Lesson 3.2.5

3.2.5 The Romantics (English Romantic Verse) Quiz: Pearson Edexcel English Literature, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. In which 1798 poem does William Wordsworth reflect on memory and nature beside a river?

    • The Prelude
    • Ozymandias
    • Tintern Abbey
    • Kubla Khan

  2. Which Blake poem asks 'Did he who made the Lamb make thee?'

    • The Tyger
    • Holy Thursday
    • The Sick Rose
    • London

  3. According to Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads, what is the source of poetry?

    • Overflow of feelings
    • Strict logical deduction
    • Direct divine dictation
    • Imitation of classics

  4. Who famously defined poetry as 'emotion recollected in tranquillity'?

    • Lord Byron
    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    • John Keats
    • William Wordsworth

  5. Which two contrasting states are explored in William Blake's 'Songs' collection?

    • Earth and heaven
    • Reason and passion
    • Life and death
    • Innocence and experience

  6. Which verse form does Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind' use?

    • Heroic couplets
    • Ottava rima
    • Terza rima
    • Blank verse

  7. Who wrote 'Lines Inscribed upon a Cup Formed from a Skull'?

    • Percy Bysshe Shelley
    • William Wordsworth
    • John Keats
    • Lord Byron

  8. What form of lyric poem is Wordsworth's 'Intimations of Immortality'?

    • Ode
    • Elegy
    • Sonnet
    • Ballad

  9. Which quality did Romantic poets prioritise over Enlightenment rationalism?

    • Emotion and imagination
    • Social conformity
    • Scientific logic
    • Strict classical rules

  10. Which theme is central to Wordsworth's revisiting of nature in 'Tintern Abbey'?

    • Urban decay
    • Political rebellion
    • Memory and time
    • Industrial progress

  11. Which central theme is explored in William Blake's poem 'London'?

    • Country living
    • Urban suffering
    • Pastoral beauty
    • Religious tolerance

  12. Who wrote the poem 'Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples'?

    • John Keats
    • Lord Byron
    • Percy Bysshe Shelley
    • William Wordsworth

  13. In 'Lines Written in Early Spring', what does Wordsworth contrast with nature?

    • Industrial machinery
    • Divine power
    • Human misery
    • Ancient history

  14. Which phrase in 'Tintern Abbey' describes nature's spiritual influence on Wordsworth?

    • Fearful awe
    • Idle trance
    • Mindless joy
    • Sense sublime

  15. How did Romantic poets view the human capacity for imagination?

    • Dangerous and sinful
    • Useless and trivial
    • Passive and logical
    • Creative and transformative

  16. What instrument metaphor does Shelley use for his voice in 'Ode to the West Wind'?

    • A shield
    • A shadow
    • A lyre
    • A trumpet

  17. In which country was Lord Byron when writing 'On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year'?

    • Spain
    • Italy
    • Greece
    • France

  18. Which 1789 political event initially inspired many British Romantic poets?

    • The French Revolution
    • The Industrial Revolution
    • The American Revolution
    • The Glorious Revolution

  19. Which poet is most associated with the Lake District?

    • Lord Byron
    • William Wordsworth
    • Percy Bysshe Shelley
    • John Keats

  20. Which two poets jointly published 'Lyrical Ballads' in 1798?

    • Byron and Shelley
    • Wordsworth and Coleridge
    • Keats and Shelley
    • Blake and Burns

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