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saleh6464 · 2012- 5- 10

To answer these questions, refer to
“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”.
Read the passage carefully and then choose the answers to the questions.

1-The speaker in the poem is a

·

- man who wants to get away from his lover.
- friend of a dying man.
- churchman.
- man who wants to travel.
- lover who must leave on a journey.

2-Which of the following best describes the speaker’s point of view in stanzas 3, 4, and 5?

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- True lovers can separate without causing major disturbances.
- Earthquakes cause more problems than the movement of heavenly bodies.
- People who depend on physical love are similar to the stars and planets.
- A person should not miss his lover’s lips and eyes.
- Lovers have better minds and senses than other people.

3-All of the following are figurative images in the poem EXCEPT

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- virtuous men.
- trepidation of the spheres.
- eyes, lips, and hands.
- gold to airy thinness beat.
- the fixt foot (of a compass).

4- The subject of the poem is

·

- death
- true lovers parting
- a compass
- the nature of the earth
- a journey

5-The tone of the poem is

·

- sanguine
- paradoxical
- humorous
- melancholy
- sardonic

6-the poem’s major conceit is

·

- lovers as a compass
- earthquakes and celestial movement
- virtuous men and death
- love as thin gold
- virtuous men and love

7- The phrase “laity of love” in line 8 refers to

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- clergymen in love
- lovers who need physical sensation for their love
- lovers who can abide absences
- love remaining after death
- nonreligious people who worship love

8-According to Donne, true love

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- can tolerate separation
- belongs to the “laity of love”
- dies like virtuous men
- is the “trepidation of the spheres”
- is “sublunary lovers’ love”

9- “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is what kind of poem?

·

- ode
- sonnet
- narrative
- elegy
- lyric

10 In the last stanza, the speaker talks of

·

- dying
- leaving his lover
- returning to his lover
- making a trip similar in route to a circle
- missing his lover

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saleh6464 أكـاديـمـي نــشـط الملف الشخصي: رقم العضوية : 42484 تاريخ التسجيل: Wed Dec 2009 العمر: 42 المشاركات: 160 الـجنــس : ذكــر عدد الـنقـاط : 1459 مؤشر المستوى: 68 بيانات الطالب: الكلية: انجليزي الدراسة: انتساب التخصص: انجليزي المستوى: المستوى السادس	رد: انطباعااات اختباار الادب الانجليزي To answer these questions, refer to “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”. Read the passage carefully and then choose the answers to the questions. 1-The speaker in the poem is a · man who wants to get away from his lover. friend of a dying man. churchman. man who wants to travel. lover who must leave on a journey. 2-Which of the following best describes the speaker’s point of view in stanzas 3, 4, and 5? · True lovers can separate without causing major disturbances. Earthquakes cause more problems than the movement of heavenly bodies. People who depend on physical love are similar to the stars and planets. A person should not miss his lover’s lips and eyes. Lovers have better minds and senses than other people. 3-All of the following are figurative images in the poem EXCEPT · virtuous men. trepidation of the spheres. eyes, lips, and hands. gold to airy thinness beat. the fixt foot (of a compass). 4- The subject of the poem is · death true lovers parting a compass the nature of the earth a journey 5-The tone of the poem is · sanguine paradoxical humorous melancholy sardonic 6-the poem’s major conceit is · lovers as a compass earthquakes and celestial movement virtuous men and death love as thin gold virtuous men and love 7- The phrase “laity of love” in line 8 refers to · clergymen in love lovers who need physical sensation for their love lovers who can abide absences love remaining after death nonreligious people who worship love 8-According to Donne, true love · can tolerate separation belongs to the “laity of love” dies like virtuous men is the “trepidation of the spheres” is “sublunary lovers’ love” 9- “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” is what kind of poem? · ode sonnet narrative elegy lyric 10 In the last stanza, the speaker talks of · dying leaving his lover returning to his lover making a trip similar in route to a circle missing his lover