Short Unit Test

Who wrote the poem?

• Elizabeth Barrett-Browning

• Robert Browning

• Gravy Browning

• Abit Burntatedges

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

My Last Duchess is...

• a dramatic dialogue

• an aromatic monologue

• a freeman's catalogue

• a dramatic monologue

A dramatic monologue makes the speaker...

• Reliable because they must be telling the truth

• Reliable because the poet is addressing the reader directly

• Unreliable because the speaker is giving their side of the story

• Unreliable because the speaker does not understand what is happening

The main theme of the poem is...

• gender inequality in society

• racial equality in society

• relationships are equal

• ...equilateral triangles

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

The speaker in a dramatic monologue...

• ...tells the truth

• ...is the poet speaking

• ...always gives a balanced view

• ...is unreliable

Browning was unusual in Victorian society because...

• ...he let his wife make all the decisions

• ...he had an equal relationship with his wife

• ...he did not get married

• ...he had several marriages and divorces

Was the Duchess unfaithful to him?

• He says so, so it must be true

• Probably, seeing as she was always flirting

• We can't know, the only information is from the Duke

• Definitely not

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What effect the constant swapping use of enjambement and caesura have?

• It shows he regrets what happened

• It reflects the way the Duke is thinking aloud

• It shows the Duke has planned his speech carefully

• It shows the Duke has lost his temper

The word "my" is what kind of word, used to highlight the Duke's sense of ownership of his wife?

• A possessed adjective

• A processed adjective

• A possessive adjective

• A processional adjective

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Where is the painting?

• On a wall for all to see

• Behind a curtain

• In a cupboard

• In an art folder

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1