This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Metaphysical Poetry – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which poet was one of the cavalier poets who considered Ben Johnson to be their literary father? A) Marvel. B) Milton. C) Donne. D) Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marvel. 2. How is the love present between the speaker and his beloved in "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning" on a metaphysical level? A) It's an earthly love subject to change and death. B) It's "dull" and "sublunary" (beneath the moon). C) It's "so much refined" that they don't even know what it is. D) It will weaken as they are apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's "so much refined" that they don't even know what it is. 3. Choose the word that means-Utter misery; extreme loneliness. A) Impetuous. B) Desolation. C) Reiterate. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desolation. 4. In Ben Johnson's "On My First Son, " he claims his son is his best piece of poetry. What characteristic of metaphysical poetry does this represent? A) Argument/persuasion. B) Conceit. C) Pun. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 5. Poetry that focuses on meaning more than lyricism is ..... A) Modern. B) Post-modern. C) Romantic. D) Metaphysical. E) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphysical. 6. Ben Jonson wrote some poems about his children who died. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which poet and critic coined the term "metaphysical poet" ? A) Andrew Marvell. B) John Donne. C) Henry Vaughan. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Johnson. 8. Why these poets are called the metaphysical poets? A) They are highly philosophical. B) Their poetry contain display of learning and far-fetched similes and metaphors. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 9. Who wrote " The Collar" ? A) John Donne. B) Andrew Marvell. C) John Dryden. D) George Herbert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George Herbert. 10. Which line from "To His Coy Mistress" conveys personification? A) 31. B) 26-27. C) 5-6. D) 22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22. 11. Choose the word that means-Sin against; violate a limit. A) Cloister. B) Sacrilege. C) Transgress. D) Infernal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transgress. 12. An example of hyperbole is ..... A) It's going to rain on Wednesday. B) I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!. C) She sang like an angel. D) The girl looked like a ghost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!. 13. Who is the most famous Metaphysical poet? A) Samuel Johnson. B) John Donne. C) Andrew Marvell. D) Abraham Cowley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Donne. 14. Choose the word that means-Dishonor; disgrace. A) Guile. B) Affliction. C) Contention. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ignominy. 15. Who is known as the preeminent metaphysical poet of his time? A) John Keats. B) John Donne. C) Oscar Wilde. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Donne. 16. Who said about John Donne that 'he affects metaphysics'? A) Dr. Johnson. B) Dryden. C) Abraham Cowley. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dryden. 17. Which poet was thrown into prison due to political turmoil and wrote a poem from prison A) Milton. B) Johnson. C) Donne. D) Marvel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johnson. 18. What method of discipline does the author ask for in the poem "Discipline" ? A) A gentle discipline. B) A weak discipline. C) A tough discipline. D) An indifferent discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gentle discipline. 19. This poet had a secret marriage, wrote about secular and religious subjects, used surprising contrasts, and was obsessed with death to the point that s/he preached his/her own funeral sermon. A) Andrew Marvell. B) Robert Herrick. C) John Donne. D) Richard Lovelace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Donne. 20. What is this an example of:So foul and fair a day I have not seen. A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Conceit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMetaphysical Poetry Quiz 1Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 2Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 3Metaphysical 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