English Romantic Poetry Mcqs
Q.1: In Rime of the Ancient Mariner, who is the he referred to in the lines A sadder and a wiser man\He rose the morrow morn. ?
A. Life-in-Death
B. The Ancient Mariner
C. The Wedding Guest
D. The ships captain
Q.2: Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem and illustrations to accompany it ?U
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Shelley
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. William Blake
Q.3: Many romantic poets regarded the natural world with a feeling of ________________?R
A. Awe and fascination
B. Disinterest and disregard
C. Resentment and disrespect
D. Fear and horror
Q.4: Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ?V
A. Percy Shelley
B. John Keats
C. William Wordsworth
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Q.5: Who referred to poets as the unacknowledged legislators of the world ?L
A. Lord Byron
B. William Blake
C. William Hazlitt
D. Percy Shelley
Q.6: Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as a sort of poet-king Arthur ?H
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Blake
C. Lord Byron
D. Percy Shelley
Q.7: Which poet would most likely express an adherence to atheism in his writing ?M
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Blake
C. John Keats
D. Percy Shelley
Q.8: The Romantic period is generally thought to have occurred between ________________?S
A. 1800 1900
B. 1805 1827
C. 1798 1832
D. 1785 1825
Q.9: One of the central themes of Wordsworths Peter Bell is _________________?R
A. How nature can render someone good"
B. How nature can corrupt someone
C. Eternal youth
D. A dark voyage into madness
Q.10: Which of the following poets would be least likely to explore the meaning of beauty or imagination in a poem ?n
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Shelley
C. John Keats
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge