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english romantic poetry Mcqs
1. Keats was most famous for__________________?
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A. His extensive writings

B. His odes

C. His wild lifestyle

D. His popularity with readers

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

B. Nature

C. Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion

D. Death and disease

3. Which of the following would probably NOT be the topic of a Romantic poem ?
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A. The French Revolution

B. Mans relationship to nature

C. The experience of common people

D. A celebration of the aristocratic
4. Which Romantic poet would be most likely to feature a main character or narrator in a poem who is heroic, tortured, cynical, highly emotional, and intelligent ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. William Blake

5. With whom did John Keats have a love affair ?
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A. Mary Keats

B. Mary Shelley

C. Fanny Brawne

D. Dorothy Wordsworth

6. Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul OBriens essay Prophet of the Revolution ?
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A. William Blake

B. William Wordsworth

C. Lord Byron

D. Percy Shelley
7. Which of the following was NOT a primary cause of the Industrial Revolution ?
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A. The population increase in Europe

B. The European economy shifting into a global economy

C. Europes shift into being a manufacturing economy

D. The popularity of Romantic poetry
8. Ode to a Nightingale focuses on ______________?
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A. The futility of artistic creation

B. The fall of man into sin

C. How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever

D. The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution

9. Which action served to ignite the French Revolution ?
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A. The execution of King Louis XVI

B. The rise of King William

C. The madness of King George

D. The ruling of Bonaparte

10. 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 ?
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A. An Essay on Dramatic Poetry

B. Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads

C. The Rights of Man

D. A Defense of Poetry

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

B. Illogic

C. Indifference

D. Reason
12. In Rime of the Ancient Mariner, what kind of animal does the Mariner kill ?
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A. A dove

B. A nightingale

C. A hawk

D. An albatross
13. Which poet would be most likely to write a poem reflecting upon the psychological changes he has undergone since his youth ?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Keats

D. William Blake

14. Percy Shelleys poem Mont Blanc presents nature as ________________?
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A. Depressing and miserable

B. Controlled by gods

C. A peaceful force

D. A powerful, sublime force
15. Which of the following was a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry ?
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A. Engagement with the natural world

B. Political conservatism

C. Rationality

D. Emotional restraint

16. In A Defense of Poetry, Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ____________________?
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A. Strive to express love

B. Reproduce rhythm and order

C. Resist understanding poetry

D. Write stories

17. Which poem is considered Wordsworths magnum opus ?
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A. Lyrical Ballads

B. The Prelude

C. Lines Written in Early Spring

D. We Are Seven

18. In Mont Blanc, Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?
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A. Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile

B. Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness

C. Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death

D. Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth
19. A Romantic poet would be LEAST likely to celebrate __________________?
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A. The imagination

B. Rationality

C. The natural world

D. Love

20. Which event marked the defeat of Napoleon ?
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A. The Reign of Terror

B. The execution of the King of France

C. The battle at Waterloo

D. Napoleons coronation as Emperor of France

21. The Romantic period is generally thought to have occurred between ________________?
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A. 1798 1832

B. 1805 1827

C. 1785 1825

D. 1800 1900

22. Which of the following would probably NOT occur in a William Wordsworth poem ?
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A. Mockery of political figures

B. Engagement with the natural world

C. Use of common, everyday language

D. Psychological insight

23. Don Juan and Childe Harolds Pilgrimage are broken into sections called______________?
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A. Lines

B. Stanzas

C. Chapters

D. Cantos
24. Which of the following concepts are NOT elements of neo-classicism ?
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A. A sense of man being imperfect

B. A belief that art is primarily intellectual

C. Optimism

D. Order and reason

25. Paul OBrien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that _____________did?
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A. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. John Keats and William Blake

C. Lord Byron and William Blake

D. Lord Byron and John Clare

26. Which of the following Romantic poets would have been most likely to write a poem celebrating the innocence of childhood ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. Lord Byron

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. William Blake
27. Shelleys Ode to the West Wind can be best understood as a poem about _____________?
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A. The horrors of the French Revolution

