Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quizzes

Affliction (I) (Herbert poem) Quiz

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

Wages

Household-stuff

Wisdom
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 ____”
March

April

May

December
4 The speaker is
Brave

Accusatory

Jealous

Calm
5 What does the speaker wish to become?
A bird

Wages

A tree

A couch
6 The speaker (falsely) sees the relationship with God as a type of
Apprenticeship

Contract

Slavery

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

Being a writer

Running a church

Working in parliament
8 Some readers of Herbert have seen him as a:
Saint

Rebel

Farmer

Politician
9 What does the speaker mean when he says to God “thy power cross-bias me”?
You're putting me on trial

You're biased against me

Your power crucifies me

Your power pushes me in different directions
10 What does “brave” mean in the poem?
Appealing

Unique

Courageous

Strong
11 Herbert spent the FINAL years of his life in:
The Globe Theatre

The University of Cambridge

The court of King James I

St Andrews Church, Bemerton
12 "furniture so fine" is an example of:
Alliteration

Assonance

Anachronism

Allegory
13 The tree in the poem might be an allusion to
Exodus

Book of Job

Gospel of Matthew

Genesis
14 What is not a theme in "Affliction"?
Sickness

The relationship of humans and God

False expectations

The benefits of studying
15 What does it mean to "make a party unawares for woe"
To band together with other sad people

Throw a party for sadness

To be unaware of your sadness

To accidentally take the side of sadness
16 What happens after the line: "My flesh began unto my soul in pain"?
The speaker's flesh complains to his soul

The speaker's soul leaves his body

The speaker's flesh fuses with his soul

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

5

7

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?
treasure

gown

book

tree
20 In the poem, "birth and spirit" mean
astrology and mood

upbringing and inclination

time of birth and religion

body and mind
21 When the speaker threatens to "change the service, and go seek/Some other master out" he is saying he will
Find someone new to take care of him

Stop serving God

Change his profession

Stop being a servant
22 At the end of the poem the speaker realizes he must be
Brave

Unhappy

Meek

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

The 1600s

The 1800s

The 1700s
24 What do books not show in "Affliction"?
The speaker's true thoughts

The past

Knowledge of God

God's plans
25 "Let me not love thee, if I _________"
if thee love me not

love thee not

don't love thee

cannot love thee

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