To Penshurst Quizzes

To Penshurst "To Penshurst"

1 Who does the speaker address in "To Penshurst"?
Jonson's patron

The lady of the house

The house

The king
2 Who was Sir Robert Sidney?
Jonson's father

Jonson's patron

Jonson's neighbor

Jonson's friend
3 Which of the following is NOT something Jonson praises Penshurst for?
The quality of the land

The goodness of the children

The hospitality of the lord and lady

The beauty of the architecture
4 What is Jonson alluding to in the opening of "To Penshurst"?
Catholic churches in Europe

The temple of Solomon

Sidney's other estates

The king's palace
5 How does Jonson depict the relationship between Sidney and his neighbors?
Envious

Resentful

Equal

Affectionate
6 How does the poet depict himself within the poem?
As an advisor

As a member of the family

As a prophet

As a fool
7 How does Jonson characterize other aristocrats in comparison to Sidney?
As less intelligent

As more superficial

As less wealthy

As more powerful
8 What genre did Jonson invent with "To Penshurst"?
The heroic couplet

The patronage poem

The ode

The country-house poem
9 In what sense is "To Penshurst" giving advice?
Jonson encourages Sidney to build a more spectacular house

Jonson encourages Sidney to pay him more money

Jonson warns Sidney against selling Penshurst

Jonson encourages Sidney to continue to be a true nobleman
10 Why was Penshurst less visually impressive than other aristocratic homes?
The Sidneys chose to build a humble home to fit in with the neighbors

The Sidneys had been too cheap to hire a good architect

It had been built gradually, so the plan was not unified

The Sidneys were less wealthy, so could not achieve the same grandeur
11 How does Jonson respond to Penshurst's unfashionable appearance?
He attempts to conceal it

He argues that it was once in fashion

He says true beauty is more important than trends

He argues that architectural beauty is not that important
12 What pattern established in the opening does the line "Thou joy’st in better marks, of soil, of air" disrupt?
Use of metaphors

Syntactical order

Use of negations

Addressing various houses
13 Why might Jonson suggest that Sidney's animals give themselves up willingly?
To emphasize Sidney's natural place at the top of the hierarchy

To prove that animals are foolish

To show that the poem is meant to be satirical

To suggest that Sidney is tyrannical
14 What is the "Great Chain of Being"?
The natural stages in a person's life

A natural hierarchy of all living things

The bonds that connect people with God

The bonds that connect all people with one another
15 Why does Jonson emphasize that Sidney's neighbors bring gifts?
To show that the Sidneys don't have everything

To show that Sidney is at home in the community

To show off his knowledge of consumer goods

To prove that everyone in the community is wealthy
16 How does Jonson depict the arrival of the king?
As an honor

As a sign of the Sidney's political importance

As a show of disrespect

As an inconvenience
17 What does Penshurst symbolize?
The wisdom of God

Sir Robert's character

The decline of England

The rivalry between Jonson and Sidney
18 What does the line "His children thy great lord may call his own" imply?
Sir Robert is wealthy enough to merit being a father

Sir Robert's children aren't his own biologically

Other noblemen can't be sure their wives are faithful

Sir Robert can claim anyone in the community as a son
19 Who is the speaker in "To Penshurst"?
Jonson himself

The lady

A houseguest

Sir Robert
20 What is the form of "To Penshurst"?
Rhyme royal

Sonnet sequence

Heroic couplets

Free verse
21 What is the meter of "To Penshurst"?
Trochaic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable)

Iambic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

Iambic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

Trochaic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable)
22 Which of the following contains alliteration?
Thou hast thy walks for health, as well as sport

Of wood, of water; therein thou art fair.

Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row

Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse
23 Which of the following best replaces "copse" in "Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse"
Clearing

Favorite spot

Police

Patch of trees
24 Which of the following does Sidney personify?
The fruit trees

The animals of Penshurst

Penshurst itself

The other houses in the area
25 Which of the following is most obviously an example of hyperbole?
The blushing apricot and woolly peach / Hang on thy walls, that every child may reach.

Thy copse too, named of Gamage, thou hast there, / That never fails to serve thee seasoned deer

With all their zeal to warm their welcome here. / What (great I will not say, but) sudden cheer

Bright eels that emulate them, and leap on land/Before the fisher, or into his hand.

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