Lesson C01.3.3
C01.3.3 Selected Poems (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Quiz: OCR English Literature, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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What creature does the Ancient Mariner kill with a crossbow in his narrative?
- A raven
- A sea eagle
- A storm petrel
- An albatross
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What is the name of the sacred river mentioned in Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan?
- Styx
- Thames
- Alph
- Euphrates
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Which 1798 poetry collection by Wordsworth and Coleridge marked the start of English Romanticism?
- Poetical Sketches
- Prometheus Unbound
- Lyrical Ballads
- Hours of Idleness
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In Frost at Midnight, who is the sleeping baby lying beside the speaker?
- Derwent Coleridge
- Hartley Coleridge
- William Wordsworth
- Charles Lamb
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What instrument does the Abyssinian maid play in the vision in Kubla Khan?
- A harp
- A lute
- A dulcimer
- A flute
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Which mysterious woman does Christabel bring home after finding her in the forest?
- Beatrice
- Genevieve
- Laura
- Geraldine
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What natural force performs its secret ministry at the opening of Frost at Midnight?
- Wind
- Rain
- Frost
- Moonlight
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What term describes Coleridge's reflective, personal blank-verse poems such as Frost at Midnight?
- Conversation poems
- Gothic ballads
- Dramatic monologues
- Heroic epics
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In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, who wins the Mariner's soul in a dice game?
- The Devil
- Life-in-Death
- Death
- The Hermit
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Why is the speaker unable to walk with his friends in This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison?
- A broken leg
- A scalded foot
- A sprained ankle
- A fever
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Which friend is addressed as gentle-hearted in Coleridge's This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison?
- William Wordsworth
- Robert Southey
- Thomas De Quincey
- Charles Lamb
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In The Eolian Harp, what activates the musical instrument placed in the window?
- A musician
- The ocean tide
- The rain
- The breeze
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Which substance was Coleridge under the influence of when he composed Kubla Khan?
- Absinthe
- Chloroform
- Alcohol
- Laudanum
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What action by the Mariner breaks the curse and causes the albatross to fall?
- Steering the ship
- Praying to angels
- Burning the crossbow
- Blessing water snakes
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In Dejection: An Ode, what loss does the speaker mourn above all else?
- Christian faith
- Romantic love
- Physical health
- Creative imagination
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Which poetic metre is predominantly used in Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
- Ballad metre
- Trochaic tetrameter
- Free verse
- Iambic pentameter
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Where is the stately pleasure-dome decreed by Kubla Khan in the poem?
- Atlantis
- Samarkand
- Xanadu
- Byzantium
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Who famously interrupted Coleridge while he was transcribing Kubla Khan from memory?
- Visitor from London
- Doctor from Keswick
- Person from Porlock
- Person from Bristol
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What physical sign on Geraldine in Christabel hints at her supernatural nature?
- Her withered breast
- Her snake tongue
- Her webbed hands
- Her red eyes
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What setting opens and closes Coleridge's conversation poem Frost at Midnight?
- A stormy seashore
- A quiet cottage
- A churchyard
- A dark forest
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