William Wordsworth Quiz 8 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the poem, why might the word, 'grave' be used? To imply .....

Correct Answer: C) Serious, solemn, sober, possible connotations of danger and death.

2. How was the poet feeling at the beginning of the poem?

Correct Answer: B) Quiet.

3. What is another word for 'crowd' in the poem?

Correct Answer: C) Host.

4. Who was also known as 'Nature Poet'?

Correct Answer: B) William Wordsworth.

5. Choose the most relevant theme.

Correct Answer: C) The ability of nature to heal.

6. "I gazed and gazed but little thought, what wealth the show to me had brought. "What does the poet mean by the word wealth here?

Correct Answer: B) Happiness.

7. Why did the daffodils make the speaker think of stars?

Correct Answer: D) Because they joined together in a long line.

8. In the poem, why might the word, 'covert' be used? To mean .....

Correct Answer: D) Cover, shelter, disguise; concealment.

9. What country did Wordsworth visit that inspired his poetry?

Correct Answer: B) France.

10. I wondered lonely as a cloud.What is the image here?

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

11. In his early work "Lyrical Ballads" , what did Wordsworth claim there was a greater need for in poetry?

Correct Answer: C) Common speech.

12. The poet's wealth from daffodils is

Correct Answer: A) The bliss of solitude.

13. When did William Wordsworth marry Mary Hutchinson?

Correct Answer: A) 1802.

14. Identify the poetic device:"Continuous as the stars that shine"

Correct Answer: D) Simile.

15. What type of language is "I wandered lonely as a cloud" ?

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

16. This line most relates to which element of Romanticism? "Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn."

Correct Answer: D) Spirituality/supernatural.

17. Wordsworth added the 'Preface' because he felt that his poems were .....

Correct Answer: B) Different in theme and style.

18. I wandered lonely as a .....

Correct Answer: A) Cloud.

19. When was Romanticism popular?

Correct Answer: D) Late 18th/early 19th century.

20. How many daffodils does the poet say that he saw at a glance?

Correct Answer: B) Ten thousand.