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

Limerick

Sonnet

Epigraph

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

Ben Jonson's wife

A bereaved family friend

God

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

His wife

His daughter

Himself

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

Couplets

Rhyme royal

Free verse

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

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

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)
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 middle

The whole poem is highly conventional

The beginning

The end
12 Which era of poetry most strongly influenced "On My First Daughter"?

Classical Greek and Roman poetry

Medieval poetry

The poetry of the Italian Renaissance

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

Similar ending

Similar theme

Similar formal structure

Similar lack of strong grief
14 What is Jonson's tone at the beginning of the poem?

Furious

Depressed

Heartbroken

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

Mary, who was young when she died

Mary, who they had when they were young

Mary, who was born because they were young

Mary, who brought their youth to an end
16 The fourth line ends "less to rue." To which lines of the poem does this phrase sound similar?

First and third

Third only

Third and fifth

First only
17 Which of the following is an example of parallelism?

Where, while that severed doth remain

Whose soul heaven’s queen, whose name she bears

It makes the father less to rue

At six months’ end she parted hence
18 Which element of classical epitaph does Jonson most emphasize in "On My First Daughter"?

He employs no elements of classical epitaph

Lamentation

Praise

Consolation
19 Which of the following is an example of comfort from finality in "On My First Daughter"?

With safety of her innocence

This grave partakes the fleshly birth

In comfort of her mother’s tears

Yet all heaven’s gifts being heaven’s due
20 How does Jonson blur the lines between his daughter, her mother, and the Virgin Mary?

Suggesting that his daughter was just as holy

Giving all three the same name

Using ambiguous pronouns

Only referring to them as a group
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?

Mary's body into pieces

Jonson's heart with grief

Jonson's bond with his wife

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

Apostrophe

Personification

Metaphor

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

Severed

Earth

Virgin-train

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

It will be resurrected and united with her soul

It will remain unchanged within the earth

It will come back to life and rejoin the family

It will rot and return to the earth

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