english romantic poetry MCQs – Page 5

Practise focused english romantic poetry questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

english romantic poetry Mcqs
81. Duncan Wu discusses the presentation of spots of time in the poetry of______________?
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A. William Blake

B. Percy Shelley

C. William Wordsworth

D. Lord Byron

82. Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem and illustrations to accompany it ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. William Blake

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. Percy Shelley

83. Which of the following was NOT considered a proper form of literary expression in the Neoclassical Period ?
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A. Satire

B. Blank verse poetry

C. The rhymed couplet

D. The essay

84. Which of the following is NOT a common attribute of Byronic heroes ?
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A. Nihilism

B. Dark humor

C. Good spirits

D. Arrogance

85. In Of Poetry in General,William Hazlitt contends that good poetry comes from ____________?
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A. Strong feeling

B. The intellect

C. The authors personal pain

D. Rewriting Homer

86. The primary subject of Ode to Psyche is ___________________?
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A. The possibility of sudden death

B. The expansion of consciousness

C. The death of Byron

D. The relationship between art and humanity

87. Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Wordsworth

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. John Keats

88. Which poet defines poetry as the expression of the imagination ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. Percy Shelley

C. William Hazlitt

D. William Wordsworth

89. Which poet would be least likely to write about the beauty of nature ?
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A. John Keats

B. Lord Byron

C. William Wordsworth

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

90. Coleridges Ancient Mariner could be said to be suffering from an overwhelming feeling of ___________?
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A. Hatred

B. Guilt

C. Disbelief

D. Love

91. Who referred to poets as the unacknowledged legislators of the world ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Blake

C. William Hazlitt

D. Lord Byron

92. Which poem by Wordsworth examines writers block ?
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A. We Are Seven

B. Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey

C. The Prelude

D. Lines Written in Early Spring

93. John Keats died from________________?
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A. Suicide

B. Influenza

C. Fever

D. Tuberculosis
94. Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

C. William Blake

D. William Wordsworth

95. Paul OBriens essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?
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A. Not an atheist

B. Fiercely anti-war

C. Suicidal

D. In love with Lord Byron

96. Who was the co-author of Lyrical Ballads with William Wordsworth ?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. John Keats

C. Lord Byron

D. William Blake

97. William Blakes Songs of Innocence and Experience explores ________________?
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A. The fall of Satan

B. The life of Blake

C. The history of London

D. The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world
98. Which Romantic poet would have believed that a poet needs influence from something external and transformative in order to write a strong poem ?
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A. Percy Shelley

B. William Blake

C. Lord Byron

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

99. Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?
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A. John Locke

B. Edmund Burke

C. Thomas Paine

D. James Mackintosh