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Brownings

Total questions: 148

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

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1.

When Elizabeth Barrett Browning died, what was reported to be her final word(s)?

a)

I love you, Robert

b)

Beautiful

c)

My life, my love

d)

All right

2.

What kind of tone is present in the poem "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

Devastated

b)

Lovely

c)

Tragic

d)

Romantic

3.

Into how many books is "Aurora Leigh" divided?

a)

6

b)

4

c)

9

d)

10

4.

What does the narrator seem to be afraid to look at after he kills Porphyria?

a)

Her eyes

b)

Her hair

c)

Her parents

d)

God

5.

Who wrote Elizabeth letters of appreciation?

a)

Robert Browning

b)

Tennyson

c)

Byron

d)

Keats

e)

The Prime Minister

6.

In what year did Elizabeth meet poet Robert Browning?

a)

1846

b)

1845

c)

1848

d)

1847

7.

What kind of poem is 'Porphyria's Lover'?

a)

A haiku

b)

A dramatic monologue

c)

A villanelle

d)

A sonnet

8.

Who is Fra Pandolf?

a)

The Duke

b)

The messenger

c)

The painter

9.

Who was Robert's wife?

a)

Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning --- married in 1846 / ran away to Florence, Italy

b)

Author Mary Shelley --- married in 1846 / ran away to Florence, Italy

c)

Poet Mary Barrett Browning --- married in 1846 / ran away to Florence, Italy

d)

Poet Aurora Leigh --- married in 1846 / ran away to Florence, Italy

e)

Poet Elizabeth Leigh --- married in 1846 / ran away to Florence, Italy

10.

Sonnet was derived from the Italian word called ______?

a)

sonneto

b)

sonetto

c)

sonteno

d)

sonetto

11.

What is meant by the phrase "a spot of joy" in Lines 14-15?

a)

Brightness of the eye

b)

A blush

c)

A time of happiness

d)

A tear

12.

How does Porphyria enter the cottage?

a)

She glides in

b)

She rushes in

c)

She slams the door

d)

She's warm

13.

What was Robert and Elizabeth's sons nickname

a)

Pen

b)

Book

c)

Pencil

d)

Ruler

e)

Eraser

14.

Who is Andrea Del Sarto's wife?

a)

A LADY-IN-WAITING

b)

LUCREZIA

c)

THE PRIOR'S NIECE

d)

MARGO

15.

What did Porphyria's Lover want in the poem?

a)

To marry Porphyria

b)

To kill Porphyria because she had an affair

c)

To be with a different woman

d)

Complete control over her

16.

It is a verse drama by Robert Browning. It was published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series, in a low-priced two-column edition for sixpence and next republished in Poem in 1848, which received much more critical attention. It was dedicated to Thomas Noon Talfourd, who had recently attained fame as the author of the tragedy Ion.

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

17.

What do the lines 13-14 in "How Do I Love Thee" “if God choose, / I shall but love thee better after death”reveal about the narrator’s perspective or beliefs?

a)

The narrator believes she and her loved one shall be together in the afterlife.

b)

The narrator fears she will be separated from her loved one after death.

c)

The narrator believes her love is so strong that it will not fade even in death but grow stronger.

d)

The narrator has faith in a grand design, that God will “choose” what is best for her and her lover.

18.

Who is 'thee' in the poem?

a)

Robert Barret

b)

Barret Browning

c)

Robert Browning

19.

Elizabeth was the oldest of how many children ?

a)

11

b)

10

c)

9

d)

8

e)

7

20.

What is the subject taming the sea-horse in the statue by Claus of Innsbruck?

a)

Apollo

b)

Zeus

c)

Mars

d)

Neptune

21.

What does the speaker count in "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

The ways she gets through the difficulties of life.

b)

The ways she grieves for the "lost saints" of childhood.

c)

The way she loves the person being addressed.

d)

The ways the person who is being addressed could love her back.

22.

Why does the speaker kill Porphyria?

a)

To freeze the perfect moment and stay with her forever

b)

because she is richer than him

c)

because he returns her love

d)

to break up with her

23.

Who wrote the poem, "To an Athlete Dying Young"?

a)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

b)

A.E. Housman

c)

William Wordsworth

d)

Charles Dickens

24.

