1.Which of the following best states the theme of "Holy Sonnet 10"?
Select one:
a. Because life is painful and exhausting, people should welcome death.
b. People fear death because they fear the unknown.
c. Because there is an afterlife, there is really no such thing as death.
d. People who do not fear death will never really die.

2.Which of the following best states the main message of the excerpt from "Meditation 17"?
Select one:
a. Any death is a tragedy.
b. Everyone is part of a greater whole.
c. God is all-powerful.
d. People are more alike than they are different.

3.In "Holy Sonnet 10," the speaker's attitude could best be
described as
Select one:
a. weary.
b. sad.
c. bitter.
d. defiant.

4.In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," according to the speaker, the lovers' souls "endure ... an expansion" (lines 22-23) in order to
Select one:
a. shine more brightly.
b. prevent the speaker from leaving home.
c. bridge the gap between their bodies.
d. become one.