Romantic Poetry Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which poem includes a reference to the Thames river?
2. Why is the knight in "La Belle Dame sans Merci" so pale and ill?
3. What is caesura?
4. What figurative language was being used by the author as the persona in the poem talked to death?
5. American Romantic novelists were particularly inspired by all of the following EXCEPT
6. What does Keats write about in his third stanza?'lambs bleat'; 'crickets sing'
7. Who said that Shakespeare always keeps to the high road of life?
8. What is, 'Having a teenager as a Prime Minister is a terrible idea.' An example of?
9. In "The Chimney Sweeper, " where does Tom Dacre dream the various chimney sweepers are kept?
10. Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein'?
11. In "The World is Too Much with Us" what accounts for people being "out of tune" ?
12. These poets died young, far from home, far from their land. (sinful life)
13. Wordsworth was a Romantic poet
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'?
15. The Enlightenment was a period of time that centred around the idea that ..... was the most important value.
16. What does the speaker in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" NOT mention? (a)
17. Referring to a work of art without naming it directly is .....
18. In the line 'It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be', Wordsworth uses ..... to disrupt the rhythm, thus emphasising his passion.
19. Lyrical Ballads got published in which year?
20. What mood does Wordsworth create in the poem?