What kind of education did Elizabeth have?

a)

No formal education

b)

Tiffin and Durham

c)

Eton and Cambridge

d)

Reed's and Godalming College

e)

St Paul's Girls

25.

Elizabeth took interest into what while in Florence?

a)

Politics and wrote denunciations of slavery in the US

b)

Love and Romance

c)

Nature and the impact of industry

d)

The contrasts between England and Italy

e)

Religion and its loss of significance in the modern age

26.

It is a narrative poem by the English poet Robert Browning. Worked on for seven years, and largely written between 1836 and 1840, it was published in March 1840. It consists of a fictionalised version of the life of da Goito, a 13th-century Lombard troubadour depicted in Canto VI of Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio.

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

27.

Did Porphyria's Lover reply when she called him?

a)

Yes

b)

No

28.

What was one of Robert's long dramatic poems called?

a)

Paracelsus

b)

Parakeets

c)

Paranormal

d)

Parascending

e)

Paraglide

29.

Finish the quote:"At last I knew Porphyria ..................... me"

a)

worshipped

b)

hated

c)

loved

d)

despised

30.

'Dramatic Monologue 'is a term , associated with which one poet

a)

Robert Browning

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

John Milton

d)

John Donne

31.

Which of the following quotes best support the theme of "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." (Line 1)

b)

“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height / My soul can reach” (Lines 2-3)

c)

“I love thee freely, as men strive for right. / I love thee purely, as they turn from

praise.” (Lines 7-8)

d)

“I love thee with the passion put to use / In my old griefs, and with my

childhood’s faith.” (Lines 9-10)

32.

Identify the movement associated with this painting

a)

Romantic movement

b)

Pre raphaelite movement

33.

When/where did Elizabeth die?

a)

Florence, Italy in 1861

b)

Rome, Italy in 1862

c)

London, England in 1863

d)

Florence, Italy in 1812

e)

Florence, Italy in 1901

34.

Was Elizabeth or Robert more popular during their lifetime ?

a)

Elizabeth’s poems were more popular during her lifetime

b)

Robert’s poems were more popular during his lifetime

35.

what was Elizabeth’s most famous love story

a)

Aurora Leigh (1857)

b)

Aurora Spring (1857)

c)

Aurora Browning (1857)

d)

Aurora Free (1857)

e)

Aurora II (1857)

36.

What type of poem is 'My Last Duchess'?

a)

A sonnet

b)

A limerick

c)

A dramatic monologue

d)

A haiku

37.

Browning wrote the collection in London, where he had returned with his son after the death of his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was his first publication after a nine-year hiatus. During this time, Browning's reputation was fluctuating, and it has been published along with The Ring and the Book, which is widely considered his greatest work, were enough to begin a critical re-evaluation of the writer.

a)

Abt Vogler

b)

Dramatis Personae

c)

Fra Lippo Lippi

d)

My Last Duchess

e)

Rabbi Ben Ezra

38.

Read these lines from "How Do I Love Thee":"I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."What is the meaning of the word "but" in the last line?

a)

only

b)

never

c)

first

d)

currently

39.

Who was listening to the speaker in "My Last Duchess"?

a)

a messenger/servant of a Count

b)

a wedding guest

c)

a friend

d)

the bride-to-be

40.

What specific things did the Duchess do to anger the Duke, according to him? (select all that apply)

a)

Rode with around the terrace

b)

Ignored him all the time.

c)

Had men walking through the orchard and picking cherries with her

d)

Smiled at everyone who flattered her

41.

Porphyria's lover describes her as

a)

'not mine'

b)

'my love'

c)

'mine, mine'

d)

'my soul'

42.

True or False"Andrea del Sarto" is one of Browning's dramatic monologues that shows that Browning is trying to create art that allows for the mind and the soul to both be portrayed rather than just the mind or just the body

a)

True

b)

False

43.

What does the Duke suggest that the Duchess did?

a)

Steal his money

b)

Was unfaithful with other men/promiscuous

44.

What is a dramatic monologue?

a)

Where a single character delivers a speech

b)

Where two characters converse in poetry

c)

A 14 line love poem

d)

A poem to one who has died

e)

A poem of praise to someone or something

45.

