Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

1 Which of the following does the speaker NOT expect from God?
Stars

Wisdom

Household-stuff

Wages
2 What does the verb “augment” mean?
Decrease

Enlighten

Weaken

Increase
3 In the early day of the speaker’s religious devotion “There was no month but ____”
April

May

March

December
4 The speaker is
Calm

Brave

Accusatory

Jealous
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
A tree

A bird

A couch

Wages
6 The speaker (falsely) sees the relationship with God as a type of
Contract

Partnership

Apprenticeship

Slavery
7 Which of these is NOT an example of life in “the town”?
Running a church

Running a business

Working in parliament

Being a writer
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Rebel

Saint

Politician

Farmer
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
Your power crucifies me

Your power pushes me in different directions

You're biased against me

You're putting me on trial
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Courageous

Unique

Appealing

Strong
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
The court of King James I

St Andrews Church, Bemerton

The Globe Theatre

The University of Cambridge
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Alliteration

Anachronism

Allegory

Assonance
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Gospel of Matthew

Exodus

Genesis

Book of Job
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
False expectations

The benefits of studying

Sickness

The relationship of humans and God
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To accidentally take the side of sadness

To be unaware of your sadness

To band together with other sad people

Throw a party for sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul

The speaker's flesh complains to his soul

The speaker's soul dies
17 Each stanza of the poem is a sestain, meaning ___ lines
6

7

5

4
18 The two meters used in the poem are
iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter

anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

dactylic hexameter and iambic pentameter

trochaic tetrameter and pyrrhic pentameter
19 Which of these is not mentioned in the poem?
tree

book

treasure

gown
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
upbringing and inclination

time of birth and religion

astrology and mood

body and mind
21 When the speaker threatens to "change the service, and go seek/Some other master out" he is saying he will
Change his profession

Stop serving God

Stop being a servant

Find someone new to take care of him
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Angry

Brave

Meek

Unhappy
23 Herbert wrote his poetry in which century?
The 1500s

The 1800s

The 1600s

The 1700s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
The past

The speaker's true thoughts

God's plans

Knowledge of God
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
love thee not

if thee love me not

don't love thee

cannot love thee

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