This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Metaphysical Poetry – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is not a common characteristic of metaphysical poetry? A) Conceits. B) Arguments and persuasion. C) Blank verse. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 2. What literary device does Richard Lovelace include in the first couple lines of "To Althea from Prison" ? A) Alliteration. B) Pun. C) Personification. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 3. Who wrote "To His Coy Mistress" ? A) Andrew Marvell. B) Richard Crashaw. C) John Donne. D) George Herbert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andrew Marvell. 4. Who is considered as a master of the metaphysical conceit? A) William Shakespeare. B) John Donne. C) T. S. Eliot. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Donne. 5. Define literary epic. A) A literary device. B) Something that uses diction. C) A manner of expression. D) A long, narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A long, narrative poem. 6. Define paradox A) A witty compliment. B) Something that appears the same, but proves contradictory under deeper consideration. C) A love poem. D) Something that appears contradictory, but proves true under deeper consideration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that appears contradictory, but proves true under deeper consideration. 7. "How Soon Hath Time" is actually written in the form of a sonnet, with a distinct change or shift in tone/ideas (also known as volta). Where does this shift occur? A) 5. B) 13. C) 3. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9. 8. What comforts the speaker in "How Soon Hath Time" despite being upset about how time is flying by and he has nothing to show for it? A) It's God's will, and God's will I will follow. B) He has determined to make a name for himself now. C) He still looks youthful, so people will perceive him that way. D) Time will eventually slow down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's God's will, and God's will I will follow. 9. Which metaphysical poet wrote political pamphlets to support a Puritan group called the Roundheads? A) John Milton. B) John Donne. C) Ben Johnson. D) Richard Lovelace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Milton. 10. This poem was written to console the poet's wife upon his departure for a long trip to Europe. A) "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning". B) "To His Coy Mistress". C) "How Soon Hath Time". D) "To Althea, from Prison". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning". 11. The choice and use of words and phrases A) Literary Epic. B) Style. C) Syntax. D) Diction. E) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 12. Who is one of the most famous metaphysical poets? A) John Donne. B) Henry Thoreau. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Donne. 13. Which poem explores the paradox of God and men? A) "Discipline". B) "Renunciation". C) "Love". D) "Bitter-sweet". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Bitter-sweet". 14. What's the meter used in "To Althea, from Prison" ? A) Iambic pentameter. B) Alternating iambic tetrameter/trimeter. C) Iambic trimeter. D) Iambic tetrameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alternating iambic tetrameter/trimeter. 15. The poem was written to console the poet's wife upon his departure from a long trip to Europe A) "To His Coy Mistress". B) "How Soon Hath Time". C) "A Valediction Foreboding Mourning". D) "To Althea, from Prison". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "A Valediction Foreboding Mourning". 16. What is the rhyme scheme used in "On My First Son?" A) Rhyming couplets. B) Father. C) ABBA. D) FATHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyming couplets. 17. This is a type of extended metaphor that compares two very dissimilar things A) Paradox. B) Pun. C) Conceit. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 18. What metaphysical characteristic is present in line 11 of "To His Coy Mistress" ? A) Argument. B) Paradox. C) Conceit. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 19. Cavalier poets wrote love lyrics to mistresses with ordinary names. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. What imagery does Lovelace use most often in "To Althea, from Prison" to convey how free he feels in his love for Althea, despite being imprisoned? A) Liquid imagery. B) Sky imagery. C) Prison imagery. D) Female imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liquid imagery. Next →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMetaphysical Poetry Quiz 2Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 3Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 4Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 5Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 6Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 7American Poetry QuizPoetry Terms QuizPoetry QuizProsody QuizRomantic Poetry QuizShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books