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Mourning and Remembrance: The Art of Elegy

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Which famous elegy begins with the line, ( \text{( \frac{1}{2} )} ) the world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers?"

  1. In Memoriam A.H.H.

  2. Lycidas

  3. Adonais

  4. When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Memoriam A.H.H. is a long elegiac poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in memory of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly at the age of 22.

Who is the subject of John Milton's elegy ( \text{( \frac{1}{2} )} Lycidas?"

  1. Edward King

  2. William Shakespeare

  3. John Donne

  4. Thomas Chatterton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lycidas is an elegy written by John Milton to commemorate the death of Edward King, a fellow poet who drowned at sea in 1637.

Which Romantic poet wrote the elegy ( \text{( \frac{1}{2} )} Adonais?"

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  2. Lord Byron

  3. William Wordsworth

  4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adonais is an elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley to commemorate the death of his friend John Keats, who died of tuberculosis in 1821.

Which Victorian poet wrote the elegy ( \text{( \frac{1}{2} )} When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be?"

  1. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

  2. Robert Browning

  3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  4. Matthew Arnold


Correct Option:
Explanation:

When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be is an elegiac sonnet written by John Keats, expressing his fear of his own mortality.

Which 20th-century poet wrote the elegy ( \text{( \frac{1}{2} )} Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night?"

  1. Dylan Thomas

  2. T.S. Eliot

  3. W.H. Auden

  4. Sylvia Plath


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night is an elegy written by Dylan Thomas to his dying father.

What is the traditional meter of an elegy?

  1. Iambic pentameter

  2. Trochaic octameter

  3. Anapestic tetrameter

  4. Spondaic hexameter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The traditional meter of an elegy is iambic pentameter, a meter consisting of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables.

Which poetic device is often used in elegies to express grief and loss?

  1. Metaphor

  2. Simile

  3. Personification

  4. Apostrophe


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Apostrophe is a poetic device in which the speaker directly addresses a person, object, or abstract concept that is not present or cannot respond.

What is the purpose of an elegy?

  1. To express grief and loss

  2. To celebrate a life

  3. To offer comfort and solace

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The purpose of an elegy is to express grief and loss, to celebrate a life, and to offer comfort and solace to the bereaved.

Which of the following is NOT a common theme in elegies?

  1. Mortality

  2. Nature

  3. Love

  4. Hope


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

While mortality, nature, and love are common themes in elegies, hope is not typically a prominent theme.

Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing elegies?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. John Milton

  3. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  4. William Wordsworth


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

While Shakespeare, Milton, and Shelley are all known for writing elegies, Wordsworth is not typically associated with this genre.

Which of the following is an example of a contemporary elegy?

  1. The Dream Thieves

  2. The Book Thief

  3. The Fault in Our Stars

  4. All the Bright Places


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All the Bright Places is a contemporary young adult novel that deals with themes of grief, loss, and suicide.

Which of the following is an example of a musical elegy?

  1. Lacrimosa

  2. Adagio for Strings

  3. Moonlight Sonata

  4. Clair de Lune


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lacrimosa is a movement from Mozart's Requiem Mass that is often performed at funerals and memorial services.

Which of the following is an example of a visual elegy?

  1. The Pieta

  2. The Lamentation of Christ

  3. The Deposition

  4. The Entombment


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Pieta is a sculpture by Michelangelo that depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after his crucifixion.

Which of the following is an example of a choreographic elegy?

  1. Swan Lake

  2. Giselle

  3. The Nutcracker

  4. Romeo and Juliet


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Giselle is a ballet that tells the story of a young woman who dies of a broken heart and returns as a ghost to haunt her lover.

Which of the following is an example of a cinematic elegy?

  1. Schindler's List

  2. The Shawshank Redemption

  3. The Godfather

  4. Citizen Kane


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Schindler's List is a film that tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust.

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