Multiple Choice Questions on John Donne

1. John Donne married Anne More in:

1. 1601
2. 1605
3. 1891
4. 1897

2. Which ‘Inns of Court’ did John Donne join in 1592?

1. Oxford Inn
2. Lincoln’s Inn
3. London Inn
4. Royal Inn

3. John Donne wrote his famous phrase ‘John Donne, Anne Donne, Un-done’ in concern to:

1. Birth of a stillborn as his 12th child

2. Death of his daughter at the age of 18
3. Loss of his position following his marriage
4. Being forced to change his religion

4. Who was Donne’s chief patron 1610 onwards?

1. Sir Robert Drury

2. Sir Henry Styron
3. Sir Walter Raleigh
4. William Harrington

5. ‘The Anatomy of the World’ was published in:

1. 1601
2. 1697
3. 1615
4. 1611

6. ‘The Anatomy of the World’ was written in the memory of:

1. Mary, his daughter

2. Lucy, his patroness
3. Elizabeth Drury, his patron’s daughter
4. Anne More, his wife
7. Who said about Donne, “He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires, but in his amorous verses, where
nature only should reign; and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy, when
he should engage their hearts, and entertain them with the softnesses of love”?

1. John Dryden
2. Ben Jonson
3. S. Eliot
4. Samuel Johnson

8. Who claimed, “Donne, for not keeping of accent, deserved hanging”?

1. Ben Jonson
2. S. Eliot
3. Samuel Johnson
4. John Dryden

9. Which of T. S. Eliot’s poems mentions John Donne?

1. Ash Wednesday
2. Aunt Helen
3. Whispers of Immortality
4. Gerontion

10. Which of these novels uses John Donne’s love story with Anne More as its subject?

1. The Lady and the poet

2. Conceit
3. The Meaning of Night
4. Stardust