95 + Mcqs in English Romantic Poetry in English Literature McqOptions

1.	The “Reign of Terror” refers to_________________?
A.	France’s war with a foreign nation
B.	The mass execution of enemies of the revolution
C.	Napoleon’s rise to power
D.	The death of the king of France
Answer» C. Napoleon’s rise to power

Discussion

2.	The primary subject of “Ode to Psyche” is ___________________?
A.	The possibility of sudden death
B.	The expansion of consciousness
C.	The relationship between art and humanity
D.	The death of Byron
Answer» C. The relationship between art and humanity

Discussion

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
Answer» C. An examination of the city’s past

Discussion

4.	The main thematic focus of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is ____________________?
A.	The nature of death
B.	The French Revolution
C.	The relationship between truth and beauty
D.	The author’s childhood experience
Answer» D. The author’s childhood experience

Discussion

5.	The lines “The loveliest and the lastThe bloom, whose petals nipped before they blewDied on the promise of the fruit” are from a poem honoring________________?
A.	Percy Shelley
B.	John Keats
C.	Lord Byron
D.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer» C. Lord Byron

Discussion

6.	The line “It is an honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind” appears in which essay ?
A.	“A Defense of Poetry”
B.	“The Rights of Man”
C.	“Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads”
D.	“An Essay on Dramatic Poetry”
Answer» D. “An Essay on Dramatic Poetry”

Discussion

7.	The line “fools are my theme, let satire be my song” demonstrates a sentiment that would likely appear in a poem by_________________?
A.	William Wordsworth
B.	Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C.	William Blake
D.	Lord Byron
Answer» E.

Discussion

8.	The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as ______________?
A.	Dramatic and dark
B.	Ironic and satirical
C.	Strange and haunting
D.	Humorless and stark
Answer» C. Strange and haunting

Discussion

9.	The French Revolution had a tremendous impact on which of the following aspects of British life ?
A.	Politics
B.	Literature
C.	Relations with France
D.	All of the above
Answer» E.

Discussion

10.	The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?
A.	The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.
B.	The little girl is insane or delusional
C.	The little girl’s siblings have not died
D.	The little girl herself is dead
Answer» B. The little girl is insane or delusional

Discussion

11.	The dedication of Byron’s “Don Juan” can be best described as ________________?
A.	Sincere and heartfelt
B.	Mocking and satirical
C.	Mournful and dark
D.	Polemic and dry
Answer» C. Mournful and dark

Discussion

12.	Referring to poets as “unacknowledged legislators of the world” suggests that_____________?
A.	Most Romantic poets were politicians
B.	Poets have no actual effect upon the world
C.	Poets actually help the world grow and develop
D.	Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry
Answer» D. Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry

Discussion

13.	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
Answer» B. A peaceful force

Discussion

14.	Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet with _________________?
A.	No sense of reality
B.	A desire to make the world into a better place
C.	A dark and twisted outlook on the world
D.	A strong dislike of women
Answer» C. A dark and twisted outlook on the world

Discussion

15.	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
Answer» B. Shelley’s sexuality

Discussion

16.	Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?
A.	Not an atheist
B.	In love with Lord Byron
C.	Suicidal
D.	Fiercely anti-war
Answer» E.

Discussion

17.	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
Answer» C. John Keats and William Blake

Discussion

18.	One of the central themes of Wordsworth’s “Peter Bell” is _________________?
A.	How nature can render someone good
B.	How nature can corrupt someone
C.	Eternal youth
D.	A dark voyage into madness
Answer» B. How nature can corrupt someone

Discussion

19.	“Ode to a Nightingale” focuses on ______________?
A.	How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever
B.	The fall of man into sin
C.	The futility of artistic creation
D.	The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution
Answer» B. The fall of man into sin

