Matthew Arnold: Poems Quiz 1

1 In what English town was Matthew Arnold born?
Dover

Dartmouth

Laleham

Alton
2 Which famous school did Arnold attend as a boy?
Windermere School

Aldenham School

Eton

The Rugby School
3 Which university did Arnold attend?
Trinity

Cambridge

Edinburgh

Oxford
4 What was the name of Arnold's first book of poetry?
I[New Poems]

I[Empedocles on Etna]

I[The Strayed Reveler]

I[The Scholar-Gipsy]
5 How did Matthew Arnold die?
carriage accident

drowning

heart failure

diabetes
6 Which is NOT a common theme throughout Arnold's poetry?
love

faith

money

anti-modernism
7 In "Desire," what does Arnold wish that humans be saved from?
the terrible apocalypse that was soon coming

belief in God and devils

a life lived only for pleasure

the temptations of life
8 Which two entities are personified in "Desire"?
Time and Destiny

Light and Darkness

Water and Fire

The Soul and Pride
9 In "To Marguerite: Continued," Arnold compares humans to what?
monkeys

islands

storms

stones
10 In "To Marguerite: Continued," Arnold suggests that humans are ________.
isolated from one another

steadfast and unchanging

deeply connected to each other

too warful
11 How does Arnold feel about romantic love in "To Marguerite: Continued"?
He abhors love and never wants to experience it himself.

He has no feelings about it.

He thinks it is beautiful and deeper than it ever has been.

He expresses his frustration that passion is short-lived.
12 What is the name for the poetic device in which a sentence remains unfinished on one line to continue it on the next?
enjambment

epistrophe

personification

simile
13 What does the speaker of "A Summer Night" speak to?
a Cloud

a Star

the Sun

the Moon
14 The speaker of "A Summer Night" is best described as _______.
confused

restless

jilted

angry
15 To describe the type of person who breaks away from the "prison" of life, Arnold often uses _______ metaphors.
ocean

precious gem

jungle

animal
16 What important message does "Consolation" relay about time?
Humans will never use their time wisely.

We are in control of our time.

Time is relative.

Time drags on forever.
17 Which characters in "Consolation" beg for their time to be extended?
the goddess of destiny and the god of time

two world leaders

a pair of sick brothers

the couple
18 Why does Arnold refer to different corners of the globe in "Consolation?"
because some places do not experience time

to suggest the futility of life

because he has traveled to all these places

to express the universality of time
19 The Scholar-Gipsy is ________.
Matthew Arnold's friend

a former Oxford student

Matthew Arnold himself

a native-born gipsy
20 What does the Scholar-Gipsy take from the gypsies?
their children

their ability to see the future

their jewelry and precious gems

their secrets of learning and imagination
21 Why does the speaker believe that the Scholar-Gipsy is still alive?
because he himself is the Scholar-Gipsy

because the Scholar-Gipsy was secretly a god

because the Scholar-Gipsy did not live life like everyone else

because the Scholar-Gipsy is only an idea
22 In "A Dream," what is the name of the speaker's friend?
Matthew

Arthur

Martin

Andrew
23 What are the names of the women in "A Dream?"
Dorothy and Lenore

Marguerite and Olivia

Margaret and Emily

Laura and Mary
24 What does the speaker call the stream in "A Dream?"
Creek of Contempt

Stream of Consciousness

River of Justice

River of Life
25 Which two elements does Arnold juxtapose in "A Dream?"
air and water

earth and fire

earth and air

water and fire

The poem is set in and around the town of Oxford, England.

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