This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Metaphysical Poetry – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which poem talks about the urgency of salvation? A) "Love". B) "Now". C) "Peace". D) "Bitter-sweet". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Now". 2. What is the major metaphysical conceit present in "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning" ? A) The speaker compares himself and his love to a compass. B) The speaker compares their love to gold. C) The speaker compares their departure like a good man's death. D) The speaker compares earthquakes with the movement of planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker compares himself and his love to a compass. 3. Choose the word that means-Hellish; fiendish. A) Cloister. B) Sacrilege. C) Transgress. D) Infernal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infernal. 4. A long, narrative poem. A) Literary Epic. B) Style. C) Syntax. D) Diction. E) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Epic. 5. This poet lived to be 83, worked for the church, never married and was rumored to have made up the women in his poems. A) Andrew Marvell. B) Robert Herrick. C) John Donne. D) Flight johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Herrick. 6. A common theme of Cavalier poetry is ..... A) Carpe nightem. B) Carpe spring. C) Carpe diem. D) Carpe autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpe diem. 7. What is the meter of "How Soon Hath Time" ? A) Iambic pentameter. B) Iambic trimeter. C) Alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter. D) Iambic tetrameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 8. What does sacrilege mean? A) Violating something that is sacred. B) Being respectful. C) Being obedient. D) Holding something in high regard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Violating something that is sacred. 9. Choose the word that means-At a slanting angle. A) Laity. B) Profanation. C) Breach. D) Obliquely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obliquely. 10. What is the purpose of metaphysical poems? A) Shock the reader and wake them up from their normal existence to question the unquestionable. B) Shock the reader to understand the complexity of revenge and change for the better. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shock the reader and wake them up from their normal existence to question the unquestionable. 11. Richard Lovelace served time in prison and wrote Lucasta. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Choose the word that means-Something that causes pain or suffering. A) Guile. B) Affliction. C) Contention. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affliction. 13. Another word for metaphysical conceit is ..... A) An extended metaphor. B) A paradox. C) An exaggeration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An extended metaphor. 14. Which of these is NOT a theme of Metaphysical Poetry? A) Devotional Themes. B) Complexities and Contradictions in life. C) War and loyalty to the King. D) Psychological and philosophical subjects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) War and loyalty to the King. 15. How does the poem's structure in "To His Coy Mistress" contribute to the metaphysical characteristic of presenting an argument? A) Each indentation indicates a shift to another portion of the argument (problem-effect-solution). B) Each indentation indicates a different argument and counterargument. C) Having one large stanza reflects the form of persuasive oration. 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). 16. An example of desolation is ..... A) Sitting alone at lunch. B) A birthday party. C) Going to a movie with friends. D) Going bowling with your family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sitting alone at lunch. 17. Which one is not the poem by John Donne? A) Death Be not Proud. B) The Sun Rising. C) The Dream. D) Progress of Poesy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Progress of Poesy. 18. Choose the word that means-Cunning. A) Guile. B) Affliction. C) Contention. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guile. 19. What is the rhyme scheme in "My First Son" ? A) ABBA. B) FATHER. C) Rhyming couplets. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyming couplets. 20. John Donne invented this to use in his poetry A) Paradox. B) Naming. C) Satire. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMetaphysical Poetry Quiz 1Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 2Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 3Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 4Metaphysical 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