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My Last Duchess & Porphyria's Lover
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Who is the narrator, or speaker, of MLD?
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Robert Browning
The poet
A Duke
The Duchess
During what time period was Robert Browning writing?
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Victorian Age
Romantic Period
Renaissance
Post-Modern Period
Into what literary movement can we classify Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Robert Browning?
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Romanticism
Victorians
Realism
Post-Modernism
What is the setting of MLD?
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English Middle Ages
Arabian Renaissance
Italian Renaissance
Enlightment in Spain
Where is the Duchess who is the subject of the poem?
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She is in the room
She is waiting with the rest of the Duke's company
She has been banished from the castle
She is dead
What is meant by the phrase 'a spot of joy' (lines 14-15)?
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A brightness in the eye
A blush
A time of merriment
A tear
Which of the following phrases gives the reader the impression that the Duke was a fond husband?
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'Fra Pandolf’s hands / Worked busily a day, and there she stands'
'She had / A heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad'
Will’t please you rise? We’ll meet / The company below, then'
'(Since none puts by / The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)'
Considering its tone, the Duke's monologue is best described as a...
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tirade
epitaph
elegy
charade
Which of the following is NOT one of the Duchess's misdemeanor, according to the Duke?
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She was flattered by compliments from Fra Pandolf
She enjoyed the sunset as much as she enjoyed her husband's favour
She wouldn't listen to her husband when he tried to correct her behaviour
She was equally grateful for all acts of kindness, regardless of their source
'This grew; I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together.' - How should these lines be interpreted?
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The Duchess stayed out of her husband's way
The Duke is somehow responsible for the Duchess's early death
The Duke forgave his wife and stopped tormenting her
The Duchess grew to hate her husband and divorced him
In line 16, the word “mantle” most nearly means
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cloak
shelf
Burden
companion
The speaker of this poem can best be described as
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A. Genteel
B. Egotistical
C. Slovenly
D. Compassionate
“My Last Duchess” chiefly consists of
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A. Tercets
B. Trochaic tetrameter
C. A series of sonnets
D. A series of heroic couplets
What is the Duke in the midst of planning?
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A hunting trip
An expedition
Commissioning a statue of his wife
A new marriage
Who was Robert Browning married to?
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Mary Wollestonecraft
Lady Frances Wedderburn-Webster
Elizabeth Barrett
Augusta Leigh
What kind of poem is 'Porphyria's Lover'?
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A haiku
A dramatic monologue
A villanelle
A sonnet
How does Porphyria enter the cottage?
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She glides in
She rushes in
She slams the door
She's warm
What is the first thing Porphyria does when she enters?
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She lights a fire
She takes off her hat and gloves
She sits next to the narrator
She dries her hair
What is the first thing Porphyria does when she enters?
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She lights a fire
She takes off her hat and gloves
She sits next to the narrator
She dries her hair
Why does the speaker kill Porphyria?
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He is a cold-hearted killer who had planned the murder from the beginning
She would not surrender to her love for him
He wants to possess her forever
She has rejected him and he wants vengeance
The speaker looks into Porphyria's eyes and is surprised to find that
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she despises him
she pities him
she adores him
she is bored with him
The speaker in "Porphyria's Lover" can BEST be described as
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faithful and shy
deluded but remorseless
cowardly and charming
lighthearted and jolly
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