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 should be independent from religion.

Music is destructive, dangerous, and should not be tampered with.

Music inspires us, helps us experience our emotions to the fullest, and connects us to the divine.

Music is wasteful, and causes us to waste our emotional energy.
2 Which of the following best describes the form and meter of this poem?
Iambic pentameter with ABAB rhyme scheme

Mixed meter with mixed rhyme schemes

Iambic pentameter with AABB rhyme scheme

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

Childhood

Religion

Music
4 Which of the following does NOT contain an example of alliteration or consonance?
“spoke so sweetly, and so well”

“From harmony, from heavenly harmony”

“The spheres began to move”

“The double double double beat"
5 Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes how music is featured in this poem?
It appears in the last line of the poem.

It is personified.

The word "music" shows up only once.

It is a key theme of the poem.
6 Which of the following literary elements is NOT featured in this poem?
Personification

Assonance

Understatement

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

Nature

Jubal's shell

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

5

6

8
9 Which of the following is NOT an instrument mentioned in this poem?
The harpsichord

The organ

The flute

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

A Roman goddess

A musician from the Bible

A Catholic martyr and patroness of music
11 Which of the following is NOT a dichotomy addressed by the poem?
The divine vs. The worldly

Heaven vs. Earth

The Christian vs. The pagan

The modern vs. The ancient
12 Which of the following is NOT a rhyme scheme that appears in this poem?
ABAB

ABBA

AABB

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

Laudatory

Praising

Mournful
14 Which of the following takes place in Stanza 7?
The speaker states that St. Cecilia's music is superior to that of Orpheus.

The speaker narrates the creation of the universe.

The speaker describes the sound of violins.

The speaker imagines the apocalypse.
15 Which of the following is a personification?
"Jubal struck the chorded shell"

"From harmony, from heavenly harmony"

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

"Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat!"
16 Who is Jubal?
A musician from the Book of Genesis

A musician from Roman mythology

An organ player

A Catholic saint
17 Who is Orpheus?
A musician from the Book of Genesis

A Catholic saint

A musician from Roman mythology

An organ player
18 "What passion cannot Music raise and quell?" is which of the following?
A simile

A rhetorical question

An alliteration

A metonymy
19 Which of the following best describes the setting of the poem?
Spatial setting: the city / Temporal setting: St. Cecilia's Day celebration

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

Spatial setting: unspecified / Temporal setting: unspecified

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 transcend boundaries.

They symbolize free will and rebellion.

They embody holiness.

They mediate between Heaven and Earth.
21 What does the speaker mean when they say "Music shall untune the sky"?
Music will be used in warfare.

Music will be involved in the reordering of the universe.

Music will be gone by the time of the apocalypse.

Music will outlive the human race.
22 In what year was this poem published?
1631

1739

1692

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

“Ode to St. Cecilia" by Nicholas Brady

"The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia" by Raphael

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

It appears in a refrain.

It is a reference to Pythagorean philosophy.

It is used in an alliteration.
25 "From harmony, from heavenly harmony, / This universal frame began" does NOT feature which of the following?
Personification

Iambic meter

Alliteration

Consonance

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