1 Who is the poem about? A fictional character The child Jesus Jonson's seven-year-old son Jonson's friend's son 2 What does the speaker say his greatest mistake was? Liking his son too much Having high expectations for his son's future Resenting God for taking his son Not telling his son he loved him when he had the chance 3 Who does the speaker compare himself to? A God A father A loaner A debtor 4 Which word in the ninth line is an unconventional addition to a cliché? Rest Here Peace Soft 5 What is Jonson's tone in the first line? Bitter Angry Wistful Despairing 6 What is the genre of the poem? Lyric Sonnet Epitaph Limerick 7 How does "On my First Son" compare to "On my First Daughter"? Less conventional and more impassioned More conventional and distant Less conventional and more distant More conventional and impassioned 8 Who of the following is a famous contemporary of Ben Jonson? Chaucer Shakespeare Marvell Milton 9 Which of the following is NOT one of the traditional three parts of an epitaph? Recrimination Consolation Lamentation Commemoration 10 What do the lines, "Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, / Exacted by thy fate, on the just day" suggest about the speaker's relationship with God? The speaker has a close and loving relationship with God The speaker sees God as a distant but righteous force The speaker sees God as actively malicious The speaker is losing his faith in God 11 Why is the line "O, could I lose all father now!" ambiguous? It isn't clear whether the speaker is referring to himself or his own father It isn't clear whether the speaker is referring to himself or God It isn't clear whether the speaker really means what he says It isn't clear whether the speaker is actively trying to get rid of fathers 12 How does Jonson present the relationship between fatherhood and grief? Being a father means you're too busy to grieve Being a father means he can't help but grieve his son's death Being a good father means being strong and not grieving Being a father means you're always grieving, whether your children live or die 13 Which of the following is NOT an attribute of an "ideal" patriarch? Emotionally stoic Dominant over the family Politically powerful Economically powerful 14 What is the most important similarity between God and Jonson in the poem? Both are just Both are creators Both are male Both are heartbroken 15 How does Jonson treat his own poetic work in this poem? As relatively insignificant As his most important work As a powerful antidote to death As immortal but superficial 16 What is the tone of the end of the poem? Bitter Angry Mournful Resigned 17 What does the final line of the poem present? An impossible predicament A resolve to fight A bold new vow A chance for hope 18 What was Jonson best known for during his life? His poems His love for his children His aristocratic status His plays 19 Who first used the language of debt to speak about religious matters? Elizabethan theologians Early Christians Ben Jonson Medieval Christians 20 What is original sin, according to orthodox Christianity? Sin everyone is born with The first sin someone commits The most important sin Adam and Eve's first sin 21 What is unusual, for early-modern poetry, about Jonson's description of his son as a poem? Describing writing a poem as akin to having a child Referring to poetry in a poem Describing the son as a poem, rather than the poem as a son Describing the poet as a creator 22 What is NOT implied by Jonson's account of the world as miserable? The speaker cannot console himself The speaker currently has a pessimistic attitude The speaker finds his own life difficult The speaker wants to end his own life 23 What is Jonson's relationship to his son in the poem? Intimate Tense Formal Ignorant 24 What is the speaker's attitude towards the body? Positive Indifferent Negative Passionate 25 Which literary device does NOT appear in the poem? Simile Personification Metaphor Apostrophe