AS 'Cat' & Browning Mini-Quiz

What is the Duke arranging in “My Last Duchess”?

• The Duchess’s funeral

• The painting of the Duchess’s portrait

• A new marriage for himself

• The sale of his art collection

What is the rhyme scheme of “My Last Duchess”?

"That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,

Looking as if she were alive. I call

That piece a wonder, now; Fra Pandolf’s hands

Worked busily a day, and there she stands.

Will’t please you sit and look at her? I said

“Fra Pandolf” by design, for never read

Strangers like you that pictured countenance,

The depth and passion of its earnest glance,"

• Enjambed blank verse

• Enjambed rhyming couplets

• End-stopped rhyming couplets

• End-stopped blank verse

How is Porphyria killed?

• She is stabbed

• She is shot

• She is drowned

• She is strangled

When is “Porphyria’s Lover” set?

• Just before her murder

• As she is being killed

• Just after her death

• During her funeral

What makes “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” a soliloquy?

• A speaker who is distinct from the poet, who has no implied audience

• A speaker who is distinct from the poet, who has an audience before him

• The poet is the speaker, and is talking to himself

• The poet is the speaker, and is addressing a pretend audience

Who is the speaker’s primary adversary in “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister”?

• The Prior

• The Pope

• Brother Lawrence

• Old Gandolf

In which country did Browning spend a great deal of time (other than England)?

• Spain

• France

• Scotland

• Italy

In “The Bishop Orders His Tomb...” where does the Bishop say the lapis for the tomb is hidden?

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• In the catacombs beneath the church

• Buried in a vineyard

• At his mistress’s home

• Buried beneath the altar

Why is the Bishop so concerned with his tomb?

• He wants to outdo his predecessor

• He believes it will ensure his immortality

• He has done nothing to ensure either his earthly reputation or his salvation

• All of the above

What kind of meter is “A Toccata of Galuppi’s” written in?

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter

• Hexameter

• Octameter