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63 Cards in this Set
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What is the message of Holy Sonnet 10?
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Death can never triumph because faith grants eternal life
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"Holy Sonnet 10" can be considered a metaphyiscal poetry because?
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An idea is debated by linkening it to an arrogant but finally powerless tryant
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Why is the seemingly contradictory phrase "Death, thou shalt die" actually true within the context of Holy Sonnet 10?
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After death, a Christain awakes to eternal life
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Which of the following pairs are the subjects of John Donne's "Song"?
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Love and Death
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In "Song", the lines "Yesternight the sun went hence, / And yet is here today" are an example of?
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A paradox
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Which of the following is the best interpretation of these lines from "Song"?
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You cry because you love me, but your tears make me suffer
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Which of the following excerpts from "Valediction" is the best example of a metaphysical conceit?
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"If they be rwo, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two
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Why did they author say this (quote from Valediction "Though I must go…expansion")?
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To assure his beloved that the distance will make their love grow
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What can you infer about the speaker's situation from these final lines of valediction: "Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun?
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The speaker and his lover are bound, though they may be apart
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In "Meditation 17", God is presented as being analogous to?
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A publisher
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Which of the following excerpts from "Meditation 17" expresses the…of the poem?
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"Any mans death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind…"
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In "Meditation 17", what is meant by the statemnt "when one man dies, a page is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language"?
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When we die, we do not cease to exist but instaed achieve eternal life
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What conclusion can you draw about the speaker's motive for writing "Meditation 17"?
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The speaker wants to convey the importance of suffering and mutual experience
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According to the argument Donne puts forth in "Meditation", why is everyone affected by another death?
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Human beings are necessarily involced with another
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What is the speaker expressing in these lines from "On my first son": "For why /Will man lament the state he should envy?..."?
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Confusion and anger about the value of life
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In "On my first son", what is the best piece of poetry" referring to?
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Johnson's Son
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An epigram is characterized by?
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permanance, brevity, clarity, and wit
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Which of the following epitaphs can be considered an epigram?
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Here doth lies Ben Johnson his best piece of poetry
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The theme of "Song: To Celia" is the?
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Sensuous pleasures of love
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Johnson's probable purpose in writing "Song:To Celia" was to?
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depict an amorous courtship
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Which of the following best describes the speaker's view of Celia in "Song: To Celia"?
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Idealistic
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Which of the following is true of ALL epigrams?
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They contain a hidden truth
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What is the speaker saying in the following passage: "Or leave a kiss but in the cup / And I'll not look for wine…"?
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He would not trade the kiss his lady left in the cup for the nectar of Jove
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The thirst that the speaker refers to in the passage" The thirst that soul doth rise," is?
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His desire for his lady's love
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What is the speaker saying in the following excerpt: "I sent thee late a rosy wreath, / Not so much honoring thee…"?
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He thinkgs the wreath has acquired some of his lady's characteristics
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What can you hypothesize about the speaker in "Song: To Celia"?
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He unrealistically idealizes his lady
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Which of the folowwing lines from To His Coy Mistress" best expresses the carpe diem theme?
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This, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will
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In "To His Coy Mistress, " to what does Marvell allude to in the line "Time's wind chariot hurrying near"?
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the approach of death
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In "Ton His Coy Mistress," the lines "The grave's a fine and private place, …think do there to embrace" are an expression of which attitude toward death?
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Acceptance of death's invetiblilty but disbelief in any comfort of eterbnal life
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At times, the speaker in "To His Coy Mistress displays tongue in cheek humor. Which line shows that humor?
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"The grave's a fine and private place / But none I think do there…"
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Hidden quatrains, such as those in "To His Coy Mistress," are?
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Two couplets joined by one idea, word picture, or comparison
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Which of the follownig lines from "To the Virgins, To Make Much" presses the carpe diem theme?"
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They be not coy, but use your time"
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The rosebuds in the first line of "To the Virgins" symbolize?
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The joys of youth
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What does the flower symbolize in these lines for "To the virgin":"And this same flower that smiles today, Tomrrow will be dying"?
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The length of human life
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Which word for "To the Virgins" symbolizes energy?
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Blood
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What is the theme of Sir John Suckling's Song?
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Don’t waste your time on unrequited love
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In the poem "Song," the attitude of the speaker toward his subject can be described as?
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Mildy rebuking
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Which of the following lines form "Song" s best expression of the carpe diem theme?
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Quit, quit, for shame
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Which word expresses the speaker's attitude in these lines: "If of herself she will not love, / Nothing can maker her: / The…"?
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Impatience
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What is the theme of this excerpt from Paradise Lost?
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Good and evil
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Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost expresses values of 17th century Christan England in that it reflects a prevalent belief in?
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heaven and hell
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Which of the following describes the style in which Paradise Lost is written?
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter
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What is the main clause in the following lines from Paradise Lost? And chiefly thou O Spirit, that dost prefer / Before all temple the upright heart and pure , / Instruct me, for thou know'st"?
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Instruct me
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The linws "with loss of Eden, till one greater Man / Restore us and regain…seat" allude to the?
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Coming of Christ
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Which of the following lines refferring to Satan best expresses the conflict between Satan and God?
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"He trusted to have equaled the Most High
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By combining Hebrew and Classical elements, Milton conveys the message that?
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People throughout history have been concerned with similar things…
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The word "light" in the line "When I Consider How My Light is Spent relates to?
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Patience
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What is the theme of Sonnet XIX?
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One does not have to labor or accomplish great things to serve God
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Which of the following best describes the change in tone between the octet and sestet of Sonnet XIX?
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From disturbed to accepting
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What is the main clause in the following lines from "Paradise Lost": Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, / Dpoing or suffering…"?
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To be weak is miserable
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In Sonner VII, which of the following attitudes of the speaker is reflected: That I to manhood am arrived so near, An inward ripeness doth much less appear"?
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Regret at his lack of maturity
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What is the rhyme shceme of the first two stanzas of Sonnet VII?
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Abba abba
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One of the central ideas of Sonnet VII is that?
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Human destiny is mostly in the hands of fate
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When you encounter complex sentences, you can break…clause which?
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Stands by itself
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Which of the following information would best help a reader to understand the historical context of To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars"?
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Lovelace was a Royalist who supported Charles I.
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What does the speaker mean in the following lines: "I could not love thee, Dearm so much, / Loved I not honor more"?
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He would be unworth of love if honor meant nothing to him.
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What is the theme of Lovelace's poem, "To Lucasta"?
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Love for country is the highest love
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By using the word "nunnery" in reference to his loved one, in "To Lucasta", the speaker creates the impression that she is?
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Chaste
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Which of the following words best describes the speaker's attitude about his…onment in "To Althea"?
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defiant
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Which of the following is the central idea of Lovelace's poem "To Althea"?
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Innocent minds are free
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Which of the following words best describes the tone of "To Althea"?
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Uplifting
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Which of the following actions would be the most helpful to a reader to use historical context to understand a piece of 17th century literature?
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Reseaching the histroical period in which the piece was written
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What is the theme of "On my First Son"?
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The death of a child
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