My Last Duchess Quiz

Who wrote the poem?

• Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
• William Browning
• Robert Browning

My Last Duchess is...

• a sonnet
• a free verse poem
• in rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter

A dramatic monologue makes the speaker...

• Reliable because they must be telling the truth
• Unreliable because the speaker is giving their side of the story
• Reliable because the poet is addressing the reader directly
• Unreliable because the speaker does not understand what is happening

Was the Duchess unfaithful to him?

• He says so, so it must be true
• Probably, seeing as she was always flirting
• Definitely not
• We can't know, the only information is from the Duke

What effect does the constant swapping use of enjambment and caesura have?

• It shows he regrets what happened
• It shows the Duke has planned his speech carefully
• It reflects the way the Duke is thinking aloud
• It shows the Duke has lost his temper

Where is the painting?

• On a wall
• In a cupboard
• Behind a curtain
• In a museum

Where did he say her looks went?

• At all sorts of men
• Only at him
• Everywhere
• Away from men's gazes

What phrase shows that he he knew that part of her role was to flatter visitors?

• She pleased men well!
• She flattered men well!
• She thanked men good!
• She was to all men good!

Who is the narrator, or speaker, of this poem?

• Robert Browning
• The Duke
• The Duchess
• The poet

It is obvious the Duke has a love for…

• objects over people
• all women
• his late wife, the Duchess
• everyone in his kingdom