Question

What attitude about life and death does the speaker in “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray reveal in his epitaph?


A) A mundane life is worse than an anonymous death.


B) Sincerity and kindness matter, but not as much as money and fame.


C) Friends should remember the bad as well as the good after someone dies.


D) Anonymity awaits everyone in death, but Heaven is a comfort.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Grey notes that the grave both those who throughout their lives were considered great as well as those who have lived quiet lives. All lives matter and all are important to Grey. He states that while everyone dies not everyone gets to Heaven so he states in its not how important someone was that matters but the way people live their lives. Grey hopes for a life lived well that would get him to Heaven.

Answer 2

D) Anonymity awaits everyone in death, but Heaven is a comfort.