English 10

Yesterday we did a quick review, discussion of Donne's Mediation XVII. Then we did a quick quiz on that poem.

Then we read the poem Non-Conformist in Sightlines, and familiarized ourselves with that word. In addition we had a discussion on the irony in the poem (Florina, can you give me a bit of a description of what a conformist/non-conformist is, generally, and then discuss the irony in the poem, specifically --just a short paragraph will do).

We continued work on our character paragraphs. They will now be due on Tuesday Feb. 16th.

Meditation XVII Quick Quiz

Choose the BEST answer

1. Meditation XVII could best be described as:

a. poetry

b. prose

c. genre

d. point of view

2. In Meditation XVII, the author compares mankind

a. to a deserted beach

b. to parts of a continent

c. to a deadly hurricane

d. to prose

3. Complete the following phrase: “No man is a(n)...”

a. continent

b. promontory

c. bell

d. island

4. The phrase in question #3 means

a. nobody can travel the whole world

b. nobody has the right to judge another person

c. nobody can have everything they want

d. nobody can live without human contact

5. The line ‘any man’s death diminishes me’ means

a. people who die and who are spiritual will go to heaven

b. people who attend funerals should be grateful for their lives

c. the death of any person affects all mankind

d. the death of any person is unpredictable

6. Another famous line from Meditation XVII is

a. “for whom the bell tolls”

b “diminished in its own dominion”

c “to err is human, to forgive divine”

d “I am a rock”

7. What does the word meditation mean?

a. to help two people work through a problem

b. to thoughtfully reflect on some topic

c. to say one word but mean another

d. to believe in two religions

8. The author of Meditation XVII is

a. Sermon Excerpt

b. William Shakespeare

c. John Donne

d. Paul Simon