This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Poetry > Romantic Poetry – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romantic Poetry Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is Tom Dacre? A) The narrator. B) Another chimney sweeper child. C) The author. D) An Angel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Another chimney sweeper child. 2. In 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge', the speaker describes how 'The river glideth at his own sweet will:'. What device is used here? A) Cutting. B) Enjambment. C) Personification. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. Who wrote 'The Chimney Sweeper'? A) Blake. B) Keats. C) Wordsworth. D) Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blake. 4. The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls1; Along the sea-sands damp and brownThe traveler hastens2 toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface3 the footprints in the sands.And the tide rises, the tide falls The morning breaks; the steeds4 in their stallsStamp and neigh5, as the hostler6 calls;The day returns, but nevermoreReturns the traveler to the shore, What happened to the traveler? A) Died. B) Road to the next town. C) Camped on the beach. D) Took a vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Died. 5. Which sentence contains a simile? A) The day dragged slowly like a snail. B) Slowly, the day dragged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The day dragged slowly like a snail. 6. Choose one major feature about the Romantic poetry: A) The inteligence and smart men. B) The sublime and beautiful. C) The honor and bravery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sublime and beautiful. 7. How many lines are found in a typical sonnet? A) 12. B) 14. C) 10. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 8. What can you infer about the relationship between the speaker and his lover from these final lines from "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning" ?"Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun." A) The relationship between the speaker and his lover covers the same ground repeatedly. B) The speaker feels he is constantly going around in circles to attract his lover. C) The speaker is grounded and drawn back by his lover's steady love. D) The strength of the speaker's love keeps him prisoner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker is grounded and drawn back by his lover's steady love. 9. What does the West Wind carry to the "dark wintry bed" ? A) Winged seeds. B) Sweet buds. C) Dead leaves. D) Ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winged seeds. 10. The narrator is sold to be a chimney sweeper A) When his mother dies. B) By his father. C) When he is very young. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 11. Which European revolution influenced the romantic poetry movement? A) German. B) French. C) Italian. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French. 12. 'Foe' means..... A) Friend. B) Enemy. C) Family. D) Fears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enemy. 13. In which century did the romantic poetry originated? A) The late 15th and early 16 th centuries. B) The late 17th and early 18th centuries. C) The late 18th and early 19th centuries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The late 18th and early 19th centuries. 14. How does Wordsworth feel when he remembers the daffodils? A) Happy. B) Sad. C) Worried. D) Annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happy. 15. True or False:Imagination was emphasized over "reason" A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. In "The Lamb, " the central symbol is A) A lamb representing the evil nature of humanity. B) A lamb representing the child speaker's purity. C) A lamb representing a sacrifice. D) A lamb representing innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A lamb representing innocence. 17. All of the following prevent "To a Waterfowl" from being classified as blank verse EXCEPT A) Rhythmic pattern. B) Use of rhyme. C) Where it pauses. D) Subject matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject matter. 18. Which poem includes the phrase like a living thing'? A) 'London'. B) 'Ozymandias'. C) 'The Prelude'. D) 'My Last Duchess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'The Prelude'. 19. What does the metaphor 'They clothed me in the clothes of death' refer to? A) The soot and carcinogenics that were on the chimney sweeper's clothes. B) The funeral clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soot and carcinogenics that were on the chimney sweeper's clothes. 20. English Romantics revolted against neoclassicism and traditionalism. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. The label 'Romantics' was applied retrospectively. What does this mean? A) They were called Romantic Poets after the movement was over. B) They were called Romantic Poets once they had written three or more poems. C) They were called Romantic Poets during the movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were called Romantic Poets after the movement was over. 22. Where did Wordsworth grow up? A) London. B) The Peak District. C) The Lake District. D) Norfolk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lake District. 23. In 'The Echhoing Green', what arises at the beginning of the poem and descends at the end? A) The sky. B) The echoing green. C) The moon. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 24. What is, 'The poetry of earth is never dead', an example of? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. Romantic Poetry was at its height during which dates? A) 1700-1740. B) 1650-1700. C) 1800-1850. D) 1900-1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1800-1850. 26. Which word best describes the structure and sound of "Lines Written in Early Spring" ? A) Unnatural. B) Simple. C) Fantastic. D) Rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 27. William Wordsworth agreed with the ideals of the French Revolution. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. The speaker in "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning" opens with an image of A) Men weeping. B) Earthy disturbances. C) The movements of the heavens. D) Good men dying quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good men dying quietly. 29. Which tenet of Romanticism do these lines BEST represent?For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude, And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the Daffodils. A) Imagination Over Reason. B) Nature as a Source for Spiritual Nourishment. C) An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity. D) Passionate Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature as a Source for Spiritual Nourishment. 30. What is a compound sentence? A) This sentence must contain a 'subject' and a main verb. It usually has an 'object', too. This is also a main clause. B) This sentence contains two main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. C) This sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate clause. Clauses are joined by using a subordinating conjunction or a comma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence contains two main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. 