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    John Donne was a prominent English poet and clergyman in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He began his career working as a private secretary but ruined his chances of political success by eloping with his employer's niece without permission. Later in life he became ordained as an Anglican priest and served as Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Donne wrote extensively on religious themes and was also known for his metaphysical poetry which employed elaborate conceits and paradoxes. He died in London in 1631 after a long illness.

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    John Donne was a prominent English poet and clergyman in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He began his career working as a private secretary but ruined his chances of political success by eloping with his employer's niece without permission. Later in life he became ordained as an Anglican priest and served as Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Donne wrote extensively on religious themes and was also known for his metaphysical poetry which employed elaborate conceits and paradoxes. He died in London in 1631 after a long illness.

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    John Donne was a prominent English poet and clergyman in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He began his career working as a private secretary but ruined his chances of political success by eloping with his employer's niece without permission. Later in life he became ordained as an Anglican priest and served as Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Donne wrote extensively on religious themes and was also known for his metaphysical poetry which employed elaborate conceits and paradoxes. He died in London in 1631 after a long illness.

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    JOHN DONNE [mix] MCQ’s

    2. John Donne was on the path to success. He was private secretary to a high court
    official, Sir Thomas Egerton. How did he ruin his career?

    ● He eloped with Egerton's niece


    ● It was discovered that he was a Catholic
    ● He wrote a private, critical poem about Queen Elizabeth
    ● He basically made a pass at Egerton's wife

    3. Henry Vaughan experienced a spiritual awakening inspired by the poems of what


    metaphysical poet?

    ● His own
    ● John Donne
    ● Thomas Carew
    ● George Herbert

    4. Which of the following was NOT a metaphysical poet?

    ● John Dryden
    5. The metaphysical poets employed many extended comparisons, also known as:

    Your Answer: conceits

    A conceit is an extended metaphor or simile, such as Donne's comparison of the two


    lovers as two points of a compass in "A Valediction: Forbidding Morning."

    6. He wrote of both "A Divine Mistress" and "A Cruel Mistress".

    ● Richard Crashaw
    ● John Donne
    ● Thomas Carew
    ● Henry Vaughan

    7. What Donne poem contains these lines: "If ever any beauty I did see, / Which I
    desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee."
    ● The Flea
    ● The Sun Rising
    ● The Good-Morrow
    ● The Canonization

    8. In "The Canonization", Donne says, "The ____ riddle hath more wit / By us: we two
    being one, are it. / So, to one neutral thing both sexes fit. / We die and rise the same,
    and prove / Mysterious by this love." What's missing from the blank?

    ● Sphinx
    ● Phoenix
    ● Twisted
    ● Giant's

    9. In what poem does John Donne try to convince a woman to have sex with him?

    ● The Apparition
    ● The Flea
    ● To His Mistress Going to Bed
    ● All of these

    10. What kind of poetry did Donne NOT write?

    ● concrete poetry
    ● satires
    ● sonnets
    ● elegies

    11. "_____, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful." Fill in
    the missing word from this Donne sonnet.

    Answer: ( one word, think, but not QUICKly) DEATH


    12. He wrote "To His Coy Mistress."

    ● John Donne
    ● George Herbert
    ● Richard Crashaw
    ● Andrew Marvell

    13. What Donne poem is a play on Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?
    ● The Ecstasy
    ● Song
    ● The Funeral
    ● The Bait

    14. George Herbert wrote a poem in which he insisted that even simple, uncomplicated
    verse can be beautiful if it plainly states the truth. In it, he says, "Nor let them punish me
    with losse of ryme, / Who plainly say, My God, My King." What is the name of this
    poem?

    ● Love (I)
    ● Sinne (II)
    ● Affliction (II)
    ● Jordan (I)

    15. This poem by John Donne was probably about his wife's death.

    ● A Valediction: Forbiding Mourning


    ● A Nocturnal Upon Saint Lucy's Day
    ● The Flea
    ● The Funeral

    16. John Donne dedicated his holy sonnets to whose mother?

    ● Richard Crashaw's
    ● George Herbert's
    ● Andrew Marvell's
    ● His own

    17. Which metaphysical poet helped to rebuild his parish's church out of his own pocket?

    ● Richard Crashaw
    ● John Donne
    ● George Herbert
    ● Andrew Marvell

    18. George Herbert ends his poem "The Collar" with these lines: "Methought I heard one
    calling, Childe: / And I reply'd, _____"

    ● Forgive Me
    ● By Christ
    ● I Am
    ● My Lord

    19. In Herbert's "The Pulley", what alone among the blessings does God withhold from
    man?

    ● rest
    ● wisdom
    ● pleasure
    ● truth

    20. What metaphysical poet wrote a poem encouraging Christians to honor Christmas
    piously, and not by emulating heathen customs of decoration and reveling?

    ● George Herbert
    ● Andrew Marvell
    ● John Donne
    ● Henry Vaughan

    21. After his wife died, Vaughan married his:

    ● cousin
    ● sister-in-law
    ● niece
    ● he never remarried

    22. Andrew Marvell wrote an Horation Ode upon this man's return from Ireland.

    ● Bonnie Prince Charles


    ● Jonathan Swift
    ● John Milton
    ● Cromwell

    23. Richard Crashaw wrote a poem called "Non Vi" that contained a picture of a heart.
    What is this picture called?

    ● A Symbol
    ● Concrete Poetry
    ● A Coat of Arms
    ● An Emblem
    24. Richard Crashaw wrote a poem about what other metaphysical poet's book?

