This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Metaphysical Poetry – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter A) Literary Epic. B) Style. C) Syntax. D) Diction. E) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Blank Verse. 2. What is the rhyme scheme for "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning" ? A) Father. B) AABB. C) ABCB. D) ABBA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father. 3. What is the nature of John Donne's poetry? A) Witty. B) Intellectual. C) Comic. D) Sarcastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intellectual. 4. Define obliquely. A) At a slanting angle. B) At a right angle. C) Steady. D) Unwavering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At a slanting angle. 5. Choose the word that means-violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred. A) Cloister. B) Sacrilege. C) Transgress. D) Infernal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sacrilege. 6. What meter is used in "To Althea, from Prison" ? A) Iambic trimeter. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Alternating tetrameter and trimeter. D) Iambic tetrameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alternating tetrameter and trimeter. 7. Which author used the technique of metaphysical conceit? A) Flight johnson. B) Christopher Marlowe. C) John Donne. D) Andrew Marvell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Donne. 8. Conceits are A) People who are arrogant. B) Friends. C) Weird comparison. D) Over-exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weird comparison. 9. Choose the word that means-Laypersons; distinct from clergy. A) Laity. B) Profanation. C) Breach. D) Obliquely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laity. 10. Why was Donne thrown in jail? A) He eloped, making the father of his bride very angry. B) He challenged the queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He eloped, making the father of his bride very angry. 11. How does the poem's structure in "To His Coy Mistress" contribute to the metaphysical characteristics of presenting an argument? A) Each indentation indicates a shift to another portion of the argument (problem/effect solution). B) Having one large stanza reflects the form of persuasive oration. C) Each indentation indicates a different argument and counterargument. D) The rhyming couplets make the argument more convincing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each indentation indicates a shift to another portion of the argument (problem/effect solution). 12. Metaphysical poetry can be defined as the following: A) Iambic Pentameter and 14 lines. B) Highly intellectual, using witty comparisons and paradox. C) Influenced strongly by the Puritan Beliefs. D) Highly Intellectual and very serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highly intellectual, using witty comparisons and paradox. 13. Which poet was thrown in prison due to political turmoil and wrote a poem from prison? A) Flight johnson. B) John Donne. C) John Milton. D) Andrew Marvell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flight johnson. 14. Which of the following was NOT a metaphysical poet? A) John Dryden. B) Henry Vaughan. C) George Herbert. D) Abraham Cowley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Dryden. 15. What is the meter found in "How Soon Hath Time" ? A) Iambic tetrameter. B) Iambic trimeter. C) Alternating iambic tetrameter/trimeter. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter. 16. What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. Choose the word that means-Repeat. A) Impetuous. B) Desolation. C) Reiterate. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reiterate. 18. Which one is not the major theme of John Donne's poetry? A) Belittling cosmic forces. B) Love as both physical and spiritual. C) Politics. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politics. 19. In Ben Jonson's "On My First Son, " he claims his son is his best piece of poetry. What characteristic of metaphysical poetry does this represent? A) Pun. B) Paradox. C) Conceit. D) Argument/persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 20. Choose the word that means-Forceful; violent. A) Impetuous. B) Desolation. C) Reiterate. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impetuous. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMetaphysical Poetry Quiz 1Metaphysical 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