Q. What is one main theme in much of Frost’s poetry?
a) politics
b) sports
c) death
d) mammals
Q. In “Home Burial,” what is the mother’s name?
a) Sabrina
b) Amy
c) Winifred
d) Paris Hilton
Q. “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” is a line from “Mending Wall.” What is the “something” mentioned?
a) nature/narrator
b) hunters/dogs
c) men/society
d) good neighbors
Q. What actually bends the birches down to stay in Frost’s poem, “Birches”?
a) ice storms
b) heavy rains
c) children playing on them
d) broken branches
Q. What is the Duke arranging in “My Last Duchess”?
a) The Duchess’s funeral
b) The painting of the Duchess’s portrait
c) A new marriage for himself
d) The sale of his art collection
Q. When is “Porphyria’s Lover” set?
a) Just before her murder
b) As she is being killed
c) Just after her death
d) During her funeral
Q. What makes “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” a soliloquy?
a) A speaker who is distinct from the poet, who has no implied audience
b) A speaker who is distinct from the poet, who has an audience before him
c) The poet is the speaker, and is talking to himself
d) The poet is the speaker, and is addressing a pretend audience
Q. In which country did Browning spend a great deal of time (other than England)?
a) Scotland
b) Italy
c) France
d) Spain
Q. To which well-known family does Fra Lippo Lippi’s patron belong?
a) The Medicis
b) The Borgias
c) The Buonapartes
d) The Urbinatis
Q. Which Shakespeare play inspired “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”?
a) The Tempest
b) King Lear
c) Macbeth
d) Henry V
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