Dramatic Monologue

What poetic form is Robert Browning most known for?

• Elegies

• Epics

• Pastorals

• Dramatic Monologues

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Which famous Vicgtorin figure did Robert Browning marry?

• Mary Shelley

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Elizabeth Barrett

• William Wordsworth

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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.

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

• Royalty

• Romance

• Organized Crime

• Abnormal psychology

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What book first brought Robert Browning fame?

• Porphyria's Lover

• The Ring and the Book

• Sordello

• Bells and Pomegranates No. III

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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.

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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

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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.

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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