Robert Browning: Poems Quizzes

Robert Browning: Poems Quiz 1

By S.R. Cedars · Edited by Meghan Joyce · Last reviewed January 27, 2013

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

For financial gain

To punish Porphyria

He gives no reason

To preserve Porphyria's love
2 What is the rhyme scheme of "Porphyria's Lover?"

Blank Verse

Iambic Tetrameter

Triplets

Sonnet
3 Who is the speaker of "My Last Duchess?"

The new bride's potential father

An envoy

Duke of Ferrara

Duchess of Ferrara
4 What is the primary effect of the dramatic monologue form?

Dramatic irony

Emotional hyperbole

Colorful settings

Unconventional rhymes
5 What action precedes the opening of "My Last Duchess?"

The unveiling of a curtain

A heated argument

A murder

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

A murder

A break-up

A marriage proposal

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

A virgin

An old cripple

A king

Jesus
8 Whose memory tortures Roland?

The cripple

Alain

Giles

Margo
9 What omen spurs Roland's quest onwards when he is near despair?

A great black bird

A thunderstorm

The sight of the Tower

A ghost's cry
10 Who does Roland see from the Dark Tower?

Giles and Cuthbert

Dead knights

God

His family
11 What is the least likely interpretation of Roland's final slug-horn cry?

An acceptance of death

A show of individuality

A celebration of his fallen brothers

A call to those who chase him
12 Who is the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister?"

A resentful monk

A nun

Lippo Lippi

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

Women

The prior

Brother Lawrence

The church
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

Lechery

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

Fra Pandolf

Gandolf

Mary

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

Mary

Anselm

Gandolf

Fra Pandolf
17 Whom did Robert Browning marry?

Elizabeth Barrett

Lucrezia del Sarto

George Eliot

Queen Victoria
18 What particular adornment does the bishop want on his tomb in "The Bishop Orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's?"

A nameplate

A gold cross

A blue stone

A list of his lovers
19 Whom does Fra Lippo Lippi address?

An authority figure

A lover

A prior

Jesus Christ
20 How did Fra Lippo Lippi get his interest in naturalism?

From the demands of his religious superiors

From a dream

From his days as a beggar

From an art book
21 Which artist is currently working under Fra Lippo Lippi?

Hulking Tom

The prior

Rafael

Michel Agnolo
22 How will Fra Lippo Lippi still follow his muse while pleasing his superiors?

Explaining the meaning of his painting to an audience

Running away after finishing their work

Painting himself into the painting

Destroying his former work
23 Why does Fra Lippo Lippi say he went to the red-light district?

He was instructed to by his superiors

He wanted to research a painting

He had a dream

He heard a merry party passing his window
24 Who is Andrea Del Sarto's wife?

Lucrezia

The prior's niece

A lady-in-waiting

Margo
25 Whom does Andrea Del Sarto NOT blame for his life decisions?

King Francis

Lucrezia

Himself

The public

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