This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Romanticism > English Romantic Poetry – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Romantic Poetry Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the narrator of "Don Juan" ? A) Lord Byron. B) Bob Southey. C) Don Juan. D) A nameless narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A nameless narrator. 2. Dr. Samuel Gladden believes Shelley's agenda was to ..... A) Revolutionize France. B) Expose the nature of reality. C) Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities. D) Change sexual morals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities. 3. The poem "London" can be best understood as ..... A) A celebration of the city's beauty. B) A protest against social inequality. C) An examination of the city's past. D) An attack on William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A protest against social inequality. 4. William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" explores ..... A) The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world. B) The fall of Satan. C) The life of Blake. D) The history of London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world. 5. A tortured, dark-spirited, wry, and intellectual protagonist would most likely be found in a poem by ..... A) William Blake. B) Lord Byron. C) William Wordsworth. D) John Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Byron. 6. Many romantic poets regarded the natural world with a feeling of ..... A) Awe and fascination. B) Disinterest and disregard. C) Resentment and disrespect. D) Fear and horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awe and fascination. 7. Which of the following poets would be least likely to explore the meaning of beauty or imagination in a poem? A) Lord Byron. B) Percy Shelley. C) John Keats. D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Byron. 8. Paul O'Brien contends that ..... make(s) Shelley a "radical." A) Shelley's political beliefs. B) Shelley's sexuality. C) Shelley's love of Shakespeare. D) Shelley's relationship with Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shelley's political beliefs. 9. Which of the following would a neoclassical poet be most likely to use as a central theme in his or her poetry? A) The plight of common, ordinary people. B) A celebration of the medieval. C) A satirical representation of current events. D) A warm remembrance of childish idealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A satirical representation of current events. 10. Which of the following concepts are NOT elements of neo-classicism? A) Optimism. B) A sense of man being imperfect. C) Order and reason. D) A belief that art is primarily intellectual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optimism. 11. Which of the following would probably NOT occur in a William Wordsworth poem? A) Use of common, everyday language. B) Engagement with the natural world. C) Mockery of political figures. D) Psychological insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mockery of political figures. 12. Which of the following was a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry? A) Engagement with the natural world. B) Rationality. C) Emotional restraint. D) Political conservatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Engagement with the natural world. 13. Duncan Wu rejects the assertion that Wordsworth's Lucy poems were primarily about ..... A) Death. B) Perception. C) Exhaustion. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love. 14. Shelley's poem "Mont Blanc" can be best said to depict an encounter with: A) The sublime. B) Death. C) Childhood. D) A lost lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sublime. 15. Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul O'Brien's essay "Prophet of the Revolution" ? A) Lord Byron. B) Percy Shelley. C) William Blake. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Percy Shelley. 16. Which Romantic poet was famous for being "mad, bad and dangerous to know" ? A) Lord Byron. B) Percy Shelley. C) John Keats. D) William Blake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Byron. 17. Which of the following Romantic poets would have been most likely to write a poem celebrating the innocence of childhood? A) Lord Byron. B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. C) William Blake. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Blake. 18. Which long Romantic poem opens with the line "oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze" ? A) "The Prelude". B) "Don Juan". C) "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage". D) "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Prelude". 19. Percy Shelley's poem "Mont Blanc" presents nature as ..... A) A powerful, sublime force. B) A peaceful force. C) Depressing and miserable. D) Controlled by gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A powerful, sublime force. 20. Paul O'Brien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that ..... did. A) Lord Byron and John Clare. B) William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. C) John Keats and William Blake. D) Lord Byron and William Blake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Romantic Poetry Quiz 1English Romantic Poetry Quiz 3English Romantic Poetry Quiz 4English Romantic Poetry Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books