Robert Browning: Poems Quizzes

Robert Browning: Poems Quiz 1

1 In "Porphyria's Lover," why does the narrator commit his crime?
To punish Porphyria

For financial gain

To preserve Porphyria's love

He gives no reason
2 What is the rhyme scheme of "Porphyria's Lover?"
Sonnet

Blank Verse

Iambic Tetrameter

Triplets
3 Who is the speaker of "My Last Duchess?"
Duchess of Ferrara

An envoy

The new bride's potential father

Duke of Ferrara
4 What is the primary effect of the dramatic monologue form?
Colorful settings

Dramatic irony

Emotional hyperbole

Unconventional rhymes
5 What action precedes the opening of "My Last Duchess?"
The unveiling of a curtain

A heated argument

A marriage proposal

A murder
6 What action precedes the opening of "Porphyria's Lover?"
A murder

A marriage proposal

A break-up

A heated argument
7 Who directs Roland towards the Dark Tower at the top of "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came?"
An old cripple

A virgin

Jesus

A king
8 Whose memory tortures Roland?
Margo

The cripple

Giles

Alain
9 What omen spurs Roland's quest onwards when he is near despair?
A ghost's cry

The sight of the Tower

A great black bird

A thunderstorm
10 Who does Roland see from the Dark Tower?
His family

Giles and Cuthbert

God

Dead knights
11 What is the least likely interpretation of Roland's final slug-horn cry?
A call to those who chase him

A celebration of his fallen brothers

An acceptance of death

A show of individuality
12 Who is the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister?"
Lippo Lippi

Brother Lawrence

A nun

A resentful monk
13 Whom does the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" hate?
Brother Lawrence

The church

Women

The prior
14 Which crime does Brother Lawrence not allegedly commit in "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister?"
Drinking in one sip

Laying his fork and knife improperly

Tearing up the flowers

Lechery
15 Whom does the bishop address most directly in "The Bishop Orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's?"
Anselm

Mary

Fra Pandolf

Gandolf
16 Who is the bishop's rival in "The Bishop Orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's?"
Mary

Anselm

Fra Pandolf

Gandolf
17 Whom did Robert Browning marry?
Lucrezia del Sarto

Elizabeth Barrett

Queen Victoria

George Eliot
18 What particular adornment does the bishop want on his tomb in "The Bishop Orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's?"
A blue stone

A gold cross

A list of his lovers

A nameplate
19 Whom does Fra Lippo Lippi address?
A prior

A lover

Jesus Christ

An authority figure
20 How did Fra Lippo Lippi get his interest in naturalism?
From an art book

From a dream

From the demands of his religious superiors

From his days as a beggar
21 Which artist is currently working under Fra Lippo Lippi?
Michel Agnolo

The prior

Rafael

Hulking Tom
22 How will Fra Lippo Lippi still follow his muse while pleasing his superiors?
Explaining the meaning of his painting to an audience

Destroying his former work

Running away after finishing their work

Painting himself into the painting
23 Why does Fra Lippo Lippi say he went to the red-light district?
He heard a merry party passing his window

He wanted to research a painting

He was instructed to by his superiors

He had a dream
24 Who is Andrea Del Sarto's wife?
Lucrezia

The prior's niece

Margo

A lady-in-waiting
25 Whom does Andrea Del Sarto NOT blame for his life decisions?
Himself

Lucrezia

King Francis

The public

Comment on Robert Browning's philosophy of love as expressed in his"The Last Ride Together".

Browning's poem emphasizes the idea that the love one has shared on earth will be shared after "The Last Ride" together. These are lovers who are moving beyond what they have had on earth. He blesses her name in "pride and...

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Answered by judy t #197809 on 11/10/2011 9:56 AM