William Wordsworth Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. What term/word in the poem is defined as "cheerful and lighthearted'?

Correct Answer: C) Jocund.

2. Which quote marks a change in tone of the poem from carefree to serious?

Correct Answer: A) "The horizon's bound, a huge peak, black and huge".

3. When was the poem first published?

Correct Answer: C) 1807.

4. How many siblings did Wordsworth have?

Correct Answer: B) 5.

5. What does the 'inward eye' represent?

Correct Answer: B) The human mind and imaginationn.

6. How was the daffodils dancing

Correct Answer: A) By tossing their head.

7. "Ten thousand saw I at a glance." -What figure of speech is this?

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

8. What does Wordsworth show in these lines? "For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be"

Correct Answer: A) A solution.

9. How long has it been since Wordsworth visited the abbey?

Correct Answer: B) 5 Years.

10. Which among the following is an example of simile

Correct Answer: A) As the stars that shine.

11. For Wordsworth the embodiment of divine spirit was?

Correct Answer: A) Nature.

12. What poetic form is The Prelude:Stealing the Boat written in?

Correct Answer: C) Blank verse.

13. When did William graduate?

Correct Answer: A) 1791.

14. While wandering alone, the poet saw

Correct Answer: D) A host of golden daffodils.

15. William Wordsworth was the founder of what movement?

Correct Answer: B) Romantic.

16. What view of nature is presented?

Correct Answer: C) Nature is relied on to make people feel better.

17. The poem "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" focuses on?

Correct Answer: D) The exterior of London; architecture.

18. How many daffodils did the poet "see at a glance" ?

Correct Answer: A) Ten Thousand.

19. In the poem, what does the word 'lustily' mean?

Correct Answer: C) Enthusiastically spirited.

20. What does "sordid" mean?

Correct Answer: A) Dirty.