This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Poetry > Romantic Poetry – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romantic Poetry Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which poem includes a reference to the Thames river? A) 'London'. B) 'Ozymandias'. C) 'The Prelude'. D) 'My Last Duchess'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'London'. 2. Why is the knight in "La Belle Dame sans Merci" so pale and ill? A) The woman he met has physically injured him with a sword. B) The other kings and princes have taken the lady away from him. C) He has been emotionally enslaved by the woman. D) He has missed the harvest season and has no place to live. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has been emotionally enslaved by the woman. 3. What is caesura? A) No regular rhyme/ rhythm in a poem. B) A break in the middle of a line-usually using ;, -. C) A group of set lines within a poem. D) A line or group of lines that regularly repeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A break in the middle of a line-usually using ;, -. 4. What figurative language was being used by the author as the persona in the poem talked to death? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. American Romantic novelists were particularly inspired by all of the following EXCEPT A) Individuality. B) Exotic settings and supernatural events. C) Childlike innocence. D) Exploration of logical function of the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exploration of logical function of the brain. 6. What does Keats write about in his third stanza?'lambs bleat'; 'crickets sing' A) The sounds of autumn. B) The fruits on the trees. C) The smell of poppies. D) The daffodils dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sounds of autumn. 7. Who said that Shakespeare always keeps to the high road of life? A) Coleridge. B) Dryden. C) Arnold. D) Bradley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coleridge. 8. What is, 'Having a teenager as a Prime Minister is a terrible idea.' An example of? A) Statistic. B) Opinion. C) Rhetorical question. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 9. In "The Chimney Sweeper, " where does Tom Dacre dream the various chimney sweepers are kept? A) In a grand palace. B) In their master's basement. C) In a fine hotel. D) In black coffins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In black coffins. 10. Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein'? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. In "The World is Too Much with Us" what accounts for people being "out of tune" ? A) Disregard for others. B) Over involvement with religion. C) Over involvement with economic aspects of life. D) Over crowded conditions of urban life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over involvement with economic aspects of life. 12. These poets died young, far from home, far from their land. (sinful life) A) Both. B) The first generation of romantic poets. C) The second generation of romantic poets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The second generation of romantic poets. 13. Wordsworth was a Romantic poet A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. The final sestet of a sonnet often offers a solution to the problem introduced in the octave. What is Wordsworth's rather radical solution to the increasingly consumerist society in 'The World is Too Much With Us'? A) That all the factories in the Industrial Revolution can be burnt down. B) Wishing to be a pagan so that people in society would worship and admire him. C) Wishing to be a pagan so he can believe in ancient gods and receive spiritual solace in nature. D) He wishes to show his chest to the moon in a physical embrace of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wishing to be a pagan so he can believe in ancient gods and receive spiritual solace in nature. 15. The Enlightenment was a period of time that centred around the idea that ..... was the most important value. A) Music and laughter. B) Singing and dancing. C) Logic and reason. D) Poetry and reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logic and reason. 16. What does the speaker in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" NOT mention? (a) A) A The hardships of life in the country. B) Young boys dancing for his love. C) The pleasures and simplicity of life. D) Luxurious clothing made for his love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A The hardships of life in the country. 17. Referring to a work of art without naming it directly is ..... A) An illusion. B) An allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An allusion. 18. In the line 'It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be', Wordsworth uses ..... to disrupt the rhythm, thus emphasising his passion. A) Cutting. B) Enjambment. C) Asyndetic listing. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 19. Lyrical Ballads got published in which year? A) 1797. B) 1798. C) 1789. D) 1799. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1798. 20. What mood does Wordsworth create in the poem? A) Angry. B) Worried. C) Peaceful. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peaceful. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesRomantic Poetry Quiz 1Romantic Poetry Quiz 2Romantic Poetry Quiz 3Romantic Poetry Quiz 4Romantic Poetry Quiz 5Romantic Poetry Quiz 6Romantic Poetry Quiz 7Romantic Poetry Quiz 8Romantic Poetry Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books