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1. What is one of the main ideas of Sonnet VII (“How soon hath Time”)? (1 point)
People cannot change their fate.
People should try to use their talents.**
People mature at different rates.
God does not care what jobs we do.
2. Milton wrote Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnets. Therefore, where would you look for the statement of the problem in his sonnets? (1 point)
rhymed couplet**
first eight lines
last four lines
first four lines
3. Which is the best statement of the theme of Sonnet XIX (“When I consider”)? (1 point)
No matter what happens, people cannot give up on dreams.
A person does not have to achieve great things to serve God.**
God's angels care for people who cannot care for themselves.
God expects all believers to serve him with respect.
4. How can you identify the main clause in a long sentence? (1 point)
It stands by itself.
It cannot stand by itself.
It is the first part of the sentence.
It gives supporting details.**
5. What is the speaker's motivation in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”? (1 point)
to tell his beloved he is dying but not to mourn him
to assure his beloved that distance will make their love grow stronger
to reassure his beloved that although he must leave, he will return**
to remind his beloved not to forget him while he is gone
6. Which of these lines from “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is a conceit? (1 point)
“As stiff twin compasses are two; / thy soul the fixed foot . . .”
“Moving of the earth brings harms and fears . . .”
“But we by a love, so much refined, / That our selves know not . . .”**
“'Twere profanation of our joys / To tell the laity our love.”
7. What is the main idea of “Holy Sonnet 10”? (1 point)
Believers die but awaken again to eternal life.
Death helps people appreciate their lives.**
Death is a beautiful ending to life.
It is easy for anyone to achieve death.
8. Carpe diem is a main theme of “To His Coy Mistress.” Which of these lines best expresses this theme? (1 point)
“. . . though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will make him run.”
“My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow . . .”
“The grave's a fine and private place, / But none I think do there embrace.”
“. . . I would / Love you ten years before the Flood . . .”**
9. What is the speaker's message to his mistress in “To His Coy Mistress”? (1 point)
Love is the most important part of life.
Life cannot be enjoyed without his beloved's love.
Life is short, so let us love while we can.
Life is ending, so let us prepare for death.**
10. Carpe diem is the theme of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.” Which of these lines best expresses that theme? (1 point)
“That age is best which is the first . . .”
“For, having lost but once your prime, / You may forever tarry.”
“But being spent, the worse, and worst / Times still succeed the former.”**
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, / Old time is still a-flying . . .”
11. What is the meaning of the flower in these lines from “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”?
And this same flower that smiles today / Tomorrow will be dying. (1 point)
death
life
friendship
happiness**
12. What is the speaker's attitude in these final lines from “Song”?
If of herself she will not love, / Nothing can make her: / The devil take her! (1 point)
confidence
frustration
sadness
acceptance**
Vocabulary and Grammar
13. Which word correctly completes this sentence?
When the husband left home, the couple suffered a ____ in their lives together. (1 point)
breach**
trepidation
profanation
laity
14. Which sentence is in the passive voice? (1 point)
Death awaits all human kind.
Although they were apart, their love never weakened.
The bell rung loudly through the village.**
The rewards of all their work were shared equally.
15. Which of the italicized words is the comparative form of an irregular adjective? (1 point)
She was kinder to him than the others had been.
Of the three women, she was the most anxious to leave.
He has suffered for days, but today is the worst he has acted.
He will be better off without his coy mistress.**
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1. What is one of the main ideas of Sonnet VII (“How soon hath Time”)? (1 point)
People cannot change their fate.
People should try to use their talents.**
People mature at different rates.
God does not care what jobs we do.
2. Milton wrote Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnets. Therefore, where would you look for the statement of the problem in his sonnets? (1 point)
rhymed couplet**
first eight lines
last four lines
first four lines
3. Which is the best statement of the theme of Sonnet XIX (“When I consider”)? (1 point)
No matter what happens, people cannot give up on dreams.
A person does not have to achieve great things to serve God.**
God's angels care for people who cannot care for themselves.
God expects all believers to serve him with respect.
4. How can you identify the main clause in a long sentence? (1 point)
It stands by itself.
It cannot stand by itself.
It is the first part of the sentence.
It gives supporting details.**
5. What is the speaker's motivation in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”? (1 point)
to tell his beloved he is dying but not to mourn him
to assure his beloved that distance will make their love grow stronger
to reassure his beloved that although he must leave, he will return**
to remind his beloved not to forget him while he is gone
6. Which of these lines from “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is a conceit? (1 point)
“As stiff twin compasses are two; / thy soul the fixed foot . . .”
“Moving of the earth brings harms and fears . . .”
“But we by a love, so much refined, / That our selves know not . . .”**
“'Twere profanation of our joys / To tell the laity our love.”
7. What is the main idea of “Holy Sonnet 10”? (1 point)
Believers die but awaken again to eternal life.
Death helps people appreciate their lives.**
Death is a beautiful ending to life.
It is easy for anyone to achieve death.
8. Carpe diem is a main theme of “To His Coy Mistress.” Which of these lines best expresses this theme? (1 point)
“. . . though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will make him run.”
“My vegetable love should grow / Vaster than empires, and more slow . . .”
“The grave's a fine and private place, / But none I think do there embrace.”
“. . . I would / Love you ten years before the Flood . . .”**
9. What is the speaker's message to his mistress in “To His Coy Mistress”? (1 point)
Love is the most important part of life.
Life cannot be enjoyed without his beloved's love.
Life is short, so let us love while we can.
Life is ending, so let us prepare for death.**
10. Carpe diem is the theme of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.” Which of these lines best expresses that theme? (1 point)
“That age is best which is the first . . .”
“For, having lost but once your prime, / You may forever tarry.”
“But being spent, the worse, and worst / Times still succeed the former.”**
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, / Old time is still a-flying . . .”
11. What is the meaning of the flower in these lines from “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”?
And this same flower that smiles today / Tomorrow will be dying. (1 point)
death
life
friendship
happiness**
12. What is the speaker's attitude in these final lines from “Song”?
If of herself she will not love, / Nothing can make her: / The devil take her! (1 point)
confidence
frustration
sadness
acceptance**
Vocabulary and Grammar
13. Which word correctly completes this sentence?
When the husband left home, the couple suffered a ____ in their lives together. (1 point)
breach**
trepidation
profanation
laity
14. Which sentence is in the passive voice? (1 point)
Death awaits all human kind.
Although they were apart, their love never weakened.
The bell rung loudly through the village.**
The rewards of all their work were shared equally.
15. Which of the italicized words is the comparative form of an irregular adjective? (1 point)
She was kinder to him than the others had been.
Of the three women, she was the most anxious to leave.
He has suffered for days, but today is the worst he has acted.
He will be better off without his coy mistress.**
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