English Romantic Poetry Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which event marked the defeat of Napoleon?

Correct Answer: B) The battle at Waterloo.

2. With whom did John Keats have a love affair?

Correct Answer: A) Fanny Brawne.

3. Which poet would be most likely to write a poem reflecting upon the psychological changes he has undergone since his youth?

Correct Answer: D) William Wordsworth.

4. "Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey" explores .....

Correct Answer: A) The way in which one's psychological state changes over time.

5. Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as "a sort of poet-king Arthur" ?

Correct Answer: A) William Wordsworth.

6. Who referred to poets as "the unacknowledged legislators of the world" ?

Correct Answer: D) Percy Shelley.

7. Which of the following was responsible for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's mental decline?

Correct Answer: A) His addiction to opium.

8. Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend?

Correct Answer: A) Lord Byron.

9. Thomas Paine's "The Rights of Man" argues that .....

Correct Answer: C) Revolution is proper when a government does not take care of its people.

10. According to the essay "A Defense of Poetry, " which of the following is one of the two "classes of mental action" ?

Correct Answer: A) Reason.

11. William Blake's "Little Black Boy" advocates for .....

Correct Answer: B) The equality of all people.

12. Which poem by Wordsworth examines writer's block?

Correct Answer: A) "The Prelude".

13. Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet with .....

Correct Answer: B) A desire to make the world into a better place.

14. Shelley's "Ode to Psyche" is narrated by:

Correct Answer: C) The author of the poem.

15. In her essay "Wordsworth Balladry: Real Men Wanted, " Elizabeth Fey argues that the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon .....

Correct Answer: A) Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion.

16. Which poet would be most likely to write about his time in revolutionary France?

Correct Answer: A) William Wordsworth.

17. Referring to poets as "unacknowledged legislators of the world" suggests that:

Correct Answer: C) Poets actually help the world grow and develop.

18. The "Reign of Terror" refers to:

Correct Answer: B) The mass execution of enemies of the revolution.

19. Which poet defines poetry as "the expression of the imagination" ?

Correct Answer: C) Percy Shelley.

20. Which of the following is NOT a common attribute of Byronic heroes?

Correct Answer: C) Good spirits.