Who so list to hount I knowe where is an hind

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A Level Poetry Quiz on Who so list to hount I knowe where is an hind, created by Zoe Jones on 26/04/2017.
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Question 1

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Who wrote 'whoso list to hount i knowe where is an hind?'
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  • Thomas Wyatt
  • Andrew Marvell
  • John Keats
  • William Shakespeare

Question 2

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Thomas Wyatt was said to have had a relationship with Anne Boleyn
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Henry VIII let Thomas Wyatt go, because he didn't believe he had slept with Anne Boleyn.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Wyatt's aim as a poet was to [blank_start]experiment[blank_end] with the [blank_start]English language[blank_end], in a time when it was thought [blank_start]brutish[blank_end] and [blank_start]clumsy[blank_end].
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  • brutish
  • clumsy
  • experiment
  • English language

Question 5

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A significant amount of his literary output consists of [blank_start]translations[blank_end] and [blank_start]imitations[blank_end] of sonnets by the Italian poet [blank_start]Petrarch[blank_end]; he also wrote sonnets of his own, experimenting with [blank_start]form[blank_end] and [blank_start]structure[blank_end].
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  • translations
  • imitations
  • Petrarch
  • form
  • structure

Question 6

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Who did Wyatt influence?
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  • Keats
  • Blake
  • Shakespeare
  • Rossetti

Question 7

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Wyatt is also one of the [blank_start]originators[blank_end] of the convention in [blank_start]love[blank_end] poetry according to which the [blank_start]mistress[blank_end] is painted as [blank_start]hard-hearted[blank_end] and [blank_start]cruel[blank_end].
Answer
  • originators
  • love
  • mistress
  • hard-hearted
  • cruel

Question 8

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Who was hunting for in medieval times?
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  • The Poor
  • The Royalty
  • Women
  • The Working Class
  • The Aristocracy
  • Children

Question 9

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Hunting became an accepted [blank_start]metaphor[blank_end] for the elaborate rituals of [blank_start]courtship[blank_end] and [blank_start]courtly love[blank_end], with the [blank_start]woman[blank_end] represented by the [blank_start]deer[blank_end].
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  • metaphor
  • courtship
  • courtly love
  • woman
  • deer

Question 10

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Helas is a word for God
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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Yet may I by no means my [blank_start]wearied[blank_end] mind Draw from the deer, but as she [blank_start]fleeth[blank_end] afore [blank_start]Fainting[blank_end] I follow.
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  • Fainting
  • fleeth
  • wearied

Question 12

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What does the enjambment in lines 6 + 7 signify?
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  • That the speaker is fainting
  • That the deer is in control of the speaker
  • That the deer is fainting

Question 13

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What is 'i seek to hold the wind' a metaphor for?
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  • The carefree spirit of the woman
  • The carefree spirit of the speaker
  • He is trying to catch the wind
  • He is trying to catch the deer
  • He is trying to do the impossible

Question 14

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'Noli me tangere' means 'Please touch me.'
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Who does the woman belong to?
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  • The speaker
  • Cesar
  • Henry VIII
  • Herself

Question 16

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'her fair neck round about' could symbolise what? (In terms of Anne Boleyn)
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  • Her perfume
  • Her veins
  • Her necklace
  • Her clothes
  • Her scarf
  • Her execution
  • Her death
  • Her collar
  • Her slavery

Question 17

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The [blank_start]alliteration[blank_end] of the '[blank_start]h[blank_end]' + '[blank_start]m[blank_end]' sounds in the [blank_start]first[blank_end] two lines reinforce the [blank_start]pace[blank_end] and sounds of a [blank_start]hunt[blank_end]
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  • pace
  • hunt
  • m
  • h
  • alliteration
  • first

Question 18

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What type of poem is whoso?
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  • A restoration poem
  • A sonnet
  • A ballad
  • a limerick
  • a haiku

Question 19

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What line does the volta occur?
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10

Question 20

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What are some different interpretations of this poem?
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  • The speaker is trying to catch a deer
  • The speaker is deluded and is imagining a deer
  • The speaker is trying to court many women
  • The speaker is trying to court a woman
  • The deer/woman is the true victim of this poem
  • This is a metaphor for the relationship between Wyatt, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
  • The speaker is telling the story about how he caught a deer
  • The speaker is a victim of desire
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