This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Poetry > Romantic Poetry – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romantic Poetry Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In France, the government feasted away while the people starved. This lead to ..... A) The French Revolution. B) The American Revolution. C) Hundred Years' War. D) French and Indian War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The French Revolution. 2. The theme of the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is A) Exploitation of Adults. B) Exploitation of Children. C) The exploitation of the master Chimney sweeps. D) The exploitation of the church goers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploitation of Children. 3. What does the word Romanticism refer to? A) Feelings of love towards another person. B) A group of writers and artists during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. C) Sonnets about love. D) A group of poets who celebrated their love of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of writers and artists during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 4. Beauty is truth truth beauty. Identify the poem. A) Ode on a Grecian Urn. B) Ode to a nightingale. C) Nor the Skylark. D) Ode to west wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode on a Grecian Urn. 5. The poets talked about existential things, about human destiny and essential elements. A) The first generation of romantic poets. B) Both. C) The second generation of romantic poets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first generation of romantic poets. 6. Where are the other chimney sweepers at the beginning of the dream? A) In the river. B) In black coffins. C) In chimneys. D) In the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In black coffins. 7. Explain how the speaker helps Tom deal with the loss of his hair. A) He says that being bald makes him look older. B) He says that now the dirt won't ruin his hair. C) He says that shaving his hair is a sign of a successful sweeper. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He says that now the dirt won't ruin his hair. 8. In stanza one of "To a Mouse, " how does the speaker feel about destroying the mouse's home? A) He is impartial; it happens. B) He hates mice so he enjoyed it. C) He feels terrible about it. D) He hates mice, but did it so they wouldn't ruin his crop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He feels terrible about it. 9. The narrator of 'Purple Hibiscus' has how many siblings? A) Three. B) Two. C) Four. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 10. William Blake made his living as- A) An engraver. B) An actor. C) A writer. D) A pastor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An engraver. 11. "The grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace." Which is the most accurate translation? A) When you are dead and buried, you will have no chance to experience love. B) Nobody seeks out death. C) Those who want privacy can find it when they die. D) Both Blue and Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you are dead and buried, you will have no chance to experience love. 12. Lyrical Ballad is published in ..... A) 1801. B) 1798. C) 1802. D) 1799. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1798. 13. What is an opinion? A) A statement that is definitely true. B) How a person feels about a topic or subject. C) A statement that is always a lie. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How a person feels about a topic or subject. 14. What does 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' translate to? A) The beautiful fairy who killed me. B) The beautiful maid without gratitude. C) The beauty and the beast. D) The beautiful lady without mercy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The beautiful lady without mercy. 15. Romantic poets believed that emotion was more important than reason. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. At what time did Romantic poets start writing? A) While Shakespeare was writing his plays. B) During the Natural Revolution. C) During the Industrial Revolution. D) In the medieval period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the Industrial Revolution. 17. What is a simple 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: A) This sentence must contain a 'subject' and a main verb. It usually has an 'object', too. This is also a main clause. 18. Wordsworth's poem I wandered lonely as a cloud has A) Three stanzas. B) Four stanzas. C) Five stanzas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four stanzas. 19. What is blocking the speaker of 'The Prelude's view of the stars? A) The star's fires have gone out. B) A huge mountain. C) He has his eyes closed. D) The sky has turned pitch black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A huge mountain. 20. What is Keats conveying in the first stanza of 'Ode on Melancholy' when he exclaims, No, no! go not to Lethe? A) You should not forget your melancholy. B) You should not torment yourself. C) You should not leave your home. D) You should not abandon those you care about. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You should not forget your melancholy. 21. Which is the best definition for 'materialism'? A) Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. B) Lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure. C) The process of making an area more urban. D) A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. 22. What is writing to persuade? 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: C) Try to convince the reader to agree with your viewpoint. 23. 'She has the heart of a lion' is a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. 'Paradise Lost' was written by ..... A) Byron. B) Shelley. C) Keats. D) Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Milton. 25. Romanticism developed as a result of the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 26. Which lines rhyme in each quatrain? A) The first and the last. B) The second and the third. C) The third and the fourth. D) The second and the last. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The second and the last. 27. What is the poetic device used in these lines, Crying "weep! weep!" in the notes of woe? A) Enjabment. B) Alliteration. C) End stopped line. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 28. What is a guillotine? A) Prison in paris. B) Fat part of a steak. C) September Massacre. D) Device used to cut off people's heads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Device used to cut off people's heads. 29. The poem begins at day time with references to light, but ends with 'the darkening green'. This could be seen as a metaphor for ..... A) The sadness of Blake. B) The industrialisation of England. C) The cyclical nature of life. D) The desire to have a family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cyclical nature of life. 30. Symbols had a pure figurative function in Romantic poetry. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. "She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years" The poet here thought that A) Lucy was not immune to the ravages of time. B) Lucy was beautiful and melancholic. C) Lucy was in love with Nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lucy was not immune to the ravages of time. 32. The poem's rhyme scheme is (a) A) Aabbccddeeffgghh. B) A abab cdcd efef ghgh. C) Abab Abab Abab Abab Abab. D) Aba cdc efe ghg. E) Ababcdcdefefghgh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A abab cdcd efef ghgh. 33. Complete the quotation:'Great God! I would rather be a ..... ' A) Pagan. B) Vegan. C) Traveller. