George Herbert: Poems Quizzes

George Herbert: Poems Quiz

1 In what year was The Temple published?
1900

1633

1600

1932
2 What was Herbert's age at his time of death?
25

39

82

40
3 Which of the following is NOT a section of The Temple?
The Church

The Church-porch

The Churchgoer

The Church-millitant
4 Besides The Temple, Herbert wrote all of the following EXCEPT:
Greek poetry

Latin poetry

A prose work called The Country Parson

French poetry
5 Herbert employed all of the following forms, EXCEPT:
haiku

free verse

traditional meter and rhyme (i.e. iambic pentameter)

hieroglyphic poetry shaped like objects
6 God, as represented by Herbert, portrays all the following attributes EXCEPT:
failibility

infinite love

wrath

kindness
7 Herbert believed priests were important to religious life because...
they influenced other men's actions and thus the fate of their souls

they frightened religious leaders from other sects

they were wealthy

they were not afraid to use punishment to motivate their congregants
8 Hebert's five poems titled "Affliction" emphasize...
that God wants mankind to suffer for no reason

that romantic love is an affliction

the devastation of the bubonic plague in Europe

the ultimate reason why God curses man with affliction
9 According to poems like "The Collar," religious doubt...
happens only to the weak, but never to priests

never happens

is natural, and sometimes helps mankind rediscover God

damns one to hell
10 Why do poems like "The Clasping of Hands" and "Love (III)" use romantic imagery?
to appeal to 17th century readers who were easily bored

to emphasize the divine union between God and man in heaven and the power of religious longing

to show that lust is a sin

to transgress the church's doctrine at the time
11 Herbert was popular in all of the following periods except:
the late 17th century

the early 19th century

the medieval era

the modernist era (beginning of the 20th century)