This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Metaphysical Poetry – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the follow best describes the theme of "To His Coy Mistress" ? A) Carpe Diem (seize the day). B) Love is eternal. C) Love is freedom. D) Women are difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpe Diem (seize the day). 2. What century do is metaphysical poerty from? A) 15th century. B) 16th century. C) 17 century. D) 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 17 century. 3. A metaphysical conceit is an unusual ..... A) Plot device. B) Extended metaphor. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Poetic meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended metaphor. 4. A complex literary device that makes a far-stretched comparison A) Paradox. B) Poem. C) Argument. D) Conceit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conceit. 5. Love and ..... were common topics for Cavalier poets to write about. A) Death. B) Loss. C) War. D) Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) War. 6. What is the title of John Milton's most famous work? A) Paradise Found. B) Paradise Lost. C) How Soon Hath Time. D) To His Coy Mistress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradise Lost. 7. Define diction. A) The choice and use of words and phrases. B) Mispronouncing something. C) Miscommunication. D) Well-formed sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The choice and use of words and phrases. 8. An animal with guile is ..... A) A fox. B) A bunny. C) A puppy. D) A deer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fox. 9. Which poem is about two souls loving each other even in eternity? A) "Love". B) "Peace". C) "An epitaph". D) "Bitter-sweet". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "An epitaph". 10. Which of the following best describes the theme of "To His Coy Mistress" ? A) Women are difficult. B) Carpe Diem (Seize the Day). C) Love is freedom. D) Love is eternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpe Diem (Seize the Day). 11. Define breach. A) A split. B) A correction. C) An agreement. D) A connection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A split. 12. What is profanation? A) A false statement. B) Lack of reverence. C) Uneasiness. D) Kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of reverence. 13. What metaphysical characteristic is shown in lines 9-13 of "How Soon Hath Time" ? A) Conceit comparing time to a thief. B) Argument convincing himself that it's God's will (part of His plan). C) Pun with the word "measure" in line 10. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argument convincing himself that it's God's will (part of His plan). 14. An example of character with malice is ..... A) Macduff. B) King Duncan. C) Macbeth. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 15. Which poet escaped being executed by reading a passage from the Latin Bible, which allowed him to be tried by a church court? A) Ben Johnson. B) Richard Lovelace. C) John Milton. D) Andrew Marvel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ben Johnson. 16. Writing marked by bold conceits, imagery, complex thought, and use of paradox A) Petrarchan Sonnet. B) Metaphysical Poetry. C) Metaphysical Analysis. D) Shakespearean Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphysical Poetry. 17. What is Metaphysical Conceit? A) A resource of irony. B) A comparison that uses the word "like". C) A repetition of a phrase for poetic impact. D) An unusual parallel between very different elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An unusual parallel between very different elements. 18. Pause. A) Intermit. B) Sanctitude. C) Impious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intermit. 19. Choose the word that means-Lack of reverence. A) Laity. B) Profanation. C) Breach. D) Obliquely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profanation. 20. 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 so much refined that they don't even know what it is. C) It's dull and sublunary (beneath the moon). D) It will weaken as they part. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's so much refined that they don't even know what it is. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesMetaphysical Poetry Quiz 1Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 2Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 3Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 4Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 5Metaphysical Poetry Quiz 7American Poetry QuizPoetry Terms QuizPoetry QuizProsody QuizRomantic Poetry QuizShakespeare'S Sonnets Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books