This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Wordsworth – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Wordsworth Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Wordsworth, ..... is not essential to poetry, but only an additional source of ..... A) Rhyme, happiness. B) Meter, pleasure. C) Meter, happiness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter, pleasure. 2. What poetic device is used in the line:"I wandered lonely as a cloud" ? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Wordsworth was named the ..... in 1843. A) "best of all poets". B) Stamp distributor. C) National poet. D) Poet laureate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poet laureate. 4. When did the poet hear the twofold shout of the cuckoo? A) When he was walking in the beach. B) When he was lying on the grass. C) When he was writing this poem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When he was lying on the grass. 5. 'A Complaint' is a ..... poem. A) Metaphysical. B) War. C) Romantic. D) Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic. 6. Who has written the Poem? A) William Wordsworth. B) William Shakespeare. C) William Henry Longfellow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Wordsworth. 7. What Wordsworth means by 'jocund' company from the options below: A) Talkative. B) Quiet and sad. C) Happy and cheerful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happy and cheerful. 8. At what time of day is this poem "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" describing? A) Night. B) Early Morning. C) Daytime. D) Evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Early Morning. 9. Which movement did Wordsworth belong to? A) Renaissance. B) Scientific. C) Romanticism. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticism. 10. In the poem, why might the word, 'spectacle' be used? To mean ..... A) Something of a striking or impressive kind. B) Being alone, secluded, lonely. C) Serious, solemn, sober. D) Cover, shelter, disguise; concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something of a striking or impressive kind. 11. How was the speaker feeling at the beginning of the poem? A) Cheerful. B) Quiet. C) Upset. D) Frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quiet. 12. In the poem, what does the word 'pinnace' mean? A) Like an elf, small and charmingly spiritedly, merry or mischievous. B) Light sailing boat. C) Enthusiastically spirited. D) Sinister or ghastly character, repellent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light sailing boat. 13. Who published his last book "Prelude"after his death A) Son. B) Friend. C) Wife. D) Daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wife. 14. Where did Wordsworth live when he compose "Daffodils" ? A) Racedown House in Dorset. B) Alfoxton House in Somerset. C) Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Lake District. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Lake District. 15. According to the persona, we "are out of ..... " A) Time. B) Tune. C) Food. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tune. 16. What are Wordsworth's wishes for his sister Dorothy in "Tintern Abbey" ? A) She will marry a rich man. B) She will appreciate nature more than she already does. C) She will remember their time together at Tintern Abbey. D) She will have children so he can be an uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She will remember their time together at Tintern Abbey. 17. The word "jocund" in the third stanza means A) Merry. B) Lonely. C) Careful. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merry. 18. What does the speaker describe as leaping when they see a rainbow? A) Stomach. B) Heart. C) Soul. D) Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 19. What city is the poem "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" based in? A) London. B) Paris. C) New York. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London. 20. "O blithe newcomer! "Why is the bird called 'newcomer'? A) Because the bird is new to the place as it migrates. B) The poet is new to the place. C) The poet is hearing the bird for the first time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the bird is new to the place as it migrates. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWilliam Wordsworth Quiz 1William Wordsworth Quiz 2William Wordsworth Quiz 3William Wordsworth Quiz 4William Wordsworth Quiz 5William Wordsworth Quiz 6William Wordsworth Quiz 7William Wordsworth Quiz 8William Wordsworth Quiz 9William Wordsworth Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books