PG TRB ENGLISH ONLINE TEST / QUIZ AS PER LATEST SYLLABUS | Unit I ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1400-1600 - Poetry - Sir Thomas Wyatt - Remembrance.

PG TRB ENGLISH ONLINE TEST / QUIZ AS PER LATEST SYLLABUS | Unit I ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1400-1600 - Poetry - Sir Thomas Wyatt - Remembrance.

1. In "They flee from me that sometime did me seek," what does the speaker remember the woman doing with her arms?

A) Pushing him away gently B) Catching him in her arms long and small C) Waving farewell from a distance D) Holding a book of poems

2. The central theme of Wyatt's poetry, especially in poems of remembrance like "They flee from me," is often described as:

A) The joy of newfound love B) The celebration of courtly festivities C) The mutability of love and fortune D) The beauty of the English countryside

3. Sir Thomas Wyatt is credited with introducing which poetic form into English literature, a form he adapted from a famous Italian poet?

A) The epic B) The ballad C) The elegy D) The sonnet

4. The final line of "They flee from me" is "But since that I so kindely am served, / I would fain know what she hath deserved." What emotion does this ending convey?

A) Joyful acceptance B) Bitter irony and resentment C) Indifference and apathy D) A genuine desire for her well-being

5. Wyatt's famous poem "Whoso list to hunt" uses the extended metaphor of a hunt to describe:

A) A military campaign B) The pursuit of an unattainable woman C) The quest for religious truth D) A search for political power

6. The hind in "Whoso list to hunt" has an inscription on her collar, "Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am." This is widely believed to be an allusion to:

A) Queen Elizabeth I B) The Duchess of Milan C) Anne Boleyn D) Mary, Queen of Scots

7. Most of Sir Thomas Wyatt's poetry was published posthumously in which highly influential anthology?

A) The Shepherd's Calendar B) England's Helicon C) Tottel's Miscellany D) The Faerie Queene

8. What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza containing the line "Thanked be fortune it hath been otherwise / Twenty times better"?

A) AABBCC B) ABABCC C) ABABBCC D) ABCDEFF

9. In "My Lute, Awake!", the speaker instructs his lute to perform one final task before they part. What is it?

A) To play a joyful song of freedom B) To blame his lady for her cruelty C) To be sold for a high price D) To be hung on the wall as a memorial

10. The refrain "Forget not yet" acts as a powerful reminder in one of Wyatt's poems. What is the speaker asking his beloved not to forget?

A) A debt that she owes him B) His steadfast love and the pain he endured C) A political secret they share D) The date of their anniversary

11. Sir Thomas Wyatt served as a diplomat and courtier under which English monarch?

A) Henry VII B) Henry VIII C) Edward VI D) Mary I

12. The poetic meter Wyatt predominantly uses in "They flee from me" and his other lyrics is:

A) Anapestic tetrameter B) Dactylic hexameter C) Iambic pentameter D) Trochaic octameter

13. In "They flee from me," the speaker contrasts the past "gentle, tame, and meek" behavior of the women with their current:

A) "Wild" nature and "ranging" B) "Loyal" and "steadfast" devotion C) "Scholarly" and "wise" disposition D) "Mournful" and "somber" attitude

14. Wyatt's adaptation of the Petrarchan sonnet often changed the rhyme scheme of the final six lines (the sestet). What did he frequently introduce?

A) An alternating rhyme B) A concluding couplet C) A single, unrhymed line D) A series of triplets

15. The tone of Wyatt's poetry is often characterized by a sense of disillusionment and cynicism, which contrasts with the more idealized love found in the work of:

A) Petrarch B) Geoffrey Chaucer C) John Skelton D) William Langland

16. In the poem beginning "Remembrance, let me see...", the speaker is primarily engaged in an act of:

A) Planning for the future B) Internal debate and self-reproach C) Publicly shaming his former lover D) Celebrating a military victory

17. The phrase "newfangleness" in "They flee from me" refers to the women's desire for:

A) Old traditions B) Financial security C) Novelty and new lovers D) Intellectual pursuits

18. Wyatt was imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of being one of Anne Boleyn's lovers. This biographical context adds a layer of poignancy to his poems about:

A) Religious faith B) Betrayal and the instability of court life C) The joys of rural life D) Naval exploration

19. The "lute" in "My Lute, Awake!" is a metaphor for the poet's:

A) Soul B) Sword C) Poetic voice or art D) Political influence

20. What kind of imagery does Wyatt use to describe the women who once sought him in "They flee from me"?

A) Imagery of warfare and battle B) Imagery of animals or birds (deer, etc.) C) Imagery of flowers and gardens D) Imagery of stars and constellations

21. The term for a fourteen-line poem, which Wyatt popularized in English, is derived from the Italian word "sonetto," meaning:

A) Little song B) Great thought C) Sad story D) Sharp point

22. In "Forget not yet," the speaker's tone can be best described as:

A) Angry and vengeful B) Pleading and insistent C) Cheerful and optimistic D) Cold and detached

23. The "painful life" remembered in "Forget not yet" refers to:

A) The hardships of a soldier's life B) The suffering caused by unrequited love C) The difficulty of writing poetry D) The poverty of his childhood

24. Along with the Earl of Surrey, Wyatt is considered a key figure of the early Tudor period, often called a "Father of English Poetry" for his role in the:

A) English Reformation B) Alliterative Revival C) English Renaissance D) Metaphysical School

25. The line "It was no dream: I lay broad waking" from "They flee from me" emphasizes the memory's:

A) Fictional quality B) Painful ambiguity C) Vivid reality D) Symbolic nature

26. Wyatt's use of a direct, personal, and often tormented speaker marks a shift from the more allegorical and formal style of which preceding literary period?

A) The Augustan Age B) The Romantic Period C) The Late Medieval Period D) The Victorian Era

27. What does the speaker in "They flee from me" remember feeding the women from his hand?

A) Berries B) Wine C) Bread D) Grains of gold

28. The editor of Tottel's Miscellany, Richard Tottel, often "smoothed" Wyatt's rugged meter. This indicates that Wyatt's original versification was seen as more:

A) Melodious and simple B) Irregular and harsh C) Repetitive and monotonous D) Ornate and complex

29. The remembrance of a "soft kiss" in "They flee from me" serves to heighten the contrast between:

A) Past intimacy and present abandonment B) Love and hate C) Wealth and poverty D) Virtue and vice

30. In "My Lute, Awake!", the final stanza declares, "Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain, / That makest but game on earnest pain." Who is this vengeance directed towards?

A) The speaker himself B) A rival poet C) The cruel beloved D) The King

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