Spenser’s Amoretti and Epithalamion Quizzes

Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion Quiz 1

By Todd Gordon · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed August 23, 2010

1 What is the speaker addressing in Sonnet I?

his beloved

his best friend

his own poetry

his readers
2 What does the poet repeatedly state will immortalize his beloved?

their marriage

her salvation

his poetry

her reputation
3 What negative character trait of the beloved does the speaker repeatedly defend?

laziness

pride

greed

sloveniness
4 Which of Spenser's other works does he refer to by name in I[Amoretti]?

Epithalamion

The Faerie Queene

The Sheapheard's Calendar

Astrophel
5 What color is the beloved's hair?

blonde

brunette

black

red
6 Which holiday is mentioned twice in I[Amoretti]?

Christmas

Easter

Guy Fawkes' Day

New Year's Day
7 When the speaker compares his beloved to a predator, what does he usually compare himself to?

darkness

a naturalist

a hunter

prey
8 When the speaker compares his beloved to ice, what does he compare himself to?

water

flowers

wind

fire
9 What adornment causes the speaker to warn his beloved about Daphne's fate?

a red scarf

a carnation

a diamond ring

a laurel leaf
10 What mythical woman, designed as a punishment for mortal men, does the speaker compare his beloved to?

Venus

Pandora

Ariadne

Daphne
11 The speaker compares himself to Narcissus because he cannot take his eyes off of his beloved's __?__.

reflection

beauty

dress

lips
12 When he uses the motif of battle, what image does the speaker use for himself?

the victor

the captive

the mediator

the armor-bearer
13 Why does the speaker compare his beloved to mythical Penelope?

she is willing to wait patiently for his return

she has many suitors vying for her attention

she unravels his efforts every night

she is the wife of an epic hero
14 What does the speaker envy when he cannot be physically near his beloved?

his poetry

her brothers

his thoughts

his sister
15 To what substance does the speaker compare his beloved?

slate

marble

shale

granite
16 What does the beloved do to some papers the speaker has given her?

throws them away

burns them

keeps them with her always

gives them to her sisters
17 When the speaker calls love a king, what does he call his beloved?

a handmaid

a princess

a rebel

a rival queen
18 Which of the following is NOT one of the three Elizabeths mentioned by the speaker?

his beloved

his mother

his aunt

his queen
19 The speaker's allusion to Arion concerns the latter's use of music to summon what creature?

a dolphin

a unicorn

a hippocampus

a horse
20 The speaker compares his beloved's smile to that of whom?

Venus

Pandora

Penelope

Juno
21 The speaker's poetry fails to calm his internal strife, unlike the music of whom?

Arion

Orpheus

Pan

Ulysses
22 The speaker claims he cannot be cured of his physical illness until what is cured first?

his heart

his mother

his beloved

his thoughts
23 To what animal does the speaker compare his beloved?

a wolf

a stallion

a panther

a fawn
24 Which "element" does the speaker say his beloved is composed of?

fire

sky

earth

water
25 What does the speaker find most deadly about his beloved?

her glance

her words

her fear

her beauty

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