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Robert Browning Quotes Trivia Quiz

This quiz provides quotes from my four favorite Browning poems: "The Laboratory," "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister," "Porphyria's Lover," and "My Last Duchess." You simply have to match the quote with the correct poem.

A multiple-choice quiz by ms_e. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ms_e

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
303,013

Updated
Jul 23 22

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10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"GR-R-R--there go, my heart's abhorrence!
Water your damned flower-pots, do!" Hint

"The Laboratory"

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"Porphyria's Lover"

"My Last Duchess"

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Question 2 of 10

2. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?" Hint

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"My Last Duchess"

"Porphyria's Lover"

"The Laboratory"

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Question 3 of 10

3. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"She shut the cold out and the storm,
And kneeled and made the cheerless grate
Blaze up, and all the cottage warm." Hint

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"My Last Duchess"

"The Laboratory"

"Porphyria's Lover"

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Question 4 of 10

4. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"Will't please you sit and look at her?" Hint

"My Last Duchess"

"The Laboratory"

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"Porphyria's Lover"

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Question 5 of 10

5. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"Now, take all my jewels, gorge gold to your fill,
You may kiss me, old man, on my mouth if you will!" Hint

"My Last Duchess"

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"The Laboratory"

"Porphyria's Lover"

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Question 6 of 10

6. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"She had a heart - how shall I say? - too soon made glad." Hint

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"Porphyria's Lover"

"The Laboratory"

"My Last Duchess"

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Question 7 of 10

7. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"She put my arm about her waist,
And made her smooth white shoulder bare." Hint

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"My Last Duchess"

"The Laboratory"

"Porphyria's Lover"

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"When he finishes refection,
Knife and fork he never lays
Cross-wise, to my recollection,
As I do, in Jesu's praise." Hint

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"Porphyria's Lover"

"The Laboratory"

"My Last Duchess"

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"I choose never to stoop." Hint

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"My Last Duchess"

"The Laboratory"

"Porphyria's Lover"

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. From which Browning poem is this quote taken?

"And thus we sit together now,
And all night long we have not stirred,
And yet God has not said a word!" Hint

"Porphyria's Lover"

"The Laboratory"

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

"My Last Duchess"

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "GR-R-R--there go, my heart's abhorrence! Water your damned flower-pots, do!"

Answer: "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

Although the speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" is never named, his hatred of Brother Lawrence is painfully obvious.

2. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?"

Answer: "The Laboratory"

The speaker of the "The Laboratory" is obtaining poison to murder her husband's mistress.

3. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "She shut the cold out and the storm, And kneeled and made the cheerless grate Blaze up, and all the cottage warm."

Answer: "Porphyria's Lover"

The setting of "Porphyria's Lover" is a cold, stormy night. When Porphyria enters the speaker's cottage, she stirs up the fire and then sits next to him.

4. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "Will't please you sit and look at her?"

Answer: "My Last Duchess"

The speaker of "My Last Duchess" (the Duke) invites someone to look at a portrait of his previous wife. The Duke then comments on the qualities of the Duchess that he disliked.

5. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "Now, take all my jewels, gorge gold to your fill, You may kiss me, old man, on my mouth if you will!"

Answer: "The Laboratory"

The speaker of "The Laboratory" is pleased with the results and makes payment for the poison.

6. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "She had a heart - how shall I say? - too soon made glad."

Answer: "My Last Duchess"

The Duke's main complaint is that his last Duchess was too happy. Simple things, such as a "bough of cherries" and a "white mule," made her smile. Instead, he believes she should have been made happy because he had given her his "nine-hundred-years-old name."

7. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "She put my arm about her waist, And made her smooth white shoulder bare."

Answer: "Porphyria's Lover"

These actions are attributed to Porphyria by her lover. The reader is left to wonder, though, if anything the speaker says is true.

8. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "When he finishes refection, Knife and fork he never lays Cross-wise, to my recollection, As I do, in Jesu's praise."

Answer: "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"

The speaker of "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" focuses on Brother Lawrence's superficial, daily actions, such as the placement of his knife and fork when he has finished eating. This monk completely ignores his own feelings of anger and hatred.

9. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "I choose never to stoop."

Answer: "My Last Duchess"

The Duke would never stoop so low as to talk to his Duchess and explain what made him unhappy. Instead, he had her killed.

10. From which Browning poem is this quote taken? "And thus we sit together now, And all night long we have not stirred, And yet God has not said a word!"

Answer: "Porphyria's Lover"

The mental instability of Porphyria's Lover is obvious at the end of the poem. He justifies the murder and deems it acceptable since God hasn't told him otherwise.

Source: Author ms_e

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