Robert Browning: Poems Quizzes

Robert Browning: Poems Quiz 1

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

To preserve Porphyria's love

To punish Porphyria

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

Iambic Tetrameter

Blank Verse

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

Duchess of Ferrara

An envoy

The new bride's potential father
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?"
A marriage proposal

The unveiling of a curtain

A murder

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

A break-up

A heated argument

A marriage proposal
7 Who directs Roland towards the Dark Tower at the top of "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came?"
A king

Jesus

A virgin

An old cripple
8 Whose memory tortures Roland?
The cripple

Alain

Margo

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

A thunderstorm

A ghost's cry

A great black bird
10 Who does Roland see from the Dark Tower?
Dead knights

His family

Giles and Cuthbert

God
11 What is the least likely interpretation of Roland's final slug-horn cry?
An acceptance of death

A call to those who chase him

A celebration of his fallen brothers

A show of individuality
12 Who is the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister?"
Brother Lawrence

A resentful monk

A nun

Lippo Lippi
13 Whom does the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" hate?
The prior

Brother Lawrence

Women

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

Lechery

Laying his fork and knife improperly

Drinking in one sip
15 Whom does the bishop address most directly in "The Bishop Orders his Tomb at St. Praxed's?"
Fra Pandolf

Mary

Gandolf

Anselm
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?
Elizabeth Barrett

Queen Victoria

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 blue stone

A list of his lovers

A nameplate

A gold cross
19 Whom does Fra Lippo Lippi address?
Jesus Christ

A lover

An authority figure

A prior
20 How did Fra Lippo Lippi get his interest in naturalism?
From a dream

From his days as a beggar

From an art book

From the demands of his religious superiors
21 Which artist is currently working under Fra Lippo Lippi?
The prior

Hulking Tom

Michel Agnolo

Rafael
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 heard a merry party passing his window

He was instructed to by his superiors

He had a dream

He wanted to research a painting
24 Who is Andrea Del Sarto's wife?
Lucrezia

A lady-in-waiting

Margo

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

Lucrezia

Himself

King Francis

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