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John Donne's Love Poetry Trivia Quiz

John Donne's love poetry is as inspiring as his spiritual works. This quiz provides quotes from four of Donne's love poems: "The Canonization," "The Ecstasy," "The Flea," and "The Sun Rising." You simply have to match the quote with the correct poem.

A multiple-choice quiz by ms_e. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ms_e

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
304,806

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. From which poem are these lines taken?

"Yet this enjoys before it woo,
And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two;
And this, alas! is more than we would do." Hint

"The Sun Rising"

"The Ecstasy"

"The Flea"

"The Canonization"

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Question 2 of 10

2. From which poem are these lines taken?

"Our eye-beams twisted, and did thread
Our eyes upon one double string." Hint

"The Flea"

"The Canonization"

"The Sun Rising"

"The Ecstasy"

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Question 3 of 10

3. From which poem is this line taken?

"For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love." Hint

"The Flea"

"The Canonization"

"The Ecstasy"

"The Sun Rising"

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Question 4 of 10

4. From which poem are these lines taken?

"Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run?
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
Late school-boys and sour prentices." Hint

"The Ecstasy"

"The Canonization"

"The Sun Rising"

"The Flea"

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Question 5 of 10

5. From which poem are these lines taken?

"Alas, alas, who's injur'd by my love?
What merchant's ships have my sighs drown'd?
Who says my tears have overflow'd his ground?" Hint

"The Sun Rising"

"The Canonization"

"The Flea"

"The Ecstasy"

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Question 6 of 10

6. From which poem are these lines taken?

"Though use make you apt to kill me,
Let not to that self-murder added be,
And sacrilege, three sins in killing three." Hint

"The Sun Rising"

"The Flea"

"The Canonization"

"The Ecstasy"

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Question 7 of 10

7. From which poem are these lines taken?

"Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time." Hint

"The Canonization"

"The Sun Rising"

"The Flea"

"The Ecstasy"

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Question 8 of 10

8. From which poem are these lines taken?

"When love with one another so
Interanimates two souls,
That abler soul, which thence doth flow,
Defects of loneliness controls." Hint

"The Ecstasy"

"The Canonization"

"The Sun Rising"

"The Flea"

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Question 9 of 10

9. From which poem are these lines taken?

"We can die by it, if not live by love,
And if unfit for tombs and hearse
Our legend be, it will be fit for verse." Hint

"The Ecstasy"

"The Sun Rising"

"The Canonization"

"The Flea"

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Question 10 of 10

10. From which poem are these lines taken?

"She's all states, and all princes I;
Nothing else is." Hint

"The Canonization"

"The Ecstasy"

"The Flea"

"The Sun Rising"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From which poem are these lines taken? "Yet this enjoys before it woo, And pamper'd swells with one blood made of two; And this, alas! is more than we would do."

Answer: "The Flea"

"This" refers to the flea which has bitten both the man and the woman and is, thus, swelling with their blood. This swelling of the flea is "more than we would do" because he does not intend to impregnate the woman.

2. From which poem are these lines taken? "Our eye-beams twisted, and did thread Our eyes upon one double string."

Answer: "The Ecstasy"

These lines emphasize the unity and intimacy of the couple as they look into one another's eyes.

3. From which poem is this line taken? "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love."

Answer: "The Canonization"

This line always makes me smile because I imagine the man's facial expression. He is exasperated with the woman because she won't shut up while he is trying to show his love for her.

4. From which poem are these lines taken? "Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school-boys and sour prentices."

Answer: "The Sun Rising"

How could the sun be so rude as to shine into the bedroom and wake the couple? The speaker demands the sun go bother people who should be awake early in the morning and leave the lovers alone.

5. From which poem are these lines taken? "Alas, alas, who's injur'd by my love? What merchant's ships have my sighs drown'd? Who says my tears have overflow'd his ground?"

Answer: "The Canonization"

The speaker wonders who is bothered by his love; he affects no one but himself. This stanza ends with the lines "Soldiers find wars, and lawyers find out still/Litigious men, which quarrels move,/ Though she and I do love."

6. From which poem are these lines taken? "Though use make you apt to kill me, Let not to that self-murder added be, And sacrilege, three sins in killing three."

Answer: "The Flea"

Donne intertwines sexual and religious language in these lines. The speaker is "killed" each time he reaches sexual fulfillment, and he uses religious language ("sacrilege") in his efforts to keep the woman from killing the flea.

7. From which poem are these lines taken? "Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time."

Answer: "The Sun Rising"

The rising and the setting of the sun are immaterial for lovers since their focus is on one another. Even time itself is irrelevant to them.

8. From which poem are these lines taken? "When love with one another so Interanimates two souls, That abler soul, which thence doth flow, Defects of loneliness controls."

Answer: "The Ecstasy"

The new soul created when two people love one another is able to combat loneliness.

9. From which poem are these lines taken? "We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse."

Answer: "The Canonization"

A common theme in poetry, these lines immortalize the lovers in verse.

10. From which poem are these lines taken? "She's all states, and all princes I; Nothing else is."

Answer: "The Sun Rising"

The woman is everything to the man. "Nothing else is." --- Blessed is the woman who is loved like this!

Source: Author ms_e

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