The Tribe Of Ben And The Cavalier Poets Quiz
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Questions and Answers
- 1.“Cavalier poets” is a broad description of a school of English poets of the 17th century, who came from the classes that supported which monarch during the English Civil War?
- A.
Charles I
- B.
Charles II
- C.
James I
- D.
James II
- 2.Which of the following poets is not a component of the Cavalier Poets?
- A.
Robert Herrick
- B.
Thomas Carew
- C.
Richard Lovelace
- D.
George Herbert
- 3.The Cavalier Poets often referred to themselves as the “Fathers of Ben” in homage to their literary disciple, Ben Jonson. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.To Penshurst, by Ben Jonson, can be classified as a Country Estate poem. True or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.What are the “Penates” that appear in the following verse of To Penshurst? “Of thy Penates had been set on flame”
- A.
Roman household gods
- B.
Anglo-Saxon gods of war
- C.
Roman gods of love
- D.
Anglo-Saxon fertility gods
- 6.Which of the following themes can be found in Robert Herrick’s Corinna’s Going a-Maying?
- A.
Beatus ille
- B.
Ubi sunt?
- C.
Carpe diem
- D.
Nihil novum sub sole
- 7.The celebration of “May Day” has pagan origins. True or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.In the following verse of the poem, what do the “orient pearls” refer to? “Against you come, some orient pearls unwept”
- A.
Tears
- B.
Dew
- C.
Moon shadows
- D.
Clouds
- 9.In John Suckling’s Out Upon It, I Have Loved, how long has the narrator loved his current conquest for?
- A.
3 hours
- B.
3 days
- C.
3 months
- D.
3 years
- 10.Richard Lovelace spent seven weeks in Gate House prison, London in 1642. Here, he wrote To Althea, from Prison. What does the Greek word αληθεια (aletheia) mean?
- A.
Truth
- B.
Freedom
- C.
Pain
- D.
Beauty
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