Deck 1: Shakespeares Sonnets and John Donnes Poetry

Question 1

William Shakespeare was born in the year:

A)1588
B)1564
C)1616
D)1600

Answer 1

1564

Question 2

Sonnet 116 shares the poet's reflections on the nature of:

A)ideal love
B)ideal companionship
C)ideal moments
D)ideal friendship

Answer 2

ideal love

Question 3

Love is not love/ Which alters when it alterations ______

A)seen
B)sees
C)finds
D)meets

Answer 3

finds

Question 4

Love alters not with his brief _______ and weeks

A)hours
B)minutes
C)honours
D)times

Question 5

"Death be not Proud" first appeared as ____________ in Songs and Sonnets in 1633.

A)Holy Sonnet IX
B)Holy Sonnet X
C)Holy Sonnet III
D)Holy Sonnet XI

Question 6

From rest and sleep, which but thy _________ be

A)melancholy
B)statements
C)pictures
D)remembrances

Question 7

And soonest our best men with thee do go,/ Rest of their ______, and soul's delivery

A)bones
B)bodies
C)leaps
D)souls

Question 8

One short sleep past, we wake ___________

A)eternally
B)immortally
C)extraordinarily
D)inevitably

Question 9

Let Me Not To The Marriage of True Minds is

A)An allegory
B)An epic
C)A sonnet
D)A metaphysical poem

Question 10

The remover who comes with his bending sickle is

A)Time
B)Distance
C)Society
D)Hardships

Question 11

Love is not love if it alters

A)With every season
B)For any reason
C)With time
D)When beauty fades

Question 12

Love does not alter with brief hours and

A)Minutes
B)Weeks
C)Days
D)Seconds

Question 13

John Donne is

A)Afraid of death
B)Challenging death
C)Submitting to death
D)Resisting death

Question 14

According to Donne, death is a slave to

A)Poison
B)Chance
C)Sleep
D)Fate

Question 15

According to Donne, the thing that is better than the stroke of death is

A)Sleep
B)Poison
C)Poppy
D)Dreams

Question 16

Rest of their bones refers to

A)The bones of everyone
B)The bones of poets
C)The bones of our best men
D)The bones of rich men

Question 17

"Sonnet 116" is a record of the poet's reflections on the nature of

A)classical love
B)friendship love
C)romantic love
D)ideal love

Question 18

"Death, be not proud" first appeared as 'Holy Sonnet X' in Songs and Sonnets, a collection of 19 sonnets published in

A)1632
B)1633
C)1639
D)1640

Question 19

Shakespeare's notion of ideal love in "Sonnet 116" is juxtaposed with the problems of

A)Instability
B)Unsteadiness
C)Unfaithfulness
D)flux and change

Question 20

According to John Donne, when we wake eternally, there shall be no more

A)Pain
B)Hunger
C)Grief
D)Death

Question 21

Shakespeare compares true love to-

A)a sun
B)the guiding star
C)the moon
D)a compass

Question 22

What is the theme of Let me not to the Marriage of True Minds by Shakespeare?

A)Even the strongest love is temporary
B)True love remains steady
C)Age and time alter love
D)Love changes as life changes

Question 23

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments; love is not _________.

A)love
B)true
C)alter
D)steady

Question 24

In the poem Death be not Proud, Donne has presented 'death' as a -

A)powerless figure
B)powerful figure
C)murderer
D)ruler over his soul

Question 25

Donne considers death an immense pleasure similar to -

A)sleep and fun
B)fun and game
C)sleep and rest
D)rest and game