It is a dramatic ____________, a form of poetry for which he is famous, about the Italian painter Andrea del Sarto.

a)

lyric

b)

monologue

c)

song

d)

sonnet

46.

What can you say about the rhyme from the line: "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death."

a)

It has an interior rhyme wherein the rhyming words appear within the same line

b)

It has no rhyme

c)

It has end rhyme which means the rhyming words are at the end of the lines

d)

It has an interior and an end rhyme

47.

But had you—oh, with the same perfect brow,And perfect eyes, and more than perfect mouth,And the low voice my soul hears, ___________.

a)

as a bird

b)

as a falcon

c)

as a phoenix

d)

as a duck

48.

Why would the speaker of the poem say he is not "skilled in speech"?

a)

Because he is uneducated

b)

To manipulate or confuse his companion

c)

To show that his wife is smarter than him

d)

Because he lies a lot

49.

Whose death occurred that caused Elizabeth to write "De Profundis"?

a)

Father

b)

Brother

c)

Mother

d)

Sister

50.

Read these lines from "How Do I Love Thee": "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace."Based on these lines, what can you conclude about the speaker's love for the addressee?

a)

The speaker loves the addressee as much as the speaker's soul allows.

b)

The speaker loves the addressee even though the addressee is not graceful.

c)

The depth of the speaker's love for the addressee is not as great as its breadth and height.

d)

The height of the speaker's love for the addressee is not as great as its depth and breadth.

51.

It is a collection of fifty-one poems in two volumes by Robert Browning, first published in 1855. While now generally considered to contain some of the best of Browning's poetry, at the time it was not received well and sold poorly.

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

52.

By the end of the poem, we know the Duke is planning a...

a)

hunting trip

b)

party

c)

vacation

d)

marriage

53.

Why was the duke upset with the duchess?

a)

She kept arguing with him.

b)

She had an affair with the man who painted her portrait.

c)

Everything made her happy and he didn't feel like he was given special attention.

d)

She stole money from him and used it to buy a white horse.

54.

What type of literature were these two Browning pieces?

a)

Poems

b)

Dramatic monologues

c)

Short stories

d)

Plays

55.

Name the poetic technique perfected by Robert Browning

a)

Dramatic Personae

b)

Dramatic soliloquy

c)

Dramatic Monologue

d)

Dramatic impersonation

56.

After He Has Been Extemporizing Upon the Musical Instrument of His InventionIt is the subtitle of

a)

Abt Vogler

b)

Dramatis Personae

c)

Fra Lippo Lippi

d)

My Last Duchess

e)

Rabbi Ben Ezra

57.

Which of the following statements best describes a central theme of the poem "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

Love is unconditional and eternal.

b)

Coming of age is when one is willing to give up everything for another person

c)

True freedom comes from freedom of the soul.

d)

Love requires sacrifice and is not always

58.

What technique does Browning use in the first stanza to help set the mood?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Emotive language

c)

Strophe

d)

Pathetic Fallacy

59.

The title of the collection came from a line in her Sonnets from the Portuguese. Browning himself was very fond of the collection, referring to the poems as "My fifty men and women" (from the opening line in One Word More).

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

60.

What are the key words to describe the relationship in 'Letters from Yorkshire'

a)

Distance and connection

b)

Passion and desire

c)

Fear and hatred

d)

Longing and sadness

61.

What does 'countenance' mean?

a)

It's an old insult

b)

It's a maths term

c)

A face

d)

Annoyance

62.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (birth - death)

a)

1806-1861

b)

1906-1962

c)

1706-1763

d)

1860-1899

e)

1806-1826

63.

Robert's monologues contain these elements:

a)

1. a speaker who indirectly reveals his or her situation and character

2. a silent listener, addressed by the speaker and implied in what the speaker says

b)

1. a speaker who is alone on stage talking only to the audience

2. the audience plays the second role in the drama

c)

1. a speaker who directly reveals his or her situation and character

2. a silent listener, addressed by the speaker and implied in what the speaker says

d)

1. a speaker who indirectly reveals his or her situation and character

2. a responding listener, addressed by the speaker and implied in what the speaker says

e)

1. two speakers who indirectly reveal his or her situations and character

2. a silent listener, addressed by the speaker and implied in what the speaker says

64.

