Early Seventeenth Century: Introduction and John Donne

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  1. According to the introduction to this period of English history, this is a time of:
    Increasingly centralized control of the nation, under the rule of the kings that followed Elizabeth
    Increasingly decentralized control of the nation, following the reign of Elizabeth
    No significant change in the control of England
  2. The Spanish Armada occurred in which year and can be defined as which of the following:
    1588 — defeat of the attempted invasion by Spanish forces
    1688 — defeat of the attempted invasion by Spanish forces
    1588 — naval event in which the Spanish took control of the high seas
    1688 — naval event in which the English took control of the high seas
    1688 — naval event in which the Spanish took control of the high seas
  3. The Puritans seized control of England and ruled during these years:
    1540&endash;1560
    1640&endash;1660
    1520&endash;1560
    1620&endash;1660
  4. John Donne, along with the poets whose work is very similar to his, are often called:
    Metaphysicals
    Cavaliers
    Augustans
    Puritans
  5. According to the introduction, the literary works of the Puritans were mostly:
    Love sonnets and dramatic works
    Sermons and religious tracts
    Comedies and sermons
    Love sonnets and religious tracts
  6. The two big exceptions to the preceding generalization about Puritan literary works are
    John Donne and Robert Herrick
    John Milton and Andrew Marvell
    George Herbert and Henry Vaughn
    John Donne and John Milton
    Andrew Marvell and Robert Herrick
  7. The English king who was defeated by the Puritan forces and eventually executed was:
    Charles I
    James I
    Charles II
    James II
  8. The name of the person who led the Puritan forces and who set up and ruled a military government is:
    James II
    Charles II
    Oliver Cromwell
    William of Orange
  9. In the event in English history known as the Restoration:
    The Puritans took political and governmental control of England.
    The Stuarts took over rulership of England, ending the long reign of the Tudors.
    Charles II became king, ending the period of nonmonarchical, Puritan rule.
  10. The period during which the Puritans ruled England is also known as:
    The Interregnum
    The Restoration
    The Glorious Revolution
  11. The Cavalier poets include:
    Robert Herrick
    Andrew Marvell
    John Donne
    John Milton
  12. In the introduction to his works, there is reference to "two" John Donnes:
    A fierce warrior personality; and a poet of erotic love sonnets
    A national political leader; and a poet of erotic love sonnets
    A poet of erotic love sonnets; an esteemed preacher & writer of highly religious devotional literature
    A fierce warrior personality; an esteemed preacher & writer of highly religious devotional literature
  13. In relation to the Elizabethan sonneteers, Donne did this:
    He did away with the elaborate "conceits" altogether.
    He intensified and intellectualized the conceits, using fresh, original, striking comparisons.
  14. Concerning the publication of John Donne's love poetry:
    It was published after his death, for fear that it would damage his reputation as a religious leader.
    It was published during his early years, well before the time he became a religious leader.
    It was never published at all, being circulated only as handwritten copy until Grierson published it in 1912.
  15. In "The Canonization," Donne writers, "We're tapers too, and at our own cost die." This line suggests:
    He and his lover are like moles, blind, living underground, not seeing the true light.
    He and his lover are like candles, their lovemaking actually causing themselves to burn out and die.
    He and his lover are like candles, the light created by their love enabling them to live forever.
    He and his lover are like moles, their love having made them oblivious and indifferent to the rest of the world.
  16. Canonization refers to:
    Expulsion of someone from the church because of heretical deeds
    Making someone a saint because of his great deeds for the faith and for the church
    Bombardment of a city prior to sending in troops to seize it
  17. Donne uses the idea of the flea in "The Flea" to:
    Show his lady how badly she is treating him, treating him worse than a flea.
    Show his lady how much he loves her, saying that the flee containing her precious blood.
    Show his lady how innocent their love is, blood from both of them being mingled in the flee.
  18. In Holy Sonnet 14, Donne calls upon something or someone to "Batter my heart"; what or who is it?
    He calls on God to break down his willfullness and make him anew.
    He tells Death to do his worst, because he is not afraid of dying.
    He is telling his lady to do her worst to him; he'll still love her.
  19. In Holy Sonnet 10, Donne calls upon Death to "be not proud" because:
    Death has done so many awful things in the world that it has absolutely nothing to be proud of.
    Death actually has no real power over anyone who has eternal life to look forward to.
    His love for the lady to whom the sonnet is addressed is so powerful that it "kills" Death.
  20. The poem "Break of Day" is a complaint:
    That the sun has to come up and end the lovers' night together
    That one of the lovers is busy and has to leave
    That morning has come and with it the realization that his lover loves him no longer

   

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