B. How poets can bring about political revolution

C. The loss of innocence

D. The passion between a husband and wife

28. During the 19th century, the term middle class described people who were______________?
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A. Land owners only

B. Aristocrats

C. Workers

D. Between workers and aristocrats
29. The dedication of Byrons Don Juan can be best described as ________________?
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A. Sincere and heartfelt

B. Mocking and satirical

C. Mournful and dark

D. Polemic and dry

30. Edmund Burkes Reflections on the French Revolution ______________?
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A. Celebrates the French Revolution

B. Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution

C. Champions Napoleons political vision

D. Encourages the United States to Support the French Revolution

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

B. Relations with France

C. Literature

D. All of the above
32. To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his story in Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
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A. Coleridge

B. Dorothy Wordsworth

C. Life-in-Death

D. The Wedding Guest
33. Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as a sort of poet-king Arthur ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Wordsworth

C. Lord Byron

D. William Blake

34. Paul OBrien contends that _____________make(s) Shelley a radical.?
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A. Shelleys relationship with Byron

B. Shelleys sexuality

C. Shelleys political beliefs

D. Shelleys love of Shakespeare

35. Which of the following would a neoclassical poet be most likely to use as a central theme in his or her poetry ?
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A. A warm remembrance of childish idealism

B. The plight of common, ordinary people

C. A celebration of the medieval

D. A satirical representation of current events
36. Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet with _________________?
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A. No sense of reality

B. A strong dislike of women

C. A dark and twisted outlook on the world

D. A desire to make the world into a better place
37. Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay Shelleys Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant , argues that Shelleys Oedipus- Tyrannus is important because a_______________?
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A. The poem was incomplete

B. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it

C. Shelley writes about Byrons sexuality in it

D. Shelley himself dismissed the poem

38. The Reign of Terror refers to_________________?
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A. Frances war with a foreign nation

B. The death of the king of France

C. Napoleons rise to power

D. The mass execution of enemies of the revolution
39. Which Romantic poet was famous for being mad, bad and dangerous to know ?
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A. John Keats

B. Lord Byron

C. Percy Shelley

D. William Blake

40. Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?
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A. An expression of doubt and angst.

B. Dark humor.

C. Mockery toward William Wordsworth.

D. An expression of love for common man.
41. The poem London can be best understood as ______________?
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A. An examination of the citys past

B. An attack on William Wordsworth

C. A protest against social inequality

D. A celebration of the citys beauty

42. The main thematic focus of Ode on a Grecian Urn is ____________________?
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A. The authors childhood experience

B. The relationship between truth and beauty

C. The French Revolution

D. The nature of death

43. Which contemporary fictional character can be understood as a Byronic hero ?
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A. Dr. House

B. Luke Skywalker

C. Superman

D. Yoda

44. Shelleys poem Mont Blanc can be best said to depict an encounter with _____________?
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A. Death

B. Childhood

C. A lost lover

D. The sublime
45. Many romantic poets regarded the natural world with a feeling of ________________?
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A. Resentment and disrespect

B. Fear and horror

C. Disinterest and disregard

D. Awe and fascination
46. Thomas Paines The Rights of Man argues that ________________?
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A. Revolution is inhumane

B. Revolution is proper when a government does not take care of its people

C. Revolution never succeeds

D. Every government should be revolted against

47. Which British philosopher of the Romantic era despised monarchies, believed that the best form of government was no government at all, and argued that change can only come from people treating each other with sincerity and benevolence ?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. John Locke

C. William Godwin

D. Edmund Burke

48. Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey explores ________________?
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A. The beauty of the natural world

B. The way in which ones psychological state changes over time

C. The failures of Romanticism

D. Coleridges addiction to drugs

49. Shelleys Hymn to Intellectual Beauty suggests that _________________?
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A. The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

B. Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful

C. Beauty can be understood only through metaphysics

D. Beauty is missing from the world

50. The final line of We Are Seven is: And said, Nay we are seven. This line suggests that________________?
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A. The little girl is insane or delusional

B. The little girls siblings have not died

C. The little girl herself is dead

D. The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.