In which country is the poem set?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

65.

What are the sequence of 44 poems written to Robert from Elizabeth called

a)

Sonnets from the Portuguese

b)

Sonnets from the French

c)

Sonnets from the Italians

d)

Sonnets from the Spanish

e)

Sonnets from the Heart

66.

Sonnet 43 expresses

a)

the poet’s intense love for her husband-to-be

b)

the poet's intense longing for freedom

c)

the poet's intense desire to live her chosen life

67.

Who is the duke talking to in the poem?

a)

The duchess

b)

The painter, Fra Pandolf

c)

An emissary

d)

Himself

68.

Who wrote Aurora Leigh?

a)

Matthew Arnold

b)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

c)

Alfred Lord Tennyson

d)

Robert Browning

69.

Who is speaking in the poem?

a)

The emissary

b)

The Duchess

c)

The Duke

d)

The painter, Fra Pandolf

70.

Andrea del Sarto explores broad themes such as if all human interactions are governed by aesthetic or exchange value, failure, whether one's wife is a possession, and morality in general. To what extent do you agree with this fact?

a)

Agree

b)

Disagree

71.

Which television show used this Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem in the last scene of an episode? "I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I'm with you."

a)

Alias

b)

Judging Amy

c)

West Wing

d)

CSI

72.

My Last Duchess is...

a)

a dramatic dialogue

b)

an aromatic monologue

c)

a freeman's catalogue

d)

a dramatic monologue

73.

True or False

Browning's main audience for all his poetry was his beloved wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Browning based del Sarto's love for his wife, Lucrezia, on his own love for his wife

a)

True

b)

False

74.

What kind of point of view is used in the line,"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height"?

a)

First

b)

Third

c)

Second

75.

Since "How Do I Love Thee?" is a Petrarchan sonnet, what kind of stanzas does it have?

a)

An octave and a sestet

b)

7 couplets

c)

2 quatrain and a couplet

d)

2 sestets and 1 couplet

76.

When Robert was a teen he decided to...

a)

Make poetry his life's pursuit

b)

Get an ill-advised buzz cut

c)

Move to Italy

d)

Become a priest

e)

Study Art History

77.

Which book of his did not sell a single copy? (hint: his first book)

a)

A long and highly personal poem modelled after Shelley's work --> Pauline

b)

A short and generalised poem modelled after Byron's work --> Paulo

c)

A medium length and highly literal poem modelled after Blake's work --> Paulette

d)

A long and highly contemporary poem modelled after Keats's work --> Paul

e)

A long and rambling poem modelled after John Clare's work --> Clare

78.

Who does the narrator say has not commented on the murder?

a)

God

b)

Porphyria

c)

Himself

d)

Porphyria's mum

79.

What does Robert Browning rank as?

a)

Robert ranks with Tennyson as one of the great Victorian poets

b)

Robert ranks with Robert Frost as one of the great Victorian poets

c)

Robert ranks with Tennyson as one of the worst Victorian poets

d)

Robert ranks with Tennyson as one of the undiscovered Victorian poets

e)

Robert ranks with Tennyson as one of the lesser Victorian poets

80.

The poem is based on real people

a)

True

b)

False

81.

Elizabeth's most famous sonnet starts out "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways?" What is the number of this famous sonnet?

a)

22

b)

34

c)

5

d)

43

82.

The setting is northern Italy in the 1220s, dominated by the struggle between the Guelphs (partisans of the Pope) and the Ghibellines (partisans of the Holy Roman Emperor).

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

83.

Agree or DisagreeHowever, later undertones hint at a suspecting of lacking and not being enough, as Lucrezia still chooses her lover over her husband, even though he is making her a romantic suit. He quickly falls into a class of literary males who lack masculinity and passion; the only thing that makes him truly different from Prufrock or any similar characters is that he is aware of his dilemma. King discusses del Sarto's lack of virility, as he describes his wife the way a painter would, with lines and shapes, as opposed to a husband or person of romantic interest

a)

Agree

b)

Disagree

84.

