The Description of Cooke-ham Quizzes

The Description of Cooke-ham Quiz

1 Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this poem?

Aristocracy must be abolished.

Urban development causes pollution and displacement.

Separation from a supportive and loving community can cause great grief.

Artists must find ways to support themselves other than patronage.
2 In what year was this poem published?

1609

1612

1611

1610
3 Which of the following best describes the meter of this poem?

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Ballad meter

Iambic hexameter
4 Which of the following is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Gender

Religion

Nostalgia

War
5 Which of the following contains an example of alliteration?

"Methought each thing did unto sorrow frame"

“streams with silver spangles graced”

"To our last words, did now for sorrow die"

"The sun grew weak, his beams no comfort gave"
6 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the argument this poem makes about gender?

Women can be spiritual leaders.

Women can inspire respect in other women.

Women can thrive in the company of other women.

Women are inherently competitive.
7 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?

Pathetic fallacy

Hyperbole

Anaphora

Consonance
8 Which of the following takes place in the final line of the poem?

The speaker recalls the first day she met her patron.

The speaker finally arrives in Cooke-ham.

The speaker accepts the fact that she will never see Cooke-ham again.

The speaker expresses her desire to remain in a close relationship with her patron.
9 How many lines does this poem contain?

200

220

190

210
10 Which of the following is a hyperbole?

“To shade the bright sun from your brighter eyes”

"And in sweet music did your soul delight"

"Turning green tresses into frosty gray"

"There to preserve their love continually"
11 Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Ottava rima

Terza rima

ABAB rhyme scheme

Heroic couplets
12 Which of the following best describes the setting of the poem?

Aemilia Lanyer's house

London, England

Lady Anne Clifford's estate

Cooke-ham, a country estate in Berkshire, England
13 Which of the following best describes the conflict taking place in the poem?

The speaker confronts her patron who does not respect her artistic freedom.

The speaker confronts the circumstances and social structures that separate her from her friends.

The speaker confronts her family members who are unsupportive of her artistic career.

The speaker confronts aristocrats who look down on her because of her financial situation.
14 Which of the following best describes the tone of the speaker?

Nostalgic, affectionate, laudatory, grieving

Disparaging, critical, scathing, accusatory

Nostalgic, affectionate, celebratory, ebullient

Regretful, mourning, pessimistic, grieving
15 Which scene marks the climax of the poem?

The countess's arrival at Cooke-ham

The speaker's arrival at Cooke-ham

The speaker's first encounter with the countess

The countess's kiss on the oak tree
16 In which collection was this poem published?

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

The Temple

Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

Astrophel and Stella
17 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes this poem?

It features multiple flashbacks.

It is written in the first-person singular voice.

It is written in the first-person plural voice.

It was likely inspired by actual people and events.
18 Which of the following best describes the author?

The first Englishwoman to publish a play

The first Englishwoman to publish confessional poetry

The first Englishwoman to publish an essay

The first Englishwoman to publish a substantial volume of poetry
19 Which of the following is NOT an example of internal rhyme from this poem?

"The little birds in chirping notes did sing"

"In these sweet woods how often did you walk"

"Drowned in deep sleep, yet can procure no pity"

"In whose fair breast true virtue then was housed"
20 "Many are placed in those orbs of state" is an example of which of the following?

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Caesura

Metonymy
21 When "walks put on their summer liveries," they do which of the following?

They escort the countess.

They become lively with song.

They grow colorful with flowers and verdure.

They literally wear liveries.
22 "And those sweet brooks that ran so fair and clear, / With grief and trouble wrinkled did appear" is an example of which of the following?

Metonymy

Pathetic fallacy

Polysyndeton

Anaphora
23 Which of the following is NOT a motif or symbol found in this poem?

Philomela

Violence

The Garden of Eden

Embraces
24 What is pathetic fallacy?

A fallacy in which one person misinterprets the meaning of a text

A fallacy in which one person misinterprets the intentions of another person

A particular subcategory of personification in which human feelings are attributed to a nonhuman entity

A particular subcategory of metaphor in which an abstract concept is compared to a concrete entity
25 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the book in which this poem was published?

It was co-authored by another woman poet.

It is the first substantial volume of poetry to be published by an Englishwoman.

One of its poems reimagines Biblical narratives from female perspectives.

It features both prose and poetry.

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