English 11/12 Literature
Metaphysical Test.
1. What is the message of “Holy Sonnet 10”?
a. Death can never triumph because faith grants eternal life.
2. Holy sonnet 10 can be considered a metaphysical conceit because
a. An idea is debated by likening it to an arrogant but finally powerless tyrant.
3. What is seemingly contradictory phrase” death, thou shalt die” actually true within the context of “holy sonnet 10”
a. After death, a Christian awakes to eternal life.
4. Which of the following pairs are the subjects of John Donne’s Song?
a. Love and death
5. in John Donne’s song, the lines “Yesternight the sun went hence, and yet is here today are an example of a
a. paradox
6. which of the following is the best interpretation of these lines from John Donne’s “song” when thou wep`st, unkindly kind, my life’s blood doth decay
a. You cry because you love me but your tears make me suffer.
7. which of the following excerpts from “ A valediction: Forbidding mourning “ is the best example of a metaphysical conceit”
a. If they be two, they are two so, as stiff twin compasses are two, they soul the fixed foot, makes me show, but doth, if Th`other do.”
8. In “A valediction” forbidding mourning” what do you recognize to be the speaker’s motivation in the following lines? “Our two souls therefore, which are one, though I must go, endure not yet, a breach, but an expansion.
a. To assure his beloved that the distance will make their love grow.
9. what can you infer from these final lines of the compass comparison that ends “ a valediction: forbidding mourning” thy firmness makes my circle just and makes me end where I begun
a. The speaker and his lover are bound, though they may be apart.
10. in “mediation 17” god is presented as being analogous to
a. a publisher
11. Which of the following excerpts from “mediation 17” expresses the major theme of the poem?
a. “Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind...”
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1. What is the message of “Holy Sonnet 10”?
a. Death can never triumph because faith grants eternal life.
2. Holy sonnet 10 can be considered a metaphysical conceit because
a. An idea is debated by likening it to an arrogant but finally powerless tyrant.
3. What is seemingly contradictory phrase” death, thou shalt die” actually true within the context of “holy sonnet 10”
a. After death, a Christian awakes to eternal life.
4. Which of the following pairs are the subjects of John Donne’s Song?
a. Love and death
5. in John Donne’s song, the lines “Yesternight the sun went hence, and yet is here today are an example of a
a. paradox
6. which of the following is the best interpretation of these lines from John Donne’s “song” when thou wep`st, unkindly kind, my life’s blood doth decay
a. You cry because you love me but your tears make me suffer.
7. which of the following excerpts from “ A valediction: Forbidding mourning “ is the best example of a metaphysical conceit”
a. If they be two, they are two so, as stiff twin compasses are two, they soul the fixed foot, makes me show, but doth, if Th`other do.”
8. In “A valediction” forbidding mourning” what do you recognize to be the speaker’s motivation in the following lines? “Our two souls therefore, which are one, though I must go, endure not yet, a breach, but an expansion.
a. To assure his beloved that the distance will make their love grow.
9. what can you infer from these final lines of the compass comparison that ends “ a valediction: forbidding mourning” thy firmness makes my circle just and makes me end where I begun
a. The speaker and his lover are bound, though they may be apart.
10. in “mediation 17” god is presented as being analogous to
a. a publisher
11. Which of the following excerpts from “mediation 17” expresses the major theme of the poem?
a. “Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind...”
12. In