“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?
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