Death, be not Proud: Comprehension
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- In this lesson, we will re-read Donne's 'Death, be not Proud' and consider what its main themes and ideas are.
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9 Questions
Q1.
When was John Donne born?
Nineteenth Century
Seventeenth Century
Twentieth Century
Q2.
How many of his twelve children died?
3
4
7
Q3.
What was John Donne's profession?
Cabinet maker
Politician
Undertaker
Q4.
What were Donne's sonnets about religion called?
Death sonnets
Love sonnets
Prayer sonnets
Q5.
What does 'eternal' mean?
After death
Happy
Long lasting
Q6.
What does afterlife mean?
A second chance at life
Death
When you feel like you might die
Q7.
What does 'proud' mean in the title?
Final
Frightened
Pleased
Q8.
What is context?
A text written in the distant past
Ideas that spring to mind when you read a text
Very closely written text
Q9.
Which of the following is the main contextual factor which influenced Donne's poetry
He hated children
He thought about things deeply
His wife was sick
7 Questions
Q1.
Donne writes the poem to ...
God
His dead wife
His friends
Q2.
Death is presented as ...
Evil
Powerful and terrifying
Stupid
Q3.
What do 'thee' and 'thou' mean?
me
We
your
Q4.
Death is compared to...
A dark night
A summer's day
Poppys and charms
Q5.
Death is described as ...
A short sleep
Clever
Mighty and dreadful
Q6.
The eternal afterlife means ...
When you are reborn in a different form
When you die you go to Heaven or Hell
When you live more than 100 years
Q7.
A key idea in the poem is ...
Death is a bully
Death is happiest when he is asleep
Death poisons people