Question:

The poem, ‘Death be not proud,’ is

A.

An elegy

B.

A ballad

C.

A sonnet

D.

An epic

Answer» c. A sonnet

Question:

According to John Donne, when we wake eternally, there shall be no more

A.

Pain

B.

Hunger

C.

Grief

D.

Death

Answer» d. Death

Question:

Shakespeare’s notion of ideal love in “Sonnet 116” is juxtaposed with the problemsof

A.

Instability

B.

Unsteadiness

C.

Unfaithfulness

D.

flux and change

Answer» d. flux and change

Question:

_________ are the pictures of Death

A.

War and sickness

B.

Rest and sleep

C.

Mighty and dreadful

D.

Chance and fate

Answer» b. Rest and sleep

Question:

Love is not love if it alters

A.

With every season

B.

For any reason

C.

With time

D.

When beauty fades

Answer» b. For any reason

Question:

John Donne is

A.

Afraid of death

B.

Challenging death

C.

Submitting to death

D.

Resisting death

Answer» b. Challenging death

Question:

In ‘Death be not proud’ the poet argues about the

A.

mightiness of death

B.

powerlessness of death

C.

foulness of death

D.

vileness of death

Answer» b. powerlessness of death

Question:

“Death, be not proud” first appeared as ‘Holy Sonnet X’ in Songs and Sonnets, acollection of 19 sonnets published in

A.

1632

B.

1633

C.

1639

D.

1640

Answer» b. 1633