    ● John Donne's
    ● George Herbert's
    ● Andrew Marvell's
    ● His own

    25. What does Vaughan refer to as a "Sweet, sacred hill"?

    ● Golgotha
    ● Calvary
    ● The Mount of Olives
    ● Mount Sinai

    1. In "Lovers' Infiniteness," what does the speaker


    demand?
    2. ALL OF HIS LADY'S LOVE
    3. THAT GOD LISTEN TO HIS PRAYER
    4. THAT HE BE HEARD
    5. A SONG
    6.
    7. 2
    8. In "Lovers' Infiniteness," what does "infiniteness"
    most likely refer to?
    9. THE LOVER'S HEART
    10.THE INFINITENESS OF GOD'S LOVE
    11.THE UNIVERSE
    12.THE INFINITENESS OF THE SPEAKER'S LOVE
    13.
    14.3
    15. As he wrote "Good Friday, 1613, Riding Westward,"
    where was Donne actually going?
    16.IRELAND
    17.SCOTLAND
    18.LONDON
    19.WALES
    20.
    21.4
    22. What happened on the first "Good Friday"?
    23.JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED
    24.JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD
    25.GOD MADE THE WORLD
    26.THE SUN FIRST ROSE
    27.
    28.5
    29. In "Good Friday," what form does a "man's soul" take?
    30.A SPHERE
    31.A ROD
    32.A CROSS
    33.A LIGHT
    34.
    35.6
    36. "For whom the bell tolls" is from which Donne work?
    37.A SONNET
    38.A SERMON
    39.A PRAYER
    40.A MEDITATION
    41.
    42.7
    43. What author named a book after a line from Donne?
    44.SOREN KIERKEGAARD
    45.ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
    46.THEODORE DREISER
    47.ERNEST HEMINGWAY
    48.
    49.8
    50. Into what religion was John Donne born?
    51.PROTESTANTISM
    52.LUTHERANISM
    53.THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
    54.ROMAN CATHOLICISM
    55.
    56.9
    57. John Donne held what office at St. Paul's?
    58.RECTOR
    59.PRIEST
    60.VICAR
    61.DEAN
    62.
    63.10
    64. What sovereign elevated Donne to his deanship?
    65.JAMES I
    66.HENRY VIII
    67.CHARLES I
    68.ELIZABETH I
    69.
    70.11
    71. Whatillness did Donne suffer from before writing the
    Meditations?
    72.PNEUMONIA
    73.BUBONIC PLAGUE
    74.SPOTTED FEVER
    75.INFLUENZA
    76.
    77.12
    78. Whatis the significance of going west in "Good
    Friday"?
    79.THE SETTING SUN REMINDS HIM OF NATURE'S WONDERS
    80.THE POET IS RIDING WEST BUT CONCERNED WITH THE EAST
    81.THE POET IS EAGER TO REACH WALES
    82.THE POET IS WORRIED ABOUT LEAVING ENGLAND
    83.
    84.13
    85. In what year did Donne probably write "The Litanie"?
    86.1613
    87.1622
    88.1650
    89.1600
    90.
    91.14
    92. "The Litanie" follows what pattern?
    93.A PRAYER OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH SERVICE
    94.THE BEATITUDES
    95.THE HAIL MARY
    96.THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
    97.
    98.15
    99. To what profession did Donne belong?
    100. THE CLERGY
    101. THE LAW
    102. MEDICINE
    103. ACADEMIA
    104.
    105. 16
    106. What is the meaning of the word "Litanie" (litany)?
    107. A CATEGORY OF SIN
    108. AN ACT OF PENANCE
    109. A PATTERN OF PRAYERS
    110. A BEACH
    111.
    112. 17
    113. What was the occupation of Donne's father?
    114. A LAWYER
    115. AN IRONMONGER
    116. A PRIEST
    117. A CHANCELLOR
    118.
    119. 18
    120. Donne was born in what city?
    121. CAMBRIDGE
    122. PARIS
    123. LONDON
    124. OXFORD
    125.
    126. 19
    127. In "The Sunne Rising," the poet calls the sun what?
    128. A SILLY OLD WOMAN
    129. A CELESTIAL ORB
    130. A BUSY OLD FOOL
    131. A CRAZY OLD MAN
    132.
    133. 20
    134. Where did Donne die?
    135. LONDON
    136. PEMBROKE
    137. CAMBRIDGE
    138. OXFORD
    139.
    140. 21
    141. What was Donne's wife's first name?
    142. MARGARET
    143. ELIZABETH
    144. ANNE
    145. MARY
    146.
    147. 22
    148. To what part of Christianity did Donne convert?
    149. PRESBYTERIANISM
    150. METHODISM
    151. ANGLICANISM
    152. ROMAN CATHOLICISM
    153.
    154. 23
    155. Where did Donne fight as a soldier?
    156. GETTYSBURG, UNITED STATES
    157. CADIZ, SPAIN
    158. PARIS, FRANCE
    159. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
    160.
    161. 24
    162. "Death be not proud" is part of what group of
    poems?
    163. THE DEVOTIONS UPON EMERGENT OCCASIONS
    164. THE EPITHALAMIONS
    165. THE SONGS
    166. THE HOLY SONNETS
    167.
    168. 25
    169. From the family of which saint was Donne's mother
    descended?
    170. AUGUSTINE
    171. BRIDGET
    172. THOMAS AQUINAS
    173. THOMAS MORE
    174.

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