To Penshurst Quizzes

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

The king

The house

The lady of the house
2 Who was Sir Robert Sidney?
Jonson's patron

Jonson's father

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 beauty of the architecture

The goodness of the children

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

Catholic churches in Europe

The temple of Solomon

Sidney's other estates
5 How does Jonson depict the relationship between Sidney and his neighbors?
Envious

Equal

Affectionate

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

As a prophet

As a member of the family

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

As more superficial

As less intelligent

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

The heroic couplet

The patronage poem

The country-house poem
9 In what sense is "To Penshurst" giving advice?
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

Jonson encourages Sidney to pay him more money
10 Why was Penshurst less visually impressive than other aristocratic homes?
It had been built gradually, so the plan was not unified

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

The Sidneys were less wealthy, so could not achieve the same grandeur
11 How does Jonson respond to Penshurst's unfashionable appearance?
He says true beauty is more important than trends

He attempts to conceal it

He argues that it was once in fashion

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 negations

Addressing various houses

Syntactical order

Use of metaphors
13 Why might Jonson suggest that Sidney's animals give themselves up willingly?
To suggest that Sidney is tyrannical

To prove that animals are foolish

To show that the poem is meant to be satirical

To emphasize Sidney's natural place at the top of the hierarchy
14 What is the "Great Chain of Being"?
A natural hierarchy of all living things

The natural stages in a person's life

The bonds that connect all people with one another

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

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
16 How does Jonson depict the arrival of the king?
As an honor

As a show of disrespect

As a sign of the Sidney's political importance

As an inconvenience
17 What does Penshurst symbolize?
The rivalry between Jonson and Sidney

Sir Robert's character

The decline of England

The wisdom of God
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 can claim anyone in the community as a son

Sir Robert is wealthy enough to merit being a father

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"?
Sonnet sequence

Heroic couplets

Rhyme royal

Free verse
21 What is the meter of "To Penshurst"?
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)

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?
Of wood, of water; therein thou art fair.

Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse

Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row

Thou hast thy walks for health, as well as sport
23 Which of the following best replaces "copse" in "Fertile of wood, Ashore and Sidney’s copse"
Clearing

Patch of trees

Favorite spot

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

The other houses in the area

The animals of Penshurst

Penshurst itself
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

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

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