Romantic Poetry Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who is Tom Dacre?
2. In 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge', the speaker describes how 'The river glideth at his own sweet will:'. What device is used here?
3. Who wrote 'The Chimney Sweeper'?
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?
5. Which sentence contains a simile?
6. Choose one major feature about the Romantic poetry:
7. How many lines are found in a typical sonnet?
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."
9. What does the West Wind carry to the "dark wintry bed" ?
10. The narrator is sold to be a chimney sweeper
11. Which European revolution influenced the romantic poetry movement?
12. 'Foe' means.....
13. In which century did the romantic poetry originated?
14. How does Wordsworth feel when he remembers the daffodils?
15. True or False:Imagination was emphasized over "reason"
16. In "The Lamb, " the central symbol is
17. All of the following prevent "To a Waterfowl" from being classified as blank verse EXCEPT
18. Which poem includes the phrase like a living thing'?
19. What does the metaphor 'They clothed me in the clothes of death' refer to?
20. English Romantics revolted against neoclassicism and traditionalism.
21. The label 'Romantics' was applied retrospectively. What does this mean?
22. Where did Wordsworth grow up?
23. In 'The Echhoing Green', what arises at the beginning of the poem and descends at the end?
24. What is, 'The poetry of earth is never dead', an example of?
25. Romantic Poetry was at its height during which dates?
26. Which word best describes the structure and sound of "Lines Written in Early Spring" ?
27. William Wordsworth agreed with the ideals of the French Revolution.
28. The speaker in "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning" opens with an image of
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.
30. What is a compound sentence?
31. During the English Civil War, the Cavaliers supported which side?
32. 'Billowing clouds gathered', begins with a participle.
33. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Keats were all Romantic poets of the first generation.
34. What was one of the most important faculty for Romantic poets?
35. What type of tree is described in 'The Prelude'?
36. What is the conceit in "The Flea" ?
37. Sojourner Truth spoke as an ex
38. Which poem is said to be autobiographical?
39. What is a complex sentence?
40. The Romantic Time period was a time of .....
41. During the English Civil War, the Roundheads supported which side?
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)
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.
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?
45. What period is recalled by the term "ballad" ?
46. What is the tone of the man speaking to his lover?
47. Which poem includes the phrase 'marriage hearse'?
48. What does Lucy represent for the poet?
49. Emmeline Pankhurst wanted who to have a voice?
50. Blake is well-known for his poems exploring religious questions, but he also wrote about-
51. What form is 'Ozymandias' written in?
52. Why would we say Wordsworth's poem is Romantic?
53. What is poetry according to the Preface of the Lyrical Ballads?
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.
55. ..... poets used a very simple language because it could convey a message to the people in the most immediate way
56. Which statement describes the reign of terror?
57. Who is the author of 'The World Is Too Much With Us'?
58. "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance" it is
59. The romantic poets of the First Generation are:
60. What is writing to inform?