Dramatic Monologue

What poetic form is Robert Browning most known for?

• Elegies

• Epics

• Pastorals

• Dramatic Monologues

Which famous Vicgtorin figure did Robert Browning marry?

• Mary Shelley

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Elizabeth Barrett

• William Wordsworth

Why are Browning's dramatic monologues challenging?

• They use very complicated syntax.

• They require you to figure out what's going on with the narrator.

• They put forward beliefs and ideas that are disturbing to grapple with.

• They use lots of complicated words.

Given Robert Browning's typical poetic subjects, what did he seem to have a fascination with?

• Royalty

• Romance

• Organized Crime

• Abnormal psychology

What book first brought Robert Browning fame?

• Porphyria's Lover

• The Ring and the Book

• Sordello

• Bells and Pomegranates No. III

How does the poetic style of Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess' reinforce the poem's thematic focus?

• The free verse mirrors the poem's focus on how art allows people to free themselves from death.

• The free verse mirrors the poem's focus on freedom that goes beyond the bounds of morality.

• The obvious rhyming couplets mirror the poem's preoccupation with deliberate, artificial framing.

• The rhyming couplets that sound like natural speech mirror the poem's preoccupation with art and reality.

In Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess,' to whom is the duke speaking in the poem?

• A servant of the count

• The duchess

• The count

• Claus of Innsbruck

What style of poem is Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess'

• Epic narrative

• Dramatic monologue

• Elegy

• Ode

In Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess,' how did the duchess offend the duke?

• She ran away with the painter.

• She never smiled for him.

• She flirted with other men.

• She disapproved of the painting.

In Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess,' where does the duke keep the painting of the duchess?

• In his bedroom

• Displayed in an art gallery

• In his library

• Hidden behind a curtain