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Meditation 17


Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 
The theme of Donne’s “Meditation 17” is that
a.
people suffer in vain.
b.
people are part of a greater community.
c.
knowledge can give much pleasure.
d.
little is gained by contemplating another’s death.
 

2. 
In Donne’s “Meditation 17,” the statement “If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less” means that mankind is
a.
losing religious faith.
b.
neglecting the elderly.
c.
diminished when someone dies.
d.
preoccupied with the grandeur of the oceans.
 



 
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