Robert Browning: Poems Quizzes

Robert Browning: Poems Quiz 1

1 In "Porphyria's Lover," why does the narrator commit his crime?
He gives no reason

To punish Porphyria

To preserve Porphyria's love

For financial gain
2 What is the rhyme scheme of "Porphyria's Lover?"
Sonnet

Blank Verse

Triplets

Iambic Tetrameter
3 Who is the speaker of "My Last Duchess?"
The new bride's potential father

Duke of Ferrara

Duchess of Ferrara

An envoy
4 What is the primary effect of the dramatic monologue form?
Unconventional rhymes

Dramatic irony

Colorful settings

Emotional hyperbole
5 What action precedes the opening of "My Last Duchess?"
A heated argument

A marriage proposal

The unveiling of a curtain

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

A marriage proposal

A murder

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?
Giles

The cripple

Alain

Margo
9 What omen spurs Roland's quest onwards when he is near despair?
The sight of the Tower

A ghost's cry

A thunderstorm

A great black bird
10 Who does Roland see from the Dark Tower?
Giles and Cuthbert

His family

God

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

An acceptance of death

A show of individuality

A celebration of his fallen brothers
12 Who is the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister?"
Lippo Lippi

A nun

A resentful monk

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

The church

The prior

Brother Lawrence
14 Which crime does Brother Lawrence not allegedly commit in "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister?"
Tearing up the flowers

Drinking in one sip

Lechery

Laying his fork and knife improperly
15 Whom does the bishop address most directly in "The Bishop Orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's?"
Mary

Fra Pandolf

Anselm

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

Mary

Fra Pandolf

Anselm
17 Whom did Robert Browning marry?
Queen Victoria

Elizabeth Barrett

Lucrezia del Sarto

George Eliot
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?
Jesus Christ

A prior

A lover

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

From the demands of his religious superiors

From a dream

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

Hulking Tom

The prior

Michel Agnolo
22 How will Fra Lippo Lippi still follow his muse while pleasing his superiors?
Painting himself into the painting

Explaining the meaning of his painting to an audience

Running away after finishing their work

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

He heard a merry party passing his window

He was instructed to by his superiors

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

A lady-in-waiting

Lucrezia

The prior's niece
25 Whom does Andrea Del Sarto NOT blame for his life decisions?
King Francis

The public

Lucrezia

Himself

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