Robert Browning (birth - death)

a)

(1812-1889)

b)

(1912-1989)

c)

(1712-1789)

d)

(1842-1910)

e)

(1812-1842)

85.

What is the first thing Porphyria does when she enters?

a)

She lights a fire

b)

She takes off her hat and gloves

c)

She sits next to the narrator

d)

She dries her hair

86.

What part of Porphyria's body is the narrator seemingly obsessed with?

a)

Her hair

b)

Her neck

c)

Her legs

d)

Her hands

87.

Your soft hand is a woman of itself,And mine the man's bared breast she __________.

a)

curls outside

b)

curls beneath

c)

curls inside

d)

curls along the ride

88.

The author described the work as "the first of a series of dramatic pieces". A young, blameless silk-winding girl is wandering innocently through the environs of Asolo, in her mind attributing kindness and virtue to the people she passes. She sings as she goes, her song influencing others to act for the good—or, at the least, reminding them of the existence of a moral order.

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

89.

"Andrea del Sarto" (also called "____________")

a)

The Faultless Painter

b)

The Creative Painter

c)

The Faultless Musician

d)

The Faultless Scriptor

90.

What kind of figurative speech are present in "How Do I Love Thee"? (select two)

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

91.

What does this line mean? "I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise."

a)

genuinely without desire for adoration and approval

b)

genuinely without the need for love and happiness

c)

wholeheartedly without the need for flattery

92.

What does the narrator think Porphyria wants?

a)

To give herself to him forever

b)

A one night stand

c)

Some peace and quiet

d)

To be murdered

93.

The listener in "My Last Duchess" is present to

a)

sell a sculpture

b)

settle a dowry for a marriage

c)

investigate the speaker

d)

Buy a painting

94.

The historical del Sarto was born in_________

a)

Rome, Italy

b)

London, England

c)

Florence, Italy

d)

Paris, France

95.

How many languages does Elizabeth know?

a)

8

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

e)

4

96.

What is its rhyme scene?

a)

cdcdcdabbaabba

b)

abbaabbacdcdcd

c)

bbaabbaadccd

d)

bbaabbaacdcdcd

97.

Robert Browning's shorter dramatic monologues:

a)

"My Last Duchess" "Life in a Love" "Porphyria's Lover"

b)

"Pauline", "The Ring and the Book" "The Idylls of the King"

c)

"Ode to Joy", "My First Duchess" "The Bishop's Lover"

d)

"Ode on Melancholy" "My Only Duchess" "The End of the King"

e)

"Pauline" "My Last Duchess" "Ode to a Nightingale"

98.

Which of these is NOT a line from the poem?

a)

That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive.

b)

She had A heart—how shall I say?— too soon made glad,

c)

In one long yellow string I wound Three times her little throat around, And strangled her.

d)

as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name With anybody’s gift.

99.

What are the vines in Sonnet 29?

a)

The speaker's thoughts about her lover

b)

The speaker's fears

c)

A representation of death

100.

Robert's best teacher =

a)

His father's 6,000 book library / had little schooling / interested in history, art, & literature

b)

Mrs Trehearn

c)

Eton and Cambridge

d)

Life

e)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

101.

"Will't please you sit and look at her?" is from which poem?

a)

My Last Duchess

b)

Ozymandias

c)

Charge of the Light Brigade

d)

Remains

102.

Who is considered as the first author of "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Elizabeth Barett Browning

c)

Christina Rossetti

d)

William Wordsworth

103.

What is the duke trying to organise in the poem?

a)

A business deal.

b)

His divorce.

c)

His next marriage.

d)

Buying a piece of art.

104.

When was The Cry of the Children written?

a)

1843

b)

1844

c)

1842

d)

1845

105.

Who wrote the poem?

a)

Elizabeth Barrett-Browning

b)

Robert Browning

c)

Gravy Browning

d)

Abit Burntatedges

106.

Porphyria is a disease that can lead to....

a)

sickness

b)

insomnia

c)

madness

d)

dysentery

107.

How old was Robert when he published his 1st book?

a)

21

b)

20

c)

19

d)

18

e)

17

108.