31. During the English Civil War, the Cavaliers supported which side? A) Anarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Democracy. D) Monarchy. E) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monarchy. 32. 'Billowing clouds gathered', begins with a participle. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Keats were all Romantic poets of the first generation. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 34. What was one of the most important faculty for Romantic poets? A) Education. B) Dance moves. C) Reason. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dance moves. 35. What type of tree is described in 'The Prelude'? A) Willow. B) Pine. C) Evergreen. D) Oak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Willow. 36. What is the conceit in "The Flea" ? A) The speaker's arrogance. B) A flea bit is like mating. C) A flea is like a pregnant woman. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A flea bit is like mating. 37. Sojourner Truth spoke as an ex A) Slave. B) Teacher. C) Landowner. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slave. 38. Which poem is said to be autobiographical? A) 'London'. B) 'Ozymandias'. C) 'The Prelude'. D) 'My Last Duchess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'The Prelude'. 39. What is a complex sentence? A) This sentence must contain a 'subject' and a main verb. It usually has an 'object', too. This is also a main clause. B) This sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate clause. Clauses are joined by using a subordinating conjunction or a comma. C) This sentence contains two main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate clause. Clauses are joined by using a subordinating conjunction or a comma. 40. The Romantic Time period was a time of ..... A) Renaissance. B) Restoration. C) Reformation. D) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolution. 41. During the English Civil War, the Roundheads supported which side? A) Monarchy. B) Anarchy. C) Democracy. D) Oligarchy. E) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Parliament. 42. What relationship does the title of Raleigh's poem ("The Passionate Shepherd") establish between Raleigh's poem and Marlowe's poem ("The Nymph's Reply")? (a) A) A Raleigh wrote it as an answer to Marlowe. B) They are not connected. C) Raleigh and Marlowe both like Shepherds. D) Raleigh wanted to anger Marlowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Raleigh wrote it as an answer to Marlowe. 43. Which analytical verb fits best in this sentence:'The World is too much with us' ..... the sonnet form through its angry tone and hatred of modern society. A) Subverts. B) Uses. C) Emphasises. D) Embodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subverts. 44. "Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!"What is the poetic device used in these lines? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Paradox. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 45. What period is recalled by the term "ballad" ? A) The Renaissance. B) The Middle Ages. C) The Enlightenment. D) The ancient Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Middle Ages. 46. What is the tone of the man speaking to his lover? A) Agressive and demanding. B) Playfully persuasive. C) Sad and anxious. D) Bitter and jealous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playfully persuasive. 47. Which poem includes the phrase 'marriage hearse'? A) 'London'. B) 'Ozymandias'. C) 'The Prelude'. D) 'My Last Duchess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'London'. 48. What does Lucy represent for the poet? A) An important figure who lived in the Lake District. B) An important figure who takes on a variety of roles. C) A young girl who fell in love with him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An important figure who takes on a variety of roles. 49. Emmeline Pankhurst wanted who to have a voice? A) Working class men. B) American slaves. C) Women. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women. 50. Blake is well-known for his poems exploring religious questions, but he also wrote about- A) Economic explanations. B) Philosophical exploits. C) Social ills. D) Adventure narratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social ills. 51. What form is 'Ozymandias' written in? A) Sonnet. B) Dramatic monologue. C) Epic Poem. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 52. Why would we say Wordsworth's poem is Romantic? A) He celebrates the beauty of nature. B) He celebrates technology. C) Because it is about love. D) He writes about daffodils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He celebrates the beauty of nature. 53. What is poetry according to the Preface of the Lyrical Ballads? A) A sensory experience. B) A real-life experience. C) A symbolic experience. D) A mental experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sensory experience. 54. Which tenet of Romanticism do these lines BEST represent?For he calls himself a Lamb:He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child:I a child & thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little Lamb God bless thee. A) Imagination Over Reason. B) Nature as a Source for Spiritual Nourishment. C) An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity. D) Passionate Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity. 55. ..... poets used a very simple language because it could convey a message to the people in the most immediate way A) The first generation. B) The second generation. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first generation. 56. Which statement describes the reign of terror? A) The middle class killed the aristocrats. B) Rebels killed anyone who didn't support their cause. C) The aristocrats killed the middle class. D) Government executed people who rebelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rebels killed anyone who didn't support their cause. 57. Who is the author of 'The World Is Too Much With Us'? A) John Keats. B) William Wordsworth. C) Robert Frost. D) John Steinbeck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Wordsworth. 58. "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance" it is A) A personification. B) A simile. C) A metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A personification. 59. The romantic poets of the First Generation are: A) William Wordsworth, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. B) William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats. C) Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, John Keats. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Wordsworth, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 60. What is writing to inform? A) Texts that are based on facts. B) Communicating information to your audience. C) Try to convince the reader to agree with your viewpoint. D) A written argument is often presented as a debate between opposing views-you acknowledge both sides of the argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communicating information to your audience. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRomantic Poetry Quiz 1Romantic Poetry Quiz 2Romantic Poetry Quiz 4Romantic Poetry Quiz 5Romantic Poetry Quiz 6American Poetry QuizMetaphysical Poetry QuizPoetry Terms Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books