Discussion

20.	Napoleon’s decision to__________________can be understood as representative of the French Revolutionary spirit because this decision served to radically reposition France in contemporary European political affairs ?
A.	Engage in the Napoleonic Wars
B.	Change all aspects of French law
C.	Involve himself directly in affairs in the United States
D.	Offer landmark political writings calling for peace with other European nations
Answer» B. Change all aspects of French law

Discussion

21.	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
Answer» B. Disinterest and disregard

Discussion

22.	“Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey” explores ________________?
A.	The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time
B.	The failures of Romanticism
C.	The beauty of the natural world
D.	Coleridge’s addiction to drugs
Answer» B. The failures of Romanticism

Discussion

23.	Keats was most famous for__________________?
A.	His odes
B.	His wild lifestyle
C.	His popularity with readers
D.	His extensive writings
Answer» B. His wild lifestyle

Discussion

24.	John Keats would probably NOT have written a poem celebrating _______________?
A.	The beauty of the natural world
B.	The pains of love
C.	Political and philosophical conservatism
D.	The nature of artistic creation
Answer» D. The nature of artistic creation

Discussion

25.	John Keats died from________________?
A.	Influenza
B.	Tuberculosis
C.	Fever
D.	Suicide
Answer» C. Fever

Discussion

26.	In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” who is the “he” referred to in the lines “A sadder and a wiser manHe rose the morrow morn.” ?
A.	Life-in-Death
B.	The Ancient Mariner
C.	The Wedding Guest
D.	The ship’s captain
Answer» D. The ship’s captain

Discussion

27.	In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” what kind of animal does the Mariner kill ?
A.	A hawk
B.	A nightingale
C.	A dove
D.	An albatross
Answer» E.

Discussion

28.	In “Of Poetry in General,”William Hazlitt contends that good poetry comes from ____________?
A.	The intellect
B.	The author’s personal pain
C.	Strong feeling
D.	Rewriting Homer
Answer» D. Rewriting Homer

Discussion

29.	In “Mont Blanc,” Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?
A.	Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile
B.	Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth
C.	Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness
D.	Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death
Answer» C. Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness

Discussion

30.	In her essay “Wordsworth Balladry: Real Men Wanted,” Elizabeth Fey argues that the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon _______________?
A.	Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion
B.	Violence
C.	Nature
D.	Death and disease
Answer» B. Violence

Discussion

31.	In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ____________________?
A.	Write stories
B.	Resist understanding poetry
C.	Reproduce rhythm and order
D.	Strive to express love
Answer» D. Strive to express love

Discussion

32.	Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as “a sort of poet-king Arthur” ?
A.	William Wordsworth
B.	William Blake
C.	Lord Byron
D.	Percy Shelley
Answer» B. William Blake

Discussion

33.	Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the French Revolution” ______________?
A.	Celebrates the French Revolution
B.	Encourages the United States to Support the French Revolution
C.	Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution
D.	Champions Napoleon’s political vision
Answer» D. Champions Napoleon’s political vision

Discussion

34.	During the 19th century, the term “middle class” described people who were______________?
A.	Workers
B.	Aristocrats
C.	Between workers and aristocrats
D.	Land owners only
Answer» D. Land owners only

Discussion

35.	Duncan Wu rejects the assertion that Wordsworth’s Lucy poems were primarily about ______________?
A.	Death
B.	Perception
C.	Exhaustion
D.	Love
Answer» E.

Discussion

36.	Duncan Wu discusses the presentation of “spots of time” in the poetry of______________?
A.	William Wordsworth
B.	William Blake
C.	Percy Shelley
D.	Lord Byron
Answer» B. William Blake

Discussion

37.	Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?
A.	Shelley himself dismissed the poem
B.	The poem was incomplete
C.	Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
D.	Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it
Answer» E.

