Song: to Celia (“Drink to me only with thine eyes”) Quizzes

Song: to Celia (“Drink to me only with thine eyes”) "Song to Celia"

1 When was Ben Jonson born?
Fifteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

Sixteenth century
2 Who was Jonson's most famous contemporary?
John Donne

Andrew Marvell

John Milton

William Shakespeare
3 When was "Song: to Celia" published?
1626

1606

1596

1616
4 How was "Song: to Celia" originally published?
As part of an anthology of love poems

As an individual pamphlet

After Jonson's death, in a collection of Renaissance verse

As part of a short collection of poems by Jonson
5 Which part of "Song: to Celia" is most directly adapted from another source?
The second half

The first six lines

The fourth couplet

The final couplet
6 To what does the fourth couplet of "Song: to Celia" allude?
The Gospel of John

The Greek philosopher Philostratus

An earlier poem by Jonson

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
7 What is "Song: to Celia" at its most basic?
An argument for love

A reminder of death

A lengthy compliment

An argument for faith in God
8 How does Celia feel about the speaker?
She is more interested in him than he is in her

She is not aware of his affections

She returns his affections, but is afraid to be with him

She does not return his affections
9 Who does the speaker address in "Song: to Celia"?
God

Celia

His son

Jove
10 Which couplet is most ambiguous?
Or leave a kiss but in the cup/ And I'll not look for wine.

But might I of Jove's nectar sup,/ I would not change for thine.

Drink to me only with thine eyes,/ And I will pledge with mine

The thirst that from the soul doth rise/ Doth ask a drink divine;
11 Which two things does Jonson NOT compare in the fourth couplet?
Celia and a drink

Jesus and a drink

Immortality and a drink

Jove and a drink
12 Why does it matter that the "soul" thirsts for the divine drink?
The soul is fallible

The soul is further from God

The soul is where love comes from

The soul desires immortality
13 Which of the following best replaces the meaning of "but" in line 7?
Either "even if" or "only if"

Even if

Only if

None of the above
14 Why do carpe diem love poems emphasize mortality?
To convince the beloved to seize the day before she dies

To remind the beloved that only love will make her immortal

To convince themselves that love is meaningless, because we all die

To remind the beloved that God will save people who love each other
15 How does the second half of the poem characterize Celia?
As secretly interested in the speaker

As cruel

As a heretic

As quasi-divine
16 Which theme does the word "wither'd" in line 12 relate to most directly?
Inevitability of death

God's eternal life

Chaste desire

The elaborate compliment
17 In what two divergent ways can we read the final couplet of the poem?
Either a threat or a prayer

Either a compliment or a plea

Either a compliment or a prayer

Either a compliment or a threat
18 What is unusual about Jonson's use of the wreath symbol?
He does not use the wreath in a religious context

He uses the wreath to deliver an elaborate compliment

He uses the wreath to emphasize Celia's mortality

He compares the wreath to Celia, not Celia to the wreath
19 What does "carpe diem" mean in English?
Seize salvation

Seize the carp

Seize the day

God gives life
20 Which early modern poet wrote the most famous "carpe diem" poem?
William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Andrew Marvell

John Milton
21 Which of the following lines does not implicitly allude to mortality?
I sent thee late a rosy wreath

Or leave a kiss but in the cup

It could not wither'd be

The thirst that from the soul doth rise
22 What kind of desire does "Song: to Celia" emphasize?
Lustful

Platonic

Indirect

Religious
23 What is the tone of "Song: to Celia"?
Bitter

Wry

Desperate

Angry
24 What is the rhyme scheme of "Song: to Celia"?
AABBAA etc.

AABBCC etc.

AAAB CCCD etc

ABAB CDCD etc.
25 Which of the following literary devices does not appear in "Song: to Celia"?
Alliteration

Allusion

Apostrophe

Metaphor

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