Quiz 8

Question 1

a particular kind of foot that has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

Answer 1

trochee

Question 2

the speaker’s friend; another name for the Greek goddess Hera

Answer 2

Anthea

Question 3

careless; indifferent

Answer 3

incurious

Question 4

a simpleton; a fool

Answer 4

coxcomb

Question 5

the absence of a syllable in the last metrical foot in a line of verse

Answer 5

catalexis

Question 6

sweetened and flavord curds of milk, usually served with fruit

Answer 6

junkets

Question 7

shy

Answer 7

coy

Question 8

an unsophisticated country person

Answer 8

rustic

Question 9

a common theme in classical and Renaissance literature that suggests readers should make the most out of life before its over

Answer 9

carpe diem

Question 10

delay

Answer 10

tarry

Question 11

“That age is best which is the first”

Answer 11

convey’s a preference for youthful age over old age

Question 12

a good metaphor for seizing one’s youthful day

Answer 12

“gathering rosebuds”

Question 13

what the speaker asks Anthea to do

Answer 13

go to a feast

Question 14

means taking action while young, before it is too late

Answer 14

“while ye may”

Question 15

elements at the wake

Answer 15

junkets; sporting

Question 16

what the villagers fear

Answer 16

being without a wake next year

Question 17

“is still a-flying”

Answer 17

“Old Time”

Question 18

Central One Idea

Answer 18

Seize the day; get married and make the most of your life while you’re young!

Question 19

• “The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,*
• The higher he’s a-getting,*
• The sooner will his race be run,*
• And nearer he’s to setting.”*

Answer 19

a metaphor for time

Question 20

what is surprising to us about the Elizabethan wake

Answer 20

it is a feast