Quiz 6 John Keats Mortality Love and Beauty
Quiz 6: John Keats Mortality, Love and Beauty "Here lies one whose name was writ in water. "
1. Who serves as narrative frames in “The Eve of St. Agnes”? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Porphyro Madeline Beadsman Angela Both no. 3 and 4
2. Fill in the Blank: They glide, like phantoms, into the wide hall; Like phantoms, to the iron porch, they ____; Where lay the Porter, in uneasy sprawl, With a huge empty flagon by his side: The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide, But his sagacious eye an inmate owns: By one, and one, the bolts fill easy slide: --The chains lie silent on the footworn stones, -The key turns, and the door upon its hinges groans. 1. 2. 3. 4. crawl Crawled glided
3. In what way is Porphyro NOT a peeping Tom (voyeur)? n n 1. He knows of St. Agnes’ custom before stealing into Madeline’s chamber and hiding himself in the closet. 2. He stares at Madeline on the bed. 3. He prepares a table of foods, and wakes Madeline up. 4. He wants her to be his bride and to run away with him.
4. Which of the following does not involve personification? 1. NO, no! go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine; 2. She dwells with Beauty—Beauty that must die; 3. Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips Bidding adieu; 4. Ay, in the very temple of Delight Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine, Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine
5. Which of the following is NOT true about the 4 odes (that you have read)? 1. 2. 3. 4. They all involve a quest (a process of questioning/differentiation, empathy [entering a certain emotional status of others]), “Ode on a Grecian Urn” deals with dynamic art, while “Ode to a Nightingale, ” static art. The three figures on “Ode on Indolence” are Love, Ambition and Poesy. “Ode on Melancholy” does not end with distancing the poet from Melancholy.
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