A Fragment of a Confession is the first published poem by Robert Browning. It was written in 1832, and published anonymously in 1833. The poem is the confession of an unnamed poet to his lover, the eponymous woman. It was first reprinted in 1868 with no alterations to the text.

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

109.

During his life Browning struggled with religion. At age 13, he announced he was atheist, following in the footsteps of ___________________, the poet he looked up to.

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

c)

T.S. Eliot

d)

Elizabeth Browning

110.

How can the form of the poem be described?

a)

A romantic monologue

b)

A dominant monologue

c)

A dramatic monologue

d)

A melodramatic monologue

111.

What does EBB’s lover want her to speak about?

a)

“the love I bear thee”

b)

“the torch I carry for thee”

c)

“the dresses I wear for thee”

d)

“the cross I bear for thee"

112.

In "How Do I Love Thee," how have the speaker’s feelings changed between the present and the future?

a)

The speaker will love the person more passionately even in death.

b)

The speaker will not be able to love the person when he dies.

c)

The speaker will not be able to love the person because she will die.

d)

The speaker does not believe in loving someone through death.

113.

It is a poem by Robert Browning about one of the great poets, mathematicians, and scholars of the 12th century. He wrote on grammar, astronomy, the astrolabe, etc.

a)

Abt Vogler

b)

Dramatis Personae

c)

Fra Lippo Lippi

d)

My Last Duchess

e)

Rabbi Ben Ezra

114.

This poem was published in his 1855 poetry collection, ____________.

a)

Men and Women

b)

Bells and Pomegranates

c)

Strafford

d)

My Last Duchess

115.

Where is the Duchess?

a)

In the room with the speaker

b)

She is waiting downstairs with the rest of the company

c)

She has been banished from the castle

d)

She is dead

116.

What did Robert publish 8 years after Elizabeth's (his wife) death that turned his career around?

a)

The Ring and the Book

b)

The Necklace and the Book

c)

The Ring and the Pen

d)

The Pen and the Book

e)

The Necklace and the Pen

117.

What does this line mean? "I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;"

a)

gladly- as how a person choose to live the right way

b)

bravely - and just as strongly as a person fights for what's right

c)

willingly- and just as intensely as men who fight for freedom

118.

Sonnet 29: '_______ thy presence'

a)

Remake

b)

Bring

c)

Renew

d)

Retry

119.

Which of the following best summarizes how the speaker quantifies her love in "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

The speaker quantifies her love in specific numbers and instances.

b)

The speaker refuses to quantify her love, which is uncountable.

c)

The speaker compares her love to great distances, grand ideas, strong emotions, etc.

d)

The speaker talks about her love only in terms of religious ideas, like the soul.

120.

What kind of personal poem expresses extreme emotions?

a)

Lyrical

b)

Narrative

c)

Concrete

121.

What happens to Porphyria in the poem?

a)

She becomes mentally disturbedShe becomes mentally disturbed

b)

She murders her lover

c)

She is strangled with a rope

d)

She is strangled with her own hair

122.

Who wrote the poem "How Do I Love Thee"?

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

A.E. Housman

c)

Robert Browning

d)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

123.

What does the speaker in Sonnet 29 want?

a)

To be away from the lover

b)

Someone to fall in love with her

c)

Her lover to be with her in person

d)

To marry someone

124.

Fact or Fiction

This is much the same as in the rest of the work, according to Stefan Hawlin, another literary scholar. He believes that Browning is explaining, through this poem, that del Sarto is not as famous as many other artists because he “shies away from the vivid and necessarily sexual fullness of life, and the spirituality that is a part of that fullness.” Hawlin also explains that his wife's beauty is without a soul to del Sarto, it is only a beauty on the outside, which perfectly matches the state of del Sarto's art, which is beautiful, but spiritually empty.

a)

Fact

b)

Fiction

125.

The poem is in blank verse and mainly uses __________.

a)

iambic tetrameter

b)

iambic pentameter

c)

iambic quatrain

d)

none of the above

126.

The narrator's extended metaphor about nature (tree) can be compared with which other poem?

a)

Robert Browning

b)

Percy Shelley

c)

Lord Byron

127.

