To Penshurst Quizzes

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1 Who does the speaker address in "To Penshurst"?
The king

The house

Jonson's patron

The lady of the house
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 hospitality of the lord and lady

The quality of the land

The goodness of the children

The beauty of the architecture
4 What is Jonson alluding to in the opening of "To Penshurst"?
The king's palace

Sidney's other estates

Catholic churches in Europe

The temple of Solomon
5 How does Jonson depict the relationship between Sidney and his neighbors?
Affectionate

Resentful

Envious

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

As a prophet

As a fool

As a member of the family
7 How does Jonson characterize other aristocrats in comparison to Sidney?
As less intelligent

As more superficial

As more powerful

As less wealthy
8 What genre did Jonson invent with "To Penshurst"?
The country-house poem

The heroic couplet

The ode

The patronage poem
9 In what sense is "To Penshurst" giving advice?
Jonson encourages Sidney to pay him more money

Jonson encourages Sidney to build a more spectacular house

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 argues that architectural beauty is not that important

He argues that it was once in fashion

He attempts to conceal it

He says true beauty is more important than trends
12 What pattern established in the opening does the line "Thou joy’st in better marks, of soil, of air" disrupt?
Use of negations

Addressing various houses

Syntactical order

Use of metaphors
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 suggest that Sidney is tyrannical

To prove that animals are foolish

To show that the poem is meant to be satirical
14 What is the "Great Chain of Being"?
The bonds that connect all people with one another

A natural hierarchy of all living things

The natural stages in a person's life

The bonds that connect people with God
15 Why does Jonson emphasize that Sidney's neighbors bring gifts?
To show that Sidney is at home in the community

To show that the Sidneys don't have everything

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 show of disrespect

As an inconvenience

As a sign of the Sidney's political importance
17 What does Penshurst symbolize?
Sir Robert's character

The wisdom of God

The rivalry between Jonson and Sidney

The decline of England
18 What does the line "His children thy great lord may call his own" imply?
Sir Robert's children aren't his own biologically

Sir Robert is wealthy enough to merit being a father

Sir Robert can claim anyone in the community as a son

Other noblemen can't be sure their wives are faithful
19 Who is the speaker in "To Penshurst"?
A houseguest

The lady

Sir Robert

Jonson himself
20 What is the form of "To Penshurst"?
Free verse

Heroic couplets

Rhyme royal

Sonnet sequence
21 What is the meter of "To Penshurst"?
Iambic pentameter (each line is made up of five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable)

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

Trochaic tetrameter (each line is made up of four pairs of one stressed and one unstressed 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?
Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse

Of wood, of water; therein thou art fair.

Thou hast thy walks for health, as well as sport

Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row
23 Which of the following best replaces "copse" in "Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse"
Patch of trees

Favorite spot

Clearing

Police
24 Which of the following does Sidney personify?
Penshurst itself

The fruit trees

The other houses in the area

The animals of Penshurst
25 Which of the following is most obviously an example of hyperbole?
Bright eels that emulate them, and leap on land/Before the fisher, or into his hand.

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

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

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