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"Porphyria's Lover"

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"My Last Duchess"

"The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church"

"Home-Thoughts, From Abroad"

"Fra Lippo Lippi"

"A Toccata of Galuppi's"

"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"

"Memorabilia"

"Andrea del Sarto"

"Two in the Campagna"

"Caliban Upon Setibos"

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Robert Browning's Poetry

Robert Browning

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What is the Duke arranging in "My Last Duchess"?

(A) The Duchess's funeral

(B) The painting of the Duchess's portrait

(D) The sale of his art collection

What is the rhyme scheme of "My Last Duchess"?

(A) Enjambed blank verse

(B) Enjambed rhyming couplets

(D) End-stopped blank verse

How is Porphyria killed?

(A) She is stabbed

(B) She is shot

(D) She is strangled

When is "Porphyria's Lover" set?

(A) Just before her murder

(B) As she is being killed

(D) During her funeral

What makes "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" a soliloquy?

(A) A speaker who is distinct from the poet, who has no implied audience

(B) A speaker who is distinct from the poet, who has an audience before him

(D) The poet is the speaker, and is addressing a pretend audience

Who is the speaker's primary adversary in "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"?

(A) The Prior

(B) The Pope

(D) Fra Lippo Lippi

In which country did Browning spend a great deal of time (other than England)?

(A) Scotland

(B) Italy

(D) Spain

What season does the poet describe in "Home-Thoughts from Abroad"?

(A) Spring

(B) Summer

(D) Winter

In "The Bishop Orders His Tomb..." where does the Bishop say the lapis for the tomb is hidden?

(A) In the catacombs beneath the church

(B) Buried in a vineyard

(D) Buried beneath the altar

Why is the Bishop so concerned with his tomb?

(A) He wants to outdo his predecessor

(B) He believes it will ensure his immortality

(D) All of the above

To which well-known family does Fra Lippo Lippi's patron belong?

(A) The Medicis

(B) The Borgias

(D) The Urbinatis

What kind of art does Fra Lippo Lippi produce?

(A) Abstract art

(B) Nebulous religious art

(D) Portraits of real people

What kind of meter is "A Toccata of Galuppi's" written in?

(A) Tetrameter

(B) Pentameter

(D) Octameter

Which city is described in "A Toccata of Galuppi's"?

(A) London

(B) Rome

(D) Venice

Which Shakespeare play inspired "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"?

(A) The Tempest

(B) King Lear

(D) Henry V

What is Roland's final action?

(A) He blows his horn

(B) He jumps off the tower

(D) He returns to his home

What does the poet find in his walk across the moor in "Memorabilia"?

(A) A bird's nest

(B) A robin's egg

(D) An eagle's feather

Which late poet has the stranger in "Memorabilia" met?

(A) Shelley

(B) Keats

(D) Milton

What crime has Andrea del Sarto committed?

(A) Murder

(B) Adultery

(D) Blasphemy

Which of the following painters is NOT someone to whom Andrea compares himself?

(A) Raphael

(B) Michelangelo

(D) Titian

What is the Campagna?

(A) The coast near Rome

(B) The river that flows through Florence

(D) The mountains near Milan

The tone of the poem "Two in the Campagna" can best be described as:

(A) Optimistic

(B) Resigned

(D) Questioning

Which preeminent nineteenth-century scientist does Caliban question in his soliloquy?

(A) Darwin

(B) Lyall

(D) Kelvin

How many stressed syllables does a pentameter line contain?

(A) Four

(B) Five

(D) None

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