A Song for St. Cecelia’s Day Quizzes

A Song for St. Cecelia's Day Quiz

1 Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this poem?
Music inspires us, helps us experience our emotions to the fullest, and connects us to the divine.

Music should be independent from religion.

Music is wasteful, and causes us to waste our emotional energy.

Music is destructive, dangerous, and should not be tampered with.
2 Which of the following best describes the form and meter of this poem?
Iambic pentameter with ABAB rhyme scheme

Iambic pentameter with AABB rhyme scheme

Mixed meter with mixed rhyme schemes

Iambic tetrameter with ABAB rhyme scheme
3 Which of the following is not a major theme of this poem?
Cosmology

Religion

Childhood

Music
4 Which of the following does NOT contain an example of alliteration or consonance?
“The double double double beat"

“The spheres began to move”

“From harmony, from heavenly harmony”

“spoke so sweetly, and so well”
5 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes how music is featured in this poem?
It is personified.

It is a key theme of the poem.

The word "music" shows up only once.

It appears in the last line of the poem.
6 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Assonance

Personification

Understatement

Alliteration
7 Which of the following is NOT personified in this poem?
Nature

Jubal's shell

The universal frame

The drum
8 How many stanzas does this poem contain, including the Grand Chorus?
7

5

8

6
9 Which of the following is NOT an instrument mentioned in this poem?
The flute

The harpsichord

The organ

The violin
10 Who is St. Cecilia?
A colleague of John Dryden

A Catholic martyr and patroness of music

A musician from the Bible

A Roman goddess
11 Which of the following is NOT a dichotomy addressed by the poem?
The divine vs. The worldly

The Christian vs. The pagan

The modern vs. The ancient

Heaven vs. Earth
12 Which of the following is NOT a rhyme scheme that appears in this poem?
ABAB

ABCABC

AABB

ABBA
13 Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the tone of the speaker?
Celebratory

Praising

Laudatory

Mournful
14 Which of the following takes place in Stanza 7?
The speaker describes the sound of violins.

The speaker narrates the creation of the universe.

The speaker states that St. Cecilia's music is superior to that of Orpheus.

The speaker imagines the apocalypse.
15 Which of the following is a personification?
"Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat!"

"nature underneath a heap / Of jarring atoms lay, / And could not heave her head"

"From harmony, from heavenly harmony"

"Jubal struck the chorded shell"
16 Who is Jubal?
A musician from Roman mythology

An organ player

A musician from the Book of Genesis

A Catholic saint
17 Who is Orpheus?
An organ player

A Catholic saint

A musician from Roman mythology

A musician from the Book of Genesis
18 "What passion cannot Music raise and quell?" is which of the following?
A rhetorical question

A metonymy

An alliteration

A simile
19 Which of the following best describes the setting of the poem?
Spatial setting: unspecified / Temporal setting: unspecified

Spatial setting: the woods / Temporal setting: St. Cecilia's Day celebration

Spatial setting: the city / Temporal setting: St. Cecilia's Day celebration

Spatial setting: unspecified / Temporal setting: St. Cecilia's Day celebration
20 Which of the following is NOT a symbolic meaning that angels may have in this poem?
They symbolize free will and rebellion.

They embody holiness.

They transcend boundaries.

They mediate between Heaven and Earth.
21 What does the speaker mean when they say "Music shall untune the sky"?
Music will be gone by the time of the apocalypse.

Music will outlive the human race.

Music will be involved in the reordering of the universe.

Music will be used in warfare.
22 In what year was this poem published?
1692

1739

1631

1687
23 Which of the following was not inspired by this poem?
“Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day” by George Frideric Handel

"The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia" by Raphael

“Ode to St. Cecilia" by Nicholas Brady

“Hail! Bright Cecilia" by Henry Purcell
24 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the use of the word "harmony" in the poem?
It appears in a refrain.

It is used in an alliteration.

It is misspelled in the poem.

It is a reference to Pythagorean philosophy.
25 "From harmony, from heavenly harmony, / This universal frame began" does NOT feature which of the following?
Consonance

Iambic meter

Personification

Alliteration

A song for st.cecilia’s day by John Dryden?

Though “A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687” celebrates a Catholic holiday, the poem contains references to more than one belief system. Alongside the Biblical references to Jubal, Heaven, and angels, and the Catholic narrative of St. Cecilia, the...

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Answered by Aslan on 10/15/2023 4:32 AM