Elegy: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard[QUIZ] – Flashcards
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Which is the best paraphrase of the following lines?
On some fond breast the parting soul relies,
Some pious drops the closing eye requires . . .
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Every dying person needs someone to mourn his or her passing.
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What time of the day best describes the opening of the poem?
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dusk
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In this poem, Gray chiefly laments the deaths of those people
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whose potential abilities were never realized.
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Gray hopes to be remembered as being
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generous and sincere.
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Toward the end of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," the poet seems to take most comfort from the thought that
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people may remember his habits and virtues.
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The epitaph at the end of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is for
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the speaker of the poem.
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" Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,/ Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;/ Along the cool sequester'd vale of life/ They kept the noiseless tenour of their way." Whom does they refer to?
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the people buried in the churchyard
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Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to
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criticize society's view of women.
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Wollstonecraft's purpose in writing A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was to
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persuade readers to accept her point of view.
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What happens to the lock?
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It rises into the stars.
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Poetry in the Romantic style reflects a concern for all of the following EXCEPT:
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religion
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A central idea of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is that
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the great and the lowly find equality in death.
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"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is similar to other elegies in that it arises from
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the personal experience of the poet.
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In "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," to whom do the following lines refer?
Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep
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dead members of the community in their graves
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What does the poet mean in the following lines from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?
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The villagers' simple lives helped them avoid evil.
