Question

The belief in Pope’s time called The Great Chain of Being was a belief

	A.	that everything in creation down to the smallest living things had its place in God’s plan
	B.	in several gods
	C.	that God created the Earth but does not control it
	D.	that the Earth was the center of the universe

Pope’s intention for his “Essay on Man” was

	A.	to protest against British colonization
	B.	to justify the ways of God to Man
	C.	to justify the system of monarchy
	D.	to protest against the use of child labor

A passage from “Essay on Man”:

“Then say not Man's imperfect, Heav'n in fault;

Say rather, Man's as perfect as he ought;

His knowledge measur'd to his state and place,

His time a moment, and a point his space”

The meaning of this passage is

	A.	that God is not perfect
	B.	that Man is only as perfect as God made him
	C.	that Man knows more than he should
	D.	that Man should be perfect

A passage from “Essay on Man”:

               “Hope humbly, then; with trembling pinions soar;

               Wait the great teacher Death, and God adore!

               What future bliss, he gives not thee to know,

               But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.”

The meaning of this passage is

	A.	we are on our own with no direction home
	B.	God cannot see into the future
	C.	teachers can see into the future
	D.	we have hope because we do not know the future

A passage from “Essay on Man”:

               “Each beast, each insect, happy in its own:

               Is Heav'n unkind to man, and man alone?

               Shall he alone, whom rational we call,

               Be pleas'd with nothing, if not bless'd with all?.”

The meaning of this passage is

	A.	God doesn’t care about Man
	B.	only insects should be happy
	C.	Men should be happy with what they have instead of wanting more
	D.	Man would be lonely without animals

Answer 1

Answer

1. The correct answer is - A

The belief in Pope’s time called The Great Chain of Being was a belief that everything in creation down to the smallest living things had its place in God’s plan. Elizabethans believed that God set out an order for everything in the universe and this belief was called The scala naturae, also known as the great chain of being,

2. The correct answer is - B

Pope’s intention for his “Essay on Man” was

to justify the ways of God to Man

3. The correct answer is - B

The meaning of this passage is that Man is only as perfect as God made him, According to this, man can only understand the universe in the perfectness which God allows him to.

4. The correct answer is - D

The meaning of this passage is we have hope because we do not know the future. According to this, man's happiness depends on his hope for the future and at the same time ignorance of future events.

5. The correct answer is - C

The meaning of this passage is Men should be happy with what they have instead of wanting more. Rather than wanting or desiring for more, men should be happy with what they have achieved and acquired.

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