Donne 1572-1631

Question 1

1. In _______ year was John donne was born in a Catholic family in London during the reign of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth.
   a) 1571 b)1572
   c) 1573. d)1574

Answer 1

John donne born in 1572

Question 2

2. John Donne was a leading member of _______________ poet.

Answer 2

Metaphysical poet.

Question 3

3. John Donne was a leading member of _______________ poet.

Answer 3

Metaphysical poet.

Question 4

4. Donne’s father was ________ who died when he was 4 years old.

Answer 4

Ironmonger

Question 5

5. Donne’s mother Elizabeth Heywood was a grandniece of the Martyred _______________

Answer 5

Sir Thomas More.

Question 6

6. Donne poem were ___________ charged and ____________ explicit, but also extol the virtues of a long and happy relationship or marriage.

Answer 6

Erotically charged and sexualy explicit.

Question 7

7. Donne poems were difficult to parse because they were filled with _____________ and unexpected ___________________.

Answer 7

Paradoxes and unexpected twist to logic.

Question 8

8. Why did Donne didn’t attain his degree having attended both Cambridge and Oxford universities ?

Answer 8

Both Universities required an oath to Anglican Church.

Question 9

9. In which Donne went to London to persuade law education ?
   a) 1592. b)1593
   c) 1594. d)1598

Answer 9

1593- donne to London to study law.

Question 10

10. Why did Donne brother die ? And how did it affect Donne ?

Answer 10

Donne brother died while in prison for the crime of harbouring a Catholic priest, in 1593. Being affected by his brother death, Donne converted to Anglican Church the following year.

Question 11

11. Donne worked as a private secretary of Sir Thomas _________, Lord keeper of the _______________.

Answer 11

Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord keeper of the Great seal of England.

Question 12

12. When did Donne became the member of Parliment ? And same year he also married whom?
    a) 1601. b) 1603
    c) 1605. d) 1607

Answer 12

1601, he became member of Parliment also married Anne More a 16 yr old niece of Sir Thomas Egerton.

Question 13

13. Donne Being married to Anne More resulted in what ?

Answer 13

He was fried by Thomas Egerton, and also briefly thrown in prison. Anne Dowry was withheld. Rich in love , but faced financial hardships throughout their In 17-yrs of their marriage.

Question 14

14. Prior to two years his wife’s death, Donne was ordained as ____________ priest in ________.
    a) 1611. b)1617
    c) 1615. d)1621

Answer 14

1615 - he became Anglican priest.

Question 15

15. In 1621, Donne became Dean of __________________ cathedral.

Answer 15

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Question 16

16. John Donne poems were compiled in two majors: ________, ________ and ________ published in __________ year after his death.
    a) 1632. b)1633
    b) 1634. d)1635

Answer 16

1633, after his death, his poems were circulated among friend and fellow poets.

Question 17

17. Donne wrote in varieties of poetic forms they were ?

Answer 17

Satires
Songs 
Sonnets 
Elegies 
Epigrams 
Lyrics

Question 18

18. His returned to the same subject again and again as follows.

Answer 18

Love
Religion
Death
Although He mixed up these theme in a complex ways, interlinking them.
Like how finding and expressing divinity in both love and sex,
Like the relationship between spirituality and death.

Question 19

19. He also drew from _________, _____ and philosophy, also wit and humour in his writing.

Answer 19

Theology, art, philosophy , wit

And humor in writing

Question 20

20. Donne love poems were _________ and some love poem were written in

Answer 20

Love poems on - ecstatic ( happy marriage /realtionship)

Love poem written on despair.

Question 21

21. Donne was an expert in using _________ literary device in his poems.

Answer 21

Conceit - comparing two things that are unlikely, surprising in a imaginative way. Eg. A Valediction: Forbidding mourning.

Question 22

22. What does the poet says in there lines ?
    “If they be two, they are two
    so
    As stuffed twin compass are
    two
    Thy Soule the fixture foot, make no show,
    To move, but doth, if th’other doe”

Answer 22

It’s from
A Valediction :Forbidding mourning
In this poet is comparing two lovers , on a legs of a darting compass.

Question 23

23. Define metaphysical poets:

Answer 23

Metaphysical poets approach spirituality and philosophy with reason, logic and intellect.

Question 24

24. Metaphysical poets is a lousy term used to describe ______ century poets.

Answer 24

17th poets.

Question 25

25. Name some metaphysical poets ?
Dante
Richard \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 
  \_\_\_\_\_\_vaughan
George \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 
Andrew\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_cowley

Answer 25

Dante 
Richard Crashaw
George Herbert 
Andrew Marwell
Abraham Cowley

Question 26

26. According which poets, “Metaphysical poets style of writing is unnatural ,and too concerned with showing off their learning” ?

Answer 26

John Dryden

Samuel Johnson

Question 27

27. Metaphysical poets works were ignored by _____ and _____ Centuries, but came into fashion in _____ centuries.

Answer 27

Metaphysical poets :Went out of style in 18th and 19th C

Came into style in 20th Cen

Question 28

28. Which modern poet was instrumental in reviving interest in metaphysical style of poetry in 1920s ?

Answer 28

T.S Eliot.