Chapter 9

Question 1

Who is the author of “Ozymandias”?

Answer 1

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 2

What are the themes of “Ozymandias”?

Answer 2

pride and the fleeting nature of power

Question 3

What is the focal point of “My Last Duchess”?

Answer 3

a painting

Question 4

Who is the author of “My Last Duchess”?

Answer 4

Robert Browning

Question 5

What is a poem in which a single character engages in which a single character engages in a conversation with a silent listener?

Answer 5

dramatic monologue

Question 6

What is the object in discussion in “My Last Duchess”?

Answer 6

a portrait

Question 7

What work are these lines from: “-E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose/Never to stoop.”?

Answer 7

My Last Duchess

Question 8

What theme is shown in the lines “-E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose/Never to stoop.”?

Answer 8

pride

Question 9

What was the thing that the main character’s wife did too much of?

Answer 9

smile

Question 10

What work are these lines from: “Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed/ At starting, is my object.”?

Answer 10

My Last Duchess

Question 11

What is the setting of “The Raven”?

Answer 11

his dark and dreary chamber

Question 12

What are the themes of “The Raven”?

Answer 12

grief, death, rationality vs. irrationality

Question 13

What is the name the character is grieving for in “The Raven”?

Answer 13

Lenore

Question 14

Where does the raven decide to land when it flies into the character’s chamber in “The Raven”?

Answer 14

a bust of Pallas

Question 15

What is ironic about the fact that the raven landed on a bust of Pallas?

Answer 15

Pallas represents wisdom and the character is slipping slowly into irrationality

Question 16

What is the only word that the raven can say?

Answer 16

Nevermore

Question 17

What work are these lines from: “And mt soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/ Shall be lifted-nevermore!”

Answer 17

The Raven

Question 18

What are the themes of “The Dream Called Life”?

Answer 18

pride, power, and the brevity of life

Question 19

What is the literary device used throughout the poem “The Dream Called Life”?

Answer 19

extended metaphor

Question 20

What does the author compare life to in “The Dream Called Life”?

Answer 20

a dream

Question 21

What work are these lines from: “But whether wake or dreaming, this I know/ How dreamwise human glories come and go;”?

Answer 21

The Dream Called Life

Question 22

What literary device is used in the lines: “Or the last trumpet of the Eternal Day”?

Answer 22

allusion

Question 23

Who wrote “To Be or Not to Be”?

Answer 23

William Shakespeare

Question 24

What is the theme of “To Be or Not to Be”?

Answer 24

life and death

Question 25

What is a speech by a single character, usually in private, revealing his deepest thoughts?

Answer 25

soliloquy

Question 26

What work are these lines from: "To be, or not to be, -- that is the question;"?

Answer 26

To Be or Not to Be

Question 27

According to "To Be or Not to Be" what is the only thing keeping him from killing himself?

Answer 27

the unknown of death

Question 28

Who is the one sharing his thoughts in "To Be or Not to Be"?

Answer 28

Hamlet

Question 29

Who is the author of "Samson Agonistes"?

Answer 29

John Milton

Question 30

What are the themes of "Samson Agonistes"?

Answer 30

freedom vs. bondage and blindness

Question 31

Who is the main character in "Samson Agonistes" whose dialogue makes up much of the seection?

Answer 31

Samson

Question 32

Who makes up the Chorus in "Samson Agonistes"?

Answer 32

friends and family

Question 33

What work are these lines from: "Yet that which was the worst not least afflicts, me/ Blindness,"?

Answer 33

Samson Agonistes

Question 34

Who does Samson blame for the lose of his eyesight and strength?

Answer 34

himself

Question 35

Who is the author of "Pilate's Wife's Dream"?

Answer 35

Charlotte Bronte

Question 36

What are the themes of "Pilate's Wife's Dream"?

Answer 36

fear and hope

Question 37

What is the setting of "Pilate's Wife's Dream"?

Answer 37

darkness

Question 38

What does Pilate's wife desire, either literally or figuratively?

Answer 38

light

Question 39

What does Pilate's wife see in her vision?

Answer 39

a cross

Question 40

What work are these lines from: "A still the illumined name of Jesus shed/ A light, a clearness, through the unfolding gloom-"?

Answer 40

Pilate's Wife's Dream

Question 41

What work are these lines from: "I wait in hope - I wait in solemn fear,/ The oracle of God - the sole - true God - to hear."?

Answer 41

Pilate's Wife's Dream

Question 42

Who wrote "Journey of the Magi"?

Answer 42

T. S. Eliot

Question 43

What are the themes of "Journey of the Magi"?

Answer 43

hope and salvation

Question 44

What work are these lines from: "Were we led all that way for/ Birth or Death?"

Answer 44

Journey of the Magi

Question 45

What work are these lines from: "We returned to out places, these Kingdoms, / But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, / With an alien people clutching their gods."?

Answer 45

Journey of the Magi

Question 46

What literary device is used in these lines: "Were we led all that way for/ Birth or Death?"

Answer 46

paradox

Question 47

What are the themes of "The Dying Hunter to His Dog"?

Answer 47

loyalty, death, and the brevity of life

Question 48

What work are these lines from "Lie down! Lie down! my noble hound!"?

Answer 48

The Dying Hunter to His Dog

Question 49

What literary device is shown in the lines "Lie down! Lie down! my noble hound!"?

Answer 49

repetition

Question 50

What are the two things in "The Dying Hunter to His Dog" that he loves?

Answer 50

his dog and his wife

Question 51

What are the themes of "The Song of Ch'ang-Kan"?

Answer 51

love, faithfulness, and separation

Question 52

What work are these lines from: "In the eighth month, butterflies come/ In pairs over the grass in the West Garden./ These smite my heart."?

Answer 52

The Song of Ch'ang-Kan

Question 53

What kind of work is "The Hunter to his Dog"?

Answer 53

dramatic monologue

Question 54

Who is the author of "Ulysses"?

Answer 54

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Question 55

What is unrhymed iambic pentameter?

Answer 55

blank verse

Question 56

What are the themes of "Ulysses"?

Answer 56

aging, death, optimism, and purpose

Question 57

What work are these lines from: "One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."?

Answer 57

Ulysses