English Romantic Poetry MCQs

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Blake

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Engage in the Napoleonic Wars

Option B: Change all aspects of French law

Option C: Involve himself directly in affairs in the United States

Option D: Offer landmark political writings calling for peace with other European nations

Correct Answer: Engage in the Napoleonic Wars ✔

Option A: John Clare’s “To Elia”

Option B: Wordsworth “Peter Bell”

Option C: Byron’s “Don Juan”

Option D: Coleridge’s “Kubla Kahn”

Correct Answer: John Clare’s “To Elia” ✔

Option A: “The Prelude”

Option B: “Don Juan”

Option C: “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”

Option D: “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

Correct Answer: “The Prelude” ✔

Option A: How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever

Option B: The fall of man into sin

Option C: The futility of artistic creation

Option D: The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution

Correct Answer: How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever ✔

Option A: Use of common, everyday language

Option B: Engagement with the natural world

Option C: Mockery of political figures

Option D: Psychological insight

Correct Answer: Mockery of political figures ✔

Option A: Passionate love

Option B: Emotional restraint

Option C: Revolution against tyranny

Option D: Communion with the natural world

Correct Answer: Emotional restraint ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: William Blake

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: Beauty can be understood only through metaphysics

Option B: Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful

Option C: Beauty is missing from the world

Option D: The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

Correct Answer: The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt ✔

Option A: Kings and queens

Option B: Poets and artists

Option C: Dictators and Tyrants

Option D: All people equally

Correct Answer: Poets and artists ✔

Option A: “Lyrical Ballads”

Option B: “The Prelude”

Option C: “We Are Seven”

Option D: “Lines Written in Early Spring”

Correct Answer: “The Prelude” ✔

Option A: Guilt

Option B: Disbelief

Option C: Hatred

Option D: Love

Correct Answer: Guilt ✔

Option A: The sublime

Option B: Death

Option C: Childhood

Option D: A lost lover

Correct Answer: The sublime ✔

Option A: The intellect

Option B: The author’s personal pain

Option C: Strong feeling

Option D: Rewriting Homer

Correct Answer: Strong feeling ✔

Option A: The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time

Option B: The failures of Romanticism

Option C: The beauty of the natural world

Option D: Coleridge’s addiction to drugs

Correct Answer: The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Dorothy Wordsworth

Option C: The Wedding Guest

Option D: Life-in-Death

Correct Answer: The Wedding Guest ✔

Option A: Dramatic and dark

Option B: Ironic and satirical

Option C: Strange and haunting

Option D: Humorless and stark

Correct Answer: Ironic and satirical ✔

Option A: Shelley’s political beliefs

Option B: Shelley’s sexuality

Option C: Shelley’s love of Shakespeare

Option D: Shelley’s relationship with Byron

Correct Answer: Shelley’s political beliefs ✔

Option A: Percy Shelley

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Hazlitt ✔

Option A: “The Prelude”

Option B: “We Are Seven”

Option C: “Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey”

Option D: “Lines Written in Early Spring”

Correct Answer: “The Prelude” ✔

Option A: His addiction to opium

Option B: His experiences during the French Revolution

Option C: The end of his friendship with Wordsworth

Option D: His physical battle with gout

Correct Answer: His addiction to opium ✔

Option A: Celebrates the French Revolution

Option B: Encourages the United States to Support the French Revolution

Option C: Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution

Option D: Champions Napoleon’s political vision

Correct Answer: Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution ✔

Option A: A powerful, sublime force

Option B: A peaceful force

Option C: Depressing and miserable

Option D: Controlled by gods

Correct Answer: A powerful, sublime force ✔

Option A: Influenza

Option B: Tuberculosis

Option C: Fever

Option D: Suicide

Correct Answer: Tuberculosis ✔

Option A: The imagination

Option B: Love

Option C: The natural world

Option D: Rationality

Correct Answer: Rationality ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: John Keats

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: Sincere and heartfelt

Option B: Mocking and satirical

Option C: Mournful and dark

Option D: Polemic and dry

Correct Answer: Mocking and satirical ✔

Option A: Celebration of the imagination

Option B: Engagement with nature

Option C: The use of symbolism

Option D: The use of allegory

Correct Answer: The use of allegory ✔

Option A: Fanny Brawne

Option B: Dorothy Wordsworth

Option C: Mary Shelley

Option D: Mary Keats

Correct Answer: Fanny Brawne ✔

Option A: Lord Byron and John Clare

Option B: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: John Keats and William Blake

