1 In what year was John Clare born? 1803 1813 1783 1793 2 Which poetic movement is John Clare usually seen as a member of? Romantic Gothic Modernist Classical 3 In what period of his career did John Clare write "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? Middle career Late career Early career Childhood 4 Which famous John Clare poem was written in the same period as "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? "The Badger" "The Yellowhammer's Nest" "I Am!" "Autumn" 5 Which of the following is not a frequent theme in Clare's writing? Erotic love Love as an abstraction Romantic love Love of nature 6 What does it mean for something to be transcendent? It exceeds the limits of the material world It is contained by the limits of the material world It is connected to something else It does not really exist 7 What does it mean for something to be immanent? It does not really exist It is contained by the limits of the material world It exceeds the limits of the material world It is connected to something else 8 Which of the following literary devices is MOST prominent in "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? Metonymy Repetition Alliteration Metaphor 9 Who is the speaker in "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? A skeptic of love A critic of love A besotted lover An admirer of love 10 Which two stanzas feature first person pronouns? The first and the last The third and the fifth The fifth and the sixth The first and the second 11 Which of the following best paraphrases the second line of the first stanza? The earth, a tomb which fades like dew The tombs in the earth, which fade like dew The tomb fades like dew, unlike the earth The earth and the tomb, both of which fade like dew 12 What does the first stanza imply about what lovers feel? Even their faithfulness cannot escape the limits of mortality Their faithfulness allows them to escape the limits of mortality Lovers are foolish, but they are connected to something greater The speaker is jealous of what lovers feel 13 Which of the following best characterizes the style of "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? Flowery Mnimalist Dense Opaque 14 How does the first stanza present love? As a part of ordinary life As a tragic mistake As something only naive young people believe in As something separate from ordinary life 15 What does dew symbolize in the first stanza? Ephemerality Joy Sadness Beauty 16 Which of the following influences most likely led Clare to emphasize the earth's impermanence? Science Rural life Christianity His failing career 17 What is the origin of the phrase "God is love"? The Book of Revelations The Acts of the Apostles The Gospel of John The creation story in Genesis 18 Which line of the second stanza suggests that dream love is an illusion? Love lives in sleep But love delightful seems. 'Tis happiness of healthy dreams Eve’s dews may weep, 19 What shift happens in the third stanza? Clare shifts from emphasizing love's difference from the world, to love's presence in it Clare shifts from portraying love in a negative light to a positive light Clare shifts from portraying love in a positive light to a negative light Clare shifts from discussing love only as an individual feeling, to love as an abstract concept 20 Which of the following is not ephemeral as John Clare presents it in the third stanza? The spring The sky The earth's green hours The dew 21 Which two lines from the third and fourth stanzas do NOT employ parallel motifs? "‘Tis heard in spring" and "Bring love and music to the wind." "'Tis seen in flowers," and "On earth's green hours," "'Tis seen in flowers," and "‘Tis heard in spring" "And in the even's pearly dew" and "And in the heaven's eternal blue." 22 In which of the following ways does "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb" resemble Clare's other nature poetry? It links love and the natural world It presents the natural world in abstract terms It is not grounded in any particular place It does not describe particular creatures 23 Which of the following words appears in the final stanza but not the first? Flowers and young Faithful and young Tomb and dew Dew and young 24 What is the rhyme scheme of "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? AABB AAAB AAAA ABAB 25 How does John Clare ultimately present the relationship between love, immanence, and transcendence in "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb"? He presents both immanence and transcendence as dimensions of love He presents love as only transcendent He presents love as neither immanent nor transcendent He presents love as only immanent
