Question: 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 ?
- 1. John Keats
- 2. William Blake
- 3. Lord Byron
- 4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Question: Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?
- 1. Lord Byron
- 2. William Wordsworth
- 3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 4. William Blake
Question: John Keats would probably NOT have written a poem celebrating _______________?
- 1. The beauty of the natural world
- 2. The pains of love
- 3. Political and philosophical conservatism
- 4. The nature of artistic creation
Question: Dr. Samuel Gladden believes Shelley’s agenda was to _____________?
- 1. Revolutionize France
- 2. Expose the nature of reality
- 3. Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities
- 4. Change sexual morals
Question: “Don Juan” and “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” are broken into sections called______________?
- 1. Cantos
- 2. Stanzas
- 3. Lines
- 4. Chapters
Question: Shelley’s “Ode to Psyche” is narrated by __________________?
- 1. Psyche
- 2. Cupid
- 3. The author of the poem
- 4. Shelley’s childhood self
Question: Which of the following concepts are NOT elements of neo-classicism ?
- 1. Optimism
- 2. A sense of man being imperfect
- 3. Order and reason
- 4. A belief that art is primarily intellectual
Question: Which event marked the defeat of Napoleon ?
- 1. The execution of the King of France
- 2. The battle at Waterloo
- 3. The Reign of Terror
- 4. Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of France
Question: Which of the following statements would you most likely NOT see in a Romantic poem ?
- 1. “Truth is beauty … ”
- 2. “Truth is stranger than fiction …”
- 3. “Familure acts are beautiful through love …”
- 4. “A little learning is a dangerous thing…”
Question: The main thematic focus of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is ____________________?
- 1. The nature of death
- 2. The French Revolution
- 3. The relationship between truth and beauty
- 4. The author’s childhood experience