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pagan. 34. Central character in Wordsworth 's poem Michael? A) Eddie. B) Luke. C) Jake. D) Mike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luke. 35. What happened to Keats's parents when he was young? A) They put him in an orphanage. B) They moved away. C) They died. D) They divorced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They died. 36. 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge' is a description of ..... A) A bridge. B) The River Thames. C) A ship. D) The city of London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The city of London. 37. What is, 'Dr Melanie-Jayne Howes, lead researcher in biological chemistry at Kew Gardens, explains how they take traditional remedies and investigate to see if there is a real scientific basis for their use.' An example of? A) Rhetorical question. B) Statistic. C) Expert quote. D) Emotive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expert quote. 38. Which of the following is NOT one of the major 6 Romantic writers A) Percy Shelley. B) William Blake. C) William Wordsworth. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jane Austen. 39. In which set of poems does 'The Tyger' appear in? A) The Songs of Experience. B) The Songs of Innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Songs of Experience. 40. What did Romantic poets want to celebrate in their poems? A) The power and beauty of factories. B) The power and beauty of machines. C) The power and beauty of love. D) The power and beauty of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The power and beauty of nature. 41. Which poem describes a 'shattered visage'? A) 'London'. B) 'Ozymandias'. C) 'The Prelude'. D) 'My Last Duchess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'Ozymandias'. 42. In "Ode to a Nightingale" , the line "Do I wake or sleep?" is a pivotal moment in the poem. What does this line symbolize in the context of the poem's themes? A) The speaker's desire for a deeper connection with the nightingale. B) The speaker's uncertainty about the reality of the nightingale's song. C) The speaker's longing for death as an escape from earthly troubles. D) The speaker's acknowledgment of the illusory nature of art and poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker's uncertainty about the reality of the nightingale's song. 43. 'The Ecchoing Green' uses the semantic field of ..... A) Textiles. B) War. C) Kindness. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature. 44. In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", what does the speaker urge his love to do? (a) A) Forgive him for loving another. B) Runaway with him to the city. C) A come live with him in the country. D) Help him feed the flocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A come live with him in the country. 45. Which is the most accurate translation of the first two lines? A) If we had lots of space and time, your reluctance to accept me would be no problem. B) Do we have enough space and time to deal with your illegal behavior?. C) We need lots of time and space for the crimes you commit. D) If we have enough space and time, it would be a crime to reject me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If we had lots of space and time, your reluctance to accept me would be no problem. 46. How would you describe the rhyming pattern in the poem 'London'? A) Irregular rhyme / free verse. B) Father. C) AABB. D) ABCABC. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father. 47. The term " delightful terror" is associated to: A) The fantasy. B) The beauty. C) The sublime. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sublime. 48. In 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge', "Dear God!" is an exclamation by the poet as an expression of ..... A) Fear. B) Disgust. C) Shame. D) Wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wonder. 49. Which movement of poetry connects Shelley, Blake, Wordsworth & Browning? A) Writer's Union. B) Pre-Raphelite. C) Romantics. D) New Romantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantics. 50. What happened during the Industrial Revolution? A) People became closer and closer to the natural world. B) People began to do things more by hand. C) Factories were springing up and machines were used. D) People moved out of cities to the countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factories were springing up and machines were used. 51. 'Jealousy' is ..... A) An abstract noun. B) A concrete noun. C) A verb. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An abstract noun. 52. The Romantic poets were considered ..... A) Romantic. B) Terrorists. C) Rebels. D) Unintelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebels. 53. Henry V is a ..... A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) History play. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) History play. 54. What would you expect to see in a logos based non-fiction piece of writing? A) Hyperbole, similes, no description. B) Statistics, facts, anecdotes, vivid descriptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statistics, facts, anecdotes, vivid descriptions. 55. In "Ode to the West Wind, " what does the speaker ask of the wind? A) Carry his words to his true love. B) Become calm on the ocean so the daily lives of the fisherman can continue. C) Spare the world from the darkness of winter. D) Let his poem bring change and renewal to the human race, as the wind brings Springtime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Let his poem bring change and renewal to the human race, as the wind brings Springtime. 56. Which poem includes reference to a 'dowry'? A) 'London'. B) 'Ozymandias'. C) 'The Prelude'. D) 'My Last Duchess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'My Last Duchess'. 57. Which tenet of Romanticism do these lines BEST represent?Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome! those caves of ice!And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware! Beware! 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: A) Imagination Over Reason. 58. Which of the following best describes the Byronic Hero? A) A handsome man with a stiff jaw line and good hair. B) A man who roams from town to town and refuses to settle down. C) A man with a lot of money somewhere between the ages of 30 and 45. D) A male, handsome, conflicted and melancholy that was irresistible to the ladies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A male, handsome, conflicted and melancholy that was irresistible to the ladies. 59. Who is waken up from his "summer dreams" ? A) The Mediterranean Sea. B) The leaves. C) The Atlantic Ocean. D) The sleeping seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Mediterranean Sea. 60. Why did the Romanticism originated? A) In opposition to the disciplined scientific inquiry of the Enlightenment era. B) In opposition to the Baroque and its rigid estructure. C) In opposition to Surrealism and the creativity. D) None of above. 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