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?
Sixteenth century

Eighteenth century

Seventeenth century

Fifteenth century
2 Who was Jonson's most famous contemporary?
Andrew Marvell

John Milton

John Donne

William Shakespeare
3 When was "Song: to Celia" published?
1616

1596

1626

1606
4 How was "Song: to Celia" originally published?
As part of an anthology of love poems

As part of a short collection of poems by Jonson

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

As an individual pamphlet
5 Which part of "Song: to Celia" is most directly adapted from another source?
The final couplet

The first six lines

The second half

The fourth couplet
6 To what does the fourth couplet of "Song: to Celia" allude?
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

The Gospel of John

An earlier poem by Jonson

The Greek philosopher Philostratus
7 What is "Song: to Celia" at its most basic?
An argument for faith in God

A reminder of death

A lengthy compliment

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

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

She does not return his affections

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

Celia

Jove

His son
10 Which couplet is most ambiguous?
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;

Or leave a kiss but in the cup/ And I'll not look for wine.
11 Which two things does Jonson NOT compare in the fourth couplet?
Celia and a drink

Jove and a drink

Jesus and a drink

Immortality and a drink
12 Why does it matter that the "soul" thirsts for the divine drink?
The soul is further from God

The soul is fallible

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"

Only if

Even if

None of the above
14 Why do carpe diem love poems emphasize mortality?
To remind the beloved that God will save people who love each other

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

To convince the beloved to seize the day before she dies

To remind the beloved that only love will make her immortal
15 How does the second half of the poem characterize Celia?
As quasi-divine

As a heretic

As cruel

As secretly interested in the speaker
16 Which theme does the word "wither'd" in line 12 relate to most directly?
Inevitability of death

The elaborate compliment

God's eternal life

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

Either a threat or a prayer

Either a compliment or a prayer

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

He compares the wreath to Celia, not Celia to the wreath

He uses the wreath to emphasize Celia's mortality

He uses the wreath to deliver an elaborate compliment
19 What does "carpe diem" mean in English?
Seize salvation

Seize the day

God gives life

Seize the carp
20 Which early modern poet wrote the most famous "carpe diem" poem?
William Shakespeare

John Milton

Andrew Marvell

Ben Jonson
21 Which of the following lines does not implicitly allude to mortality?
The thirst that from the soul doth rise

I sent thee late a rosy wreath

Or leave a kiss but in the cup

It could not wither'd be
22 What kind of desire does "Song: to Celia" emphasize?
Lustful

Religious

Indirect

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

Angry

Desperate

Wry
24 What is the rhyme scheme of "Song: to Celia"?
AABBCC etc.

AAAB CCCD etc

ABAB CDCD etc.

AABBAA etc.
25 Which of the following literary devices does not appear in "Song: to Celia"?
Metaphor

Allusion

Apostrophe

Alliteration

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