Option D: Lord Byron and William Blake

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Blake

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Arrogance

Option B: Nihilism

Option C: Good spirits

Option D: Dark humor

Correct Answer: Good spirits ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option C: William Blake

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Percy Shelley

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: John Keats ✔

Option A: France’s war with a foreign nation

Option B: The mass execution of enemies of the revolution

Option C: Napoleon’s rise to power

Option D: The death of the king of France

Correct Answer: The mass execution of enemies of the revolution ✔

Option A: The passion between a husband and wife

Option B: The loss of innocence

Option C: The horrors of the French Revolution

Option D: How poets can bring about political revolution

Correct Answer: How poets can bring about political revolution ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: William Blake?

Correct Answer: William Blake? ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Blake

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: The essay

Option B: Satire

Option C: Blank verse poetry

Option D: The rhymed couplet

Correct Answer: Blank verse poetry ✔

Option A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option B: Edmund Burke

Option C: William Godwin

Option D: John Locke

Correct Answer: William Godwin ✔

Option A: Death

Option B: Perception

Option C: Exhaustion

Option D: Love

Correct Answer: Love ✔

Option A: The abolition of slavery

Option B: The equality of all people

Option C: The innate brilliance of children

Option D: The beauty of common language

Correct Answer: The equality of all people ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: William Wordsworth

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Not an atheist

Option B: In love with Lord Byron

Option C: Suicidal

Option D: Fiercely anti-war

Correct Answer: Fiercely anti-war ✔

Option A: An expression of love for common man.

Option B: Mockery toward William Wordsworth.

Option C: An expression of doubt and angst.

Option D: Dark humor.

Correct Answer: An expression of love for common man. ✔

Option A: Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion

Option B: Violence

Option C: Nature

Option D: Death and disease

Correct Answer: Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion ✔

Option A: Superman

Option B: Dr. House

Option C: Luke Skywalker

Option D: Yoda

Correct Answer: Dr. House ✔

Option A: Most Romantic poets were politicians

Option B: Poets have no actual effect upon the world

Option C: Poets actually help the world grow and develop

Option D: Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry

Correct Answer: Poets actually help the world grow and develop ✔

Option A: The French Revolution

Option B: Man’s relationship to nature

Option C: The experience of common people

Option D: A celebration of the aristocratic

Correct Answer: A celebration of the aristocratic ✔

Option A: Politics

Option B: Literature

Option C: Relations with France

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: A celebration of the city’s beauty

Option B: A protest against social inequality

Option C: An examination of the city’s past

Option D: An attack on William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: A protest against social inequality ✔

Option A: Thomas Paine

Option B: James Mackintosh

Option C: Edmund Burke

Option D: John Locke

Correct Answer: Thomas Paine ✔

Option A: Workers

Option B: Aristocrats

Option C: Between workers and aristocrats

Option D: Land owners only

Correct Answer: Between workers and aristocrats ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Shelley himself dismissed the poem

Option B: The poem was incomplete

Option C: Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it

Option D: Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it

Correct Answer: Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it ✔

Option A: The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.

Option B: The little girl is insane or delusional

Option C: The little girl’s siblings have not died

Option D: The little girl herself is dead

Correct Answer: The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life. ✔

Option A: The rise of King William

Option B: The execution of King Louis XVI

Option C: The ruling of Bonaparte

Option D: The madness of King George

Correct Answer: The execution of King Louis XVI ✔

Option A: Revolution is inhumane

Option B: Revolution never succeeds

Option C: Revolution is proper when a government does not take care of its people

Option D: Every government should be revolted against

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

Option A: The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world

Option B: The fall of Satan

Option C: The life of Blake

Option D: The history of London

Correct Answer: The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: William Hazlitt

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: A hawk

Option B: A nightingale

Option C: A dove

Option D: An albatross

Correct Answer: An albatross ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: No sense of reality

