Pastoral Poems quiz

Which of the following are the common topics of pastoral poems?

• love and seduction

• death and mourning

• the purity of idealised country life vs. the corruption of the city

• all of the above

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What type of poetry is Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love'?

• sonnet

• ballad

• elegy

• pastoral

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What is being idealized in this pastoral poem?

• life in the countryside

• life in the city

• life of a young man

• life of a young woman

Which of the following literary devices is used the most in the poem "The Passionate Shepherd's to his Love"?

• symbols

• imagery

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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What does the narrator want his love to do?

• Become his shepherd for his flocks of sheep.
• Run away with him to live in the country.
• Become a gardener and grow many roses.
• Dance with him happily.

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Why isn't this poem by Christopher Marlowe not a very realistic?

• He doesn't explain where the shepherd boys came from.

• He doesn't mention any cities.

• He is very sensitive - men usually aren't in poems.

• He doesn't mention any hardships of life.

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Which figurative language is being used in the first stanza of " The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

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In Raleigh's poem, what comparison is being made in the following line of the third stanza? “A honey tongue, a heart of gall,”

• A honey tongue is a flower pollenated by bees

• A honey tongue is sweet words

• A honey tongue is honeysuckle

• A honey tongue is the sweetness of nature

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What is the effect of the alliteration in the following lines of the second stanza?
“When Rivers rage and Rocks grow cold/ And Philomel becometh dumb/ The rest complains of cares to come.” 

• The harsh sounds parallel a harsh vision of time and nature 
• The harsh sounds create a positive tone 
• The harsh sounds don’t effect the poem 
• The harsh sounds show that the speaker is rejecting the shepherd 

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What word could best be used to describe the tone of the speaker in the poem "The Nymphs reply to the Shepherd"?

• Immature/selfish

• Pessimistic/honest

• Objective/humble

• Excited/eager

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