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100 Best-Loved Poems

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Multiple Choice

1. The “eye of heaven,” is Shakespeare’s metaphor for
A. the moon.
B. his love.
C. the sun.
D. a rose.

2. How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 12
D. 14

3. The name of the son to whom Jonson’s “On My First Son” is written is
A. Abou Ben Adhem.
B. Benjamin.
C. Mineveer Cheevey.
D. Richard Cory.

4. "Richard Cory" is a man who seems to have everything and is envied and admired by
everyone but commits suicide. This is both surprising and
A. allusive.
B. figurative.
C. paratactic.
D. ironic.

5. The speaker of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" pines for a lost love named
A. Desiree.
B. Annabel Lee.
C. Lenore.
D. Devorah.

6. In Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death," death is
A. personified.
B. parodied.
C. defeated.
D. minimized.

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