WorksheetsJUPEB Questions on "My Last Duchess"
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
The idea for the story captured in Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" is borrowed from which of the following periods?
The Classical Period
The Renaissance Period
The Victorian Period
The Modern Period
The poem is best described as . . . . . ?
Verse drama
Dramatic monologue
Conversational poetry
Free verse
"I call that piece a wonder . . ."
What is being referred to in the line above?
The portrait of the duchess
The statue of Neptune
The cherry some officious fool broke for the duchess
The mane the duchess loved so much
The Duke being referred to in the poem is?
Alphonsus, the Duke of Ferrara
Ferrari, the Duke of Alphonso
Fra Pandolf, the Duke of Innbruck
Claus, the Duke of Innbruck
The last duchess can best be captured as . . . . ?
Flirtatious
Cowardly
Ostentatious
Free-spirited
"I gave command and all smiles ceased together" captures the use of which figurative expression?
Personification
Synecdoche
Euphemism
Idiomatic expression
The metre favoured in the poem can best be described as . . . . . ?
Trochaic decameter
Iambic pentameter
Trochaic pentameter
Dactylic pentameter
One theme that resonates in the poem is . . . . ?
The theme of insubordination of Victorian servants
The theme of abuse of power
The theme of commercialisation of sex
The theme of unreciprocated love
Browning uses the poem to showcase . . . . .?
The insubordination of Victorian servants
The strongheadedness of Victorian wives
The objectification of women
Unreciprocated love
The statue of Neptune pointed out at the end of the poem serves what purpose?
Shows the domineering nature of the duke
Shows that the Duke is a lover of art
Shows that Browning is at home with arts pieces
Shows that all women are creatures of the sea
The duke's next choice of wife happens to be who?
(a)
The poem can best be said to be written in which between open and closed form?
(a)
In the poem, the Duke accuses the duchess of which crime?
Extramarital affair
Lack of love for him
Lack of attention
Disrespect of traditional institutions
Who did Robert Browning marry?
(a)
"There she stands, looking as if alive" implies that?
The duchess is very beautiful to behold
The duchess is good at pretense
Fra Pandolf is gifted in bringing the death back to life
The duchess was already dead
