Multiple choice

1. A theological argument offered by Donne in "Death Be Not Proud" may be summarized as

A. the human essence is immortal.

B. life is illusion.

C. death cannot be overcome.

D. chance and fate rule all.

2. Which one of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?

A. "And sorry I could not travel both"

B. "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me"

C. "Not that the pines are darker there"

D. "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"

3. In Donne's sonnet, what does the phrase "one short sleep past" mean?

A. Death, like a nap, isn't permanent.

B. Death is unavoidable.

C. Death comes sooner than expected.

D. Death is more permanent than sleep.

4. In "Death, Be Not Proud," the speaker is addressing his words to

A. God. 

B. an old man.

C. his father.

D. Death.