What kind of meter is present on Sonnet 43?

a)

Spondaic

b)

Trochaic

c)

Iambic

d)

Dactylic

128.

The following lines appear in poem written by :If this be error , and upon me prov'd.I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Robert Browning

c)

John Milton

d)

John Dryden

129.

Lord Tennyson manfully tackled it, but he is reported to have admitted in bitterness of spirit: "There were only two lines in it that I understood, and they were both lies; they were the opening and closing lines, 'Who will may hear his story told,' and 'Who would has heard his story told!'".

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

130.

What does Porphyria's Lover say about the decision murder?

a)

'I found a thing to do'

b)

'I'd planned it all along'

c)

'I wanted to kill her'

d)

'I didn't know what to do'

131.

What did the duke do to the duchess?

a)

He told someone to kill her.

b)

He divorced her.

c)

He had the marriage annulled.

d)

Nothing.

132.

How does the narrator kill Porphyria?

a)

He strangles her

b)

He poisons her

c)

He hits her head

d)

He breaks her neck

133.

The Ring and the Book is a...

a)

long poem based on an actual trial --- tells the story of a murder in a series of dramatic monologues

b)

long poem based on his life--- tells the story of his love life in a series of dramatic monologues

c)

short poem based on his life--- tells the story of his love life in a series of dramatic monologues

d)

long poem based on an Shelley's life --- tells the story of Mary and Percy in a series of dramatic monologues

e)

long poem based on King Arthur --- tells the story of the King in a series of dramatic monologues

134.

What was Robert's 1st book?

a)

Pauline

b)

Paula

c)

Paulette

d)

Paul

e)

Paulo

135.

What kind of health problem did Elizabeth face

a)

spinal injury

b)

Depression

c)

heart disease

d)

Cancer

e)

a stroke

136.

is an 1855 dramatic monologue written by the Victorian poet Robert Browning which first appeared in his collection Men and Women. Throughout this poem, Browning depicts a 15th-century real-life painter. The poem asks the question whether art should be true to life or an idealized image of life. The poem is written in blank verse, non-rhyming iambic pentameter.

a)

Abt Vogler

b)

Dramatis Personae

c)

Fra Lippo Lippi

d)

My Last Duchess

e)

Rabbi Ben Ezra

137.

What is the weather like at the start of Porphyria's Lover?

a)

Snow

b)

mist and fog

c)

wind and rain

d)

sunshine

138.

What social class did Elizabeth grow up as

a)

upper middle class

b)

lower middle class

c)

upper class

d)

minor royalty

e)

working class

139.

Porphyria has come to her lover to

a)

end their engagement

b)

demand that they marry

c)

express her love to him

d)

beg him to forgive her infidelity

140.

Elizabeth Barrett's first poem was printed when she was only fourteen. Who published it for her?

a)

Mother

b)

Father

c)

Brother

d)

Uncle

141.

Porphyria's Lover - which quote is correct

a)

'Only, I put my head on her shoulder'

b)

'Only, this time my shoulder bore her head'

c)

'Only, this time I was in control'

d)

'Only this time her head was on my shoulder'

142.

How many lines does this sonnet have?

a)

4

b)

20

c)

41

d)

14

143.

Who is the tree in Sonnet 29?

a)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

b)

Robert Browning

c)

No one

144.

It is a five-part epic poem written by Robert Browning and published in 1835.

a)

Pauline

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Sordello

d)

Pippa Passes

e)

Men and Women

145.

Whom does Andrea Del Sarto NOT blame for his life decisions?

a)

HIMSELF

b)

THE PUBLIC

c)

LUCREZIA

d)

KING FRANCIS

146.

What does the asymmetrical rhyme scheme (ABABB) suggest about the speaker?

a)

He is stable

b)

He is unstable

147.

This poem presents a problem and offers a .....?

a)

Further problem

b)

Question

c)

Solution

d)

Compromise

148.

Which of the following is NOT something the Duchess did wrong, according to the Duke?

a)

She was flattered by compliments from Fra Pandolf.

b)

She loved the sunset as much as she loved her husband.

c)

She would not listen to her husband when he tried to correct her behavior.

d)

She was equally grateful and smiled at all acts of kindness, not just her husband's.