1. Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics.
The gall he displayed during his exchange with the police officer made
us all uneasy.
* shyness
* honesty
* deceit
* boldness
2.
“Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate,
on the just day.”
Which of these is nearest in meaning to the word exacted, as it is used
in the passage above?
* requested and received
* denied and rejected
* demanded and collected
* refuted and conquered
3.
“His utmost power with adverse power opposedIn dubious battle on the
plains of Heaven…”
Which of these is nearest in meaning to the word dubious, as it is used
in the passage above?
* decisive
* unknown
* uncertain
* awkward
Match the definitions to the words by filling in the correct letter.
a. desire for pleasure
b. belief that something might be true even though it cannot be confirmed
c. extremely large number
d. pay a cost or expense
e. barren, open country covered with small shrubs
/Use the word bank to answer the question./
4. heath
5. surmise
6. voluptuousness
7. defray
8. myriad
9.
Read these lines, from The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd/.
“If all the world and love were young,/And truth in every shepherd’s
tongue,/These pretty pleasures might me move/To live with thee and by
thy love.”
To judge from her words, how does the nymph regard the shepherd’s offer
of love?
* as humorous
* as inadequate
* as insulting
* as acceptable
10.
“… Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,/Featured like him, like him
with friends possessed,/Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope…”
What emotion is Shakespeare describing in these lines from Sonnet 29?
* gratitude
* anger
* envy
* melancholy
11.
“If this be error and upon me proved,/I never writ, nor no man ever loved.”
Which conclusion can be drawn from these final lines of Shakespeare’s
Sonnet 116?
* The narrator will recant his or her assumption about love if proven
wrong.
* The narrator will never recant his or her assumption about love if
proven correct.
* The narrator will recant his or her assumption about friendship if
proven wrong.
* The narrator will never recant his or her assumption about
friendship if proven correct.
12.
Which excerpt from John Donne’s "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
indicates what the speaker does not want his wife to mourn?
/(1 point)/
* “While some of their sad friends do say,/The breath goes now…”
* “Our two souls therefore, which are one,/Though I must go, endure
not yet…”
* “Moving of th’ earth brings harms and fears,/Men reckon what it did…”
* “Thy firmness makes my circle just,/And makes me end…”
13. Read this excerpt from John Donne’s "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
“Our two souls therefore, which are one,/Though I must go, endure not
yet/A breach, but an expansion,/Like gold to airy thinness beat.”
Which of these is the *best* interpretation of this passage?
* Donne is using irony to trivialize the love between him and his wife.
* Donne is using a conceit to describe the love between him and his wife.
* Donne is using an understatement to stress the strength of his love
for his wife.
* Donne is using sarcasm to dismiss the love his wife has for him.
14.
Which line *best* states the theme of John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10?
* “One short sleep past, we wake eternally…”
* “… And soonest our best men with thee do go…”
* "Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so,"
* “… And doest with poison, war, and sickness dwell…”
15.
“… that Library where every book shall lie open to one another…”
Which of these is the *best* interpretation of this phrase from John
Donne’s Meditation 17?
* It is a description of Death.
* It is a description of God.
* It is a description of Hell.
* It is a description of Heaven.
16.
“Farewell, thou child of my right hand…”
Which of these is the *most* accurate paraphrase of these words from Ben
Jonson’s "On My First Son"?
* “Farewell, joy…”
* “Farewell, Ben…”
* “Farewell, Father…”
* “Farewell, sin…”
17.
Which of these excerpts from Ben Jonson’s "Song: To Celia" compares love
to intoxication?
* “… Since then it grows and smells, I swear,/Not of itself, but thee.”
* “I sent thee late a rosy wreath,/Not so much honoring thee…”
* “… But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,/I would not change for thine.”
* “But thou thereon didst only breathe,/And sent’st it back to me…”
18.
Read the phrase from John Milton’s "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent."
“And that one talent which is death to hide…”
To what is Milton alluding with this Biblical reference?
* the individual’s obligation to serve his or her Maker
* the loss of youth as years pass
* the accumulation of wisdom over time
* the need to pray to discern God’s will
19.
Read this excerpt from John Milton’s /Paradise Lost/.
“Th’ infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,/Stirred up with envy and
revenge, deceived/The mother of mankind…”
To what event is Milton referring in these lines from /Paradise Lost/?
* the casting of Satan from Heaven
* Leviathan’s attack on a boat’s pilot
* the eruption of Etna
* Adam and Eve’s fall from perfection
20.
What do the speakers have in common in the sonnets "Whoso List to Hunt"
by Sir Thomas Wyatt and "Sonnet 30" by Edmund Spenser? How are they
different? Consider the focus of the speaker in each work.
/(2 points)/
21.
Explain the extended metaphor in Jonson’s “Song: To Celia.”
22.
Explain the metaphor of the compass in Donne’s “A Valediction:
Forbidding Mourning.”
23.
Explain Satan’s opinions about God. Do they seem logical?
24.
*Respond to one of the following prompts: *
* Respond in a well-organized essay.
* Answer is written in complete sentences.
*Prompt A:*The idyllic vision of country life that characterizes
Renaissance pastoral poetry speaks about a longing for a closer
relationship with nature. Why do you think humans long for a deeper
relationship with nature? Do you think this feeling is still common
today? If it is, how is it similar to and different from the sentiments
that brought about pastoral poetry?
*Prompt B:* All of the poems you read in this unit were written from a
male point of view. What feminine ideal do you think emerges from these
poems? What is your opinion about it? How do you think it compares with
the idea of femininity in the Middle Ages?
*Prompt C:* The poetry you read throughout this unit presents different
views of love. Focusing on the tone of the poetry you read, comment on
the interpretation of love in Shakespeare’s sonnets, Donne’s “A
Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” and Jonson’s “Song: To Celia.”
*Prompt D:* Milton’s Satan in the epic poem /Paradise Lost/ can be
defined as an anti-hero. Write an essay explaining what makes Satan an
anti-hero and how Milton’s characterization helps establish the figure
of Satan as an awe-inspiring, yet terrifying being.
/(25 points)/
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