Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism ?

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1. The ode on which topic that Coleridge wrote while attending Jesus College, Cambridge won him the Browne Gold Medal ?

   A. On the slave trade B. On romantic philosophy C. On the creativity of human mind D. On supernatural elements in poetry...

2. Who is the second attending gentlewoman on Hero? Ursula and_______________?

   A. Margaret B. Emilia C. Helena D. Celia...

3. The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?

   A. Narrative frame B. Hortatory sermon C. Snaring D. Jamming...

4. Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?

   A. Izaak Walton B. Katherine Philips C. John Skelton D. Isabella Whitney...

5. Which was not among the \new\genres promoted by poets such as Jonson, Donne, and Herbert ?

   A. the Petrarchan sonnet B. the classical satire C. the country-house poem D. the epigram...

6. John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?

   A. William Wordsworth B. Alexander Pope C. Ben Jonson D. George Herbert...

7. Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?

   A. John Lilburne B. William Laud C. Roger Williams D. Oliver Cromwell...

8. What historical figure promoted the rapid growth of a high Anglican faction within the church whose ceremony, ritual, and doctrine more closely resembled Roman Catholicism ?

   A. William Collins B. William Laud C. William Shakespeare D. William Tyndale...

9. John Donne’s “The Anniversaries” is a______________?

   A. An elegy in two parts B. An epic in three parts C. A ballad in four parts D. None of these...

10. This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?

    A. Alexander Pope B. William Collins C. Thomas Gray D. Ben Jonson...