Discussion

38.	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
Answer» D. Change sexual morals

Discussion

39.	“Don Juan” and “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” are broken into sections called______________?
A.	Cantos
B.	Stanzas
C.	Lines
D.	Chapters
Answer» B. Stanzas

Discussion

40.	Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner could be said to be suffering from an overwhelming feeling of ___________?
A.	Guilt
B.	Disbelief
C.	Hatred
D.	Love
Answer» B. Disbelief

Discussion

41.	According to the essay “A Defense of Poetry,” which of the following is one of the two “classes of mental action” ?
A.	Reason
B.	Fear
C.	Illogic
D.	Indifference
Answer» B. Fear

Discussion

42.	According to Laura Smith, that which “affect[s] the human mind with a sense of overwhelming grandeur or irresistible power; calculated to inspire awe, deep reverence, or loft emotion, by reason of its beauty, vastness, or grandeur” is known as the______________?
A.	Beautiful
B.	Sublime
C.	Terrifying
D.	Romantic
Answer» C. Terrifying

Discussion

43.	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
Answer» C. William Wordsworth

Discussion

44.	A Romantic poet would be LEAST likely to celebrate __________________?
A.	The imagination
B.	Love
C.	The natural world
D.	Rationality
Answer» E.

Discussion

45.	A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?
A.	Passionate love
B.	Emotional restraint
C.	Revolution against tyranny
D.	Communion with the natural world
Answer» C. Revolution against tyranny

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Testing Subject.

The “Reign of Terror” refers to_________________?

The primary subject of “Ode to Psyche” is ___________________?

The poem “London” can be best understood as ______________?

The main thematic focus of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is ____________________?

The lines “The loveliest and the lastThe bloom, whose petals nipped before they blewDied on the promise of the fruit” are from a poem honoring________________?

The line “It is an honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind” appears in which essay ?

The line “fools are my theme, let satire be my song” demonstrates a sentiment that would likely appear in a poem by_________________?

The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as ______________?

The French Revolution had a tremendous impact on which of the following aspects of British life ?

The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?

The dedication of Byron’s “Don Juan” can be best described as ________________?

Referring to poets as “unacknowledged legislators of the world” suggests that_____________?

Percy Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” presents nature as ________________?

Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet with _________________?

Paul O’Brien contends that _____________make(s) Shelley a “radical.”?

Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?

Paul O’Brien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that _____________did?

One of the central themes of Wordsworth’s “Peter Bell” is _________________?

“Ode to a Nightingale” focuses on ______________?

Napoleon’s decision to__________________can be understood as representative of the French Revolutionary spirit because this decision served to radically reposition France in contemporary European political affairs ?

Many romantic poets regarded the natural world with a feeling of ________________?

“Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey” explores ________________?

Keats was most famous for__________________?

John Keats would probably NOT have written a poem celebrating _______________?

John Keats died from________________?

In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” who is the “he” referred to in the lines “A sadder and a wiser manHe rose the morrow morn.” ?

In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” what kind of animal does the Mariner kill ?

In “Of Poetry in General,”William Hazlitt contends that good poetry comes from ____________?

In “Mont Blanc,” Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?

In her essay “Wordsworth Balladry: Real Men Wanted,” Elizabeth Fey argues that the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon _______________?

In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ____________________?

Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as “a sort of poet-king Arthur” ?

Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the French Revolution” ______________?

During the 19th century, the term “middle class” described people who were______________?

Duncan Wu rejects the assertion that Wordsworth’s Lucy poems were primarily about ______________?

Duncan Wu discusses the presentation of “spots of time” in the poetry of______________?

Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?

Dr. Samuel Gladden believes Shelley’s agenda was to _____________?

“Don Juan” and “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” are broken into sections called______________?

Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner could be said to be suffering from an overwhelming feeling of ___________?

According to the essay “A Defense of Poetry,” which of the following is one of the two “classes of mental action” ?

According to Laura Smith, that which “affect[s] the human mind with a sense of overwhelming grandeur or irresistible power; calculated to inspire awe, deep reverence, or loft emotion, by reason of its beauty, vastness, or grandeur” is known as the______________?

A tortured, dark-spirited, wry, and intellectual protagonist would most likely be found in a poem by______________?

A Romantic poet would be LEAST likely to celebrate __________________?

A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?