Early Seventeenth Century: Herrick, Herbert, Marvell

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  1. Robert Herrick spent much of his working life as:
    A politician, working for the Puritan cause
    A minister of the holy gospel in Devonshire
    A playwright and actor in the city of London
  2. Herrick only published two books of poetry in his life, and these appeared in the year:
    1548
    1648
    1748
  3. When the Puritan revolution took over England around 1640, Herrick:
    Lost his parish in Devonshire and had to return to London
    Became an important political figure in England
    Became poor and destitute because he could no longer find work as playwright and actor
  4. Most of Herrick's poetry can be characterized as:
    Playful, light, quiet
    Serious, focused on deep religious themes
    Melancholic, focused on the problem of death, the passage of time, the sad loss of youth
  5. In "The Vine," Herrick dreams that:
    His "dainty Lucia" becomes a grapevine and imprisons him in her tendrils.
    He becomes a grapevine and imprison his "dainty Lucia" in his tendrils.
    He and his "dainty Lucia" are imprisoned in a grapevine, symbolizing their advancing age.
  6. In "Delight in Disorder," Herrick suggests that:
    He prefers a certain "sweet disorder in the dress" to art that is "too precise."
    He prefers careful, "precise" order and is offended by, takes no delight in disorder.
    People who are delighted by disorder in women's dress are sinful.
  7. The last years of the life of George Herbert can be characterized as:
    Caught up in the political and ideological turmoils of the Puritan revolution, in which he actively took the side of the Puritans
    Caught up in the political and ideological turmoils of the Puritan revolution, in which he actively took the side of the monarchy (the Stuart kings)
    That of a humble, hard-working, devout minister in a country parish
    That of an independently wealthy man who devote all his time to his poetry
  8. The one publication on Herbert's, The Temple, appeared in:
    1533
    1633
    1733
  9. The main themes of Herbert's poetry are:
    Religious, spiritual issues
    Romantic love
    Political and idelogical issues
  10. In "The Collar," the collar is:
    The calling of the Lord which brings him back from his rebellious raving
    A collar that he places on his pet spaniel, which he sees as symbolic of the spritual guidance humans need as well
    The meaning of his profession as minister to the Bremerton parish, what that collar he wears symbolizes, what it means he must do
  11. The great literary figure for whom Andrew Marvell served as secretary for a time was:
    George Herbert
    Robert Herrick
    John Donne
    John Milton
  12. Marvell's poems were published:
    During his lifetime, in 1633
    During his lifetime, in 1681
    After his death, in 1633
    After his death, in 1681
  13. Marvell spent the last twenty-odd years of his life:
    Acting as member of Parliament for his hometown of Hull
    Serving as parish priest for his home county of Hull
  14. In "To His Coy Mistress," Marvell is mildly rebuking his lady for:
    Wanting to travel and see the world ("the Indian Ganges' side") rather than settle down and get married
    Playing hard to get
    Having spent too long acting coy and thus having wasted all the years of their youth

   

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