William Wordsworth Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. About what was Wordsworth tormented when war in France broke out?

Correct Answer: B) He felt he had abandoned his lover and their child.

2. Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.What is the figure of speech mentioned here?

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

3. How was the speaker wandering like

Correct Answer: B) A lonely cloud.

4. Give a synonym for the word solitude.

Correct Answer: B) Loneliness.

5. What is the definition of 'ridge'?

Correct Answer: C) Long narrow elevation of land, a chain of hills or mountains.

6. What does the word 'peak' mean?

Correct Answer: D) The pointed top of a mountain or ridge.

7. What is the meaning of "pensive"

Correct Answer: D) Thoughtful, usually in a sad way.

8. When did William Wordsworth die?

Correct Answer: D) 23 April 1850.

9. What according to Wordsworth is a suitable language for poetry?

Correct Answer: B) Language of common man.

10. Who is William Wordsworth?

Correct Answer: A) He is best known for Lyrical Ballads.

11. ..... and ..... become the hallmarks of poetic creation.

Correct Answer: B) Introspection and reflection.

12. The poem Daffodils often entitled as .....

Correct Answer: C) I wondered lonely as a cloud.

13. "I gazed and gazed" is a good example of what literary device?

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

14. What town was Wordsworth born in?

Correct Answer: C) Cockermouth.

15. Continuous as the stars that shine ..... Which figure of speech is the above line?

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

16. What rhyme scheme does the poem follow?

Correct Answer: A) ABABCC.

17. Who is Edward?

Correct Answer: C) A friend or acquaintance of the poet's sister.

18. What term/word is used in the poem that is defined as "a valley" ?

Correct Answer: B) Vale.

19. "O blithe newcomer! "Who is the blithe newcomer?

Correct Answer: A) The cuckoo bird.

20. How many daffodils were there?

Correct Answer: C) Ten thousand.