Love's+Diet+Questions

Multiple Choice Questions on “Love’e Diet” by John Donne

Name: ……………………………………………………. Period: ………. Date: ………………

1. The extended metaphors of stanza 1-4 compares love to: A. An unwilling dieter B. An illness C. An unruly child D. A prisoner in jail E. A lawyer

2. The figure of speech used through stanzas 1-4 is an example of: A. Simile B. Personification C. Irony D. Ambiguity E. Apostrophe

3. In the last line of the second stanza, the speaker suggests that: A. The lady is deeply in love B. Only men, not women, sigh for love C. The lady does not sigh for him D. The sighs of the lady are more genuine than his E. True love can not feast on sighs

4. According to the second and third stanzas, the food and drink by which love grows are: A. Faults and fortunes B. Scorn and shame C. The heart and the eyes D. Sighs and tears E. Stealth and counterfeiting

5. The metaphor of lines 22-24 compares winning the lady’s favor with: A. Finishing in the fortieth position in a race B. Being obligated to work for forty days C. Inheriting a fortune D. Waiting until middle age to be married E. Being place very low on a long list

6. According to the poem, which of the following is not a potentially fattening food? A. Sighs B. A man’s tears C. A Lady’s tears D. Discretion E. Love Letters

7. The word “Thus”, which begins the last stanza of the poem refers to: A. “entail” (line 24) B. lines 19 and 20 C. stanza 1 D. stanza 4 E. lines 1-24

8. In the next-to-last line of the poem, the three verbs “sigh”, “weep”, and “write” are used to: I. Recall the events of stanzas 2,3,and 4 2. Show how deeply the speaker now fees about love 3. Recount the expected behavior of a lover A. 2 only B. 1 and 2 only C. 1` and 3 only D. 2 and 3 only E. 1, 2, and 3

9. In stanza 5, all of the following words are part of the central metaphor EXCEPT: A. “Fly” (line 25) B. “Negligent” (line 27) C. “Spring” (line 29 D. “Game” (line 30) E. “Killed” (line 30)

10. In the final stanza of the poem, the speaker: A. Has changed and now accepts the possibility of genuine love B. Is more respectful of women than he was at the beginning of the poem C. Has become pessimistic about the love of women D. Is self-congratulating, cynical, and content E. Is divided in his mind – wanting to believe in love but afraid of commitment