Option B: A desire to make the world into a better place

Option C: A dark and twisted outlook on the world

Option D: A strong dislike of women

Correct Answer: A desire to make the world into a better place ✔

Option A: Write stories

Option B: Resist understanding poetry

Option C: Reproduce rhythm and order

Option D: Strive to express love

Correct Answer: Reproduce rhythm and order ✔

Option A: The popularity of Romantic poetry

Option B: The European economy shifting into a global economy

Option C: The population increase in Europe

Option D: Europe’s shift into being a manufacturing economy

Correct Answer: The popularity of Romantic poetry ✔

Option A: His odes

Option B: His wild lifestyle

Option C: His popularity with readers

Option D: His extensive writings

Correct Answer: His odes ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Bob Southey

Option C: Don Juan

Option D: A nameless narrator

Correct Answer: A nameless narrator ✔

Option A: Reason

Option B: Fear

Option C: Illogic

Option D: Indifference

Correct Answer: Reason ✔

Option A: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option B: John Keats

Option C: William Blake

Option D: Lord Byron

Correct Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge ✔

Option A: The plight of common, ordinary people

Option B: A celebration of the medieval

Option C: A satirical representation of current events

Option D: A warm remembrance of childish idealism

Correct Answer: A satirical representation of current events ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: John Keats

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Wordsworth

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: “A Defense of Poetry”

Option B: “The Rights of Man”

Option C: “Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads”

Option D: “An Essay on Dramatic Poetry”

Correct Answer: “Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads” ✔

Option A: The possibility of sudden death

Option B: The expansion of consciousness

Option C: The relationship between art and humanity

Option D: The death of Byron

Correct Answer: The expansion of consciousness ✔

Option A: Beautiful

Option B: Sublime

Option C: Terrifying

Option D: Romantic

Correct Answer: Sublime ✔

Option A: Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile

Option B: Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth

Option C: Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness

Option D: Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death

Correct Answer: Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: Lord Byron

Option C: Percy Shelley

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: John Keats

Option B: William Blake

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: The beauty of the natural world

Option B: The pains of love

Option C: Political and philosophical conservatism

Option D: The nature of artistic creation

Correct Answer: Political and philosophical conservatism ✔

Option A: Revolutionize France

Option B: Expose the nature of reality

Option C: Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities

Option D: Change sexual morals

Correct Answer: Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities ✔

Option A: Cantos

Option B: Stanzas

Option C: Lines

Option D: Chapters

Correct Answer: Cantos ✔

Option A: Psyche

Option B: Cupid

Option C: The author of the poem

Option D: Shelley’s childhood self

Correct Answer: The author of the poem ✔

Option A: Optimism

Option B: A sense of man being imperfect

Option C: Order and reason

Option D: A belief that art is primarily intellectual

Correct Answer: Optimism ✔

Option A: The execution of the King of France

Option B: The battle at Waterloo

Option C: The Reign of Terror

Option D: Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of France

Correct Answer: The battle at Waterloo ✔

Option A: “Truth is beauty … ”

Option B: “Truth is stranger than fiction …”

Option C: “Familure acts are beautiful through love …”

Option D: “A little learning is a dangerous thing…”

Correct Answer: D. “A little learning is a dangerous thing…” ✔

Option A: The nature of death

Option B: The French Revolution

Option C: The relationship between truth and beauty

Option D: The author’s childhood experience

Correct Answer: The relationship between truth and beauty ✔

Option A: Engagement with the natural world

Option B: Rationality

Option C: Emotional restraint

Option D: Political conservatism

Correct Answer: Engagement with the natural world ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: John Keats

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: Lord Byron ✔

Option A: How nature can render someone good

Option B: How nature can corrupt someone

Option C: Eternal youth

Option D: A dark voyage into madness

Correct Answer: How nature can render someone good ✔

Option A: 1800 – 1900

Option B: 1805 – 1827

Option C: 1798 – 1832

Option D: 1785 – 1825

Correct Answer: C. 1798 – 1832 ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Blake

Option C: John Keats

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: William Wordsworth

Option B: William Blake

Option C: Lord Byron

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: William Blake

Option C: William Hazlitt

Option D: Percy Shelley

Correct Answer: Percy Shelley ✔

Option A: Percy Shelley

Option B: John Keats

Option C: William Wordsworth

Option D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Awe and fascination

Option B: Disinterest and disregard

Option C: Resentment and disrespect

Option D: Fear and horror

Correct Answer: Awe and fascination ✔

Option A: Lord Byron

Option B: Percy Shelley

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Blake

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Life-in-Death

Option B: The Ancient Mariner

Option C: The Wedding Guest

Option D: The ship’s captain

Correct Answer: The Wedding Guest ✔