Unit-II Part-I

1.      Which among the following statement is NOT true?

a.      Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century.

b.      Romanticism was partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution.

c.      Romanticism revived realism.

d.      Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature.

2.      “Poetry should begin as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Who said this?
                        a.  Keats
                        b. Coleridge
                        c. Shelly
                        d. Wordsworth

3.      Choose the correct order of the movements:

a.      Realism – Romanticism   - Enlightenment

b.      Realism - Enlightenment – Romanticism

c.      Enlightenment - Realism – Romanticism

d.      Romanticism - Realism – Enlightenment

4.      Choose the correct chronological order of publication of the following works :

a.      The Prelude – Lyrical Ballads – Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - Biographia Literaria

b.      Lyrical Ballads – Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - Biographia Literaria - The Prelude

c.      Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - The Prelude – Lyrical Ballads - Biographia Literaria

d.      Biographia Literaria – Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - The Prelude – Lyrical Ballads

5.      Reliques of Ancient Poetry was published in :
                        a.  1751
                        b. 1765
                        c. 1785
                        d. 1798

6.      How many ballads were there in Percy’s Reliques?
                        a.  102
                        b. 80
                        c. 128
                        d. 180

7.      Percy’s Reliques was dedicated to :
                        a.  William Shenstone
                        b. Elizabeth Seymour
                        c. Humphrey Pitt
                        d. F.J. Furnivall

8.      Which among the following was an outcome of French Revolution?

a.      Abolition of the French monarchy.

b.      Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

c.      Establishment of a secular and democratic republic that became increasingly authoritarian and militaristic.

d.      All of them

9.      Match the following :

                 i.          French Revolution                                   -              (a) 1936

                ii.          American Revolution                              -              (b) 1756

               iii.          Seven Years’ War                                    -              (c) 1775

               iv.          Spanish Civil War                                     -              (d) 1789
                 a.  (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
                 b. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
                 c. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
                 d.  (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

10.   The ‘Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen’ was set by France’s National  Constituent Assembly in :
                        a.  1989
                        b. 1789
                        c. 1799
                        d. 1798

11.   Which among the following was disregarded in English Romantic Poetry?
                        a.  Poetic conventions of classical doctrines
                        b. Heroic Couplet
                        c.  Poetic diction of the Neo-Classical Age 
                        d. All of them

12.   Which among the following are the characteristic features of English Romantic Poetry?

a.      Love and worship of Nature and dislike for the urban life.

b.      Love for the Medieval Age.

c.      Love for the supernatural and the mystical.

d.      All of them.

13.   Which among the following statement is true regarding Wordsworth’s The Preface to Lyrical Ballads?

a.      According to Wordsworth, the poetry must concern itself primarily with nature and life in the country.

b.      Through The Preface to Lyrical Ballads, he intends to enlighten his readers as to the true depths of human emotion and experience.

c.      Wordsworth argues that good poetry doesn't have to be overly complicated or ornamental in order to capture the reader's imagination.

d.      All of them

14.   Which work of William Wordsworth is generally considered to be his magnum opus?
                        a.  Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
                        b. Laodamia
                        c.  Guide to the Lakes
                        d. The Prelude

15.   Which work of William Wordsworth, with the joint publication with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature?
                         a.  The Prelude
                         b. Poems, in Two Volumes
                         c. The Excursion
                         d. Lyrical Ballads

16.   When was William Wordsworth appointed poet laureate?
                         a.  1861
                         b. 1839
                         c. 1843
                         d. 1847

17.   ‘Lyrical Ballads’ is a collection of poems by :
                         a.  Shelley and Keats
                         b. Wordsworth and Coleridge
                         c.   Shelly and Wordsworth    
                         d. Keats and Coleridge

18.   Which one of the following is NOT a poem of Coleridge?
                         a.  The Idiot Boy
                         b. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
                         c.  The Nightingale, written in April 1798
                         d. The Foster-Mother's Tale

19.   ‘Kubla Khan’ is a poem written by :
                         a.  Wordsworth
                         b. Shelly
                         c. Coleridge
                         d. Keats

20.   Which poem of Wordsworth’s is known as the ‘Poem to Coleridge’?
                         a.  The Prelude
                         b. The Lucy poems
                         c. We are Seven
                         d. Peter Bell

21.   Who among them is NOT a ‘Lake Poet’?
                         a.  Wordsworth
                         b. Shelly
                         c. Coleridge
                         d. Robert Southey

22.   Which one of the following is the correct structure of a classical ode?
                         a.  The strophe, The antistrophe and the epode
                         b. The epode, The strophe and the antistrophe
                         c.      The strophe, The epode and The antistrophe
                         d. The antistrophe, The Strophe and The epode

23.   Tintern Abbey is written by :
                         a.  Wordsworth
                         b. Shelly
                         c. Coleridge
                        d. Robert Southey

24.   Wordsworth’s ‘Intimations of Immortality’ is a/an :
                         a.  Play
                         b. Ballad
                         c. Prose 
                         d. Ode

25.   The only play written by William Wordsworth is :
                         a.   The Recluse
                         b. The Prelude              
                         c. The Borderers     
                         d. Tintern Abbey

26.   Which of the following is true?

a.      Napoleon ruled France after French Revolution.  

b.      The battle of Otterburn is a ballad in Percy’s Reliques.       

c.      Subjectivity is a central philosophical concept, related to consciousness.

d.      All

27.   Match the following works with the author :

                 i.          I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud                                            -              (a) William Wordsworth

                ii.          Love                                                                                       -              (b) Lord Byron

               iii.          Mazeppa                                                                               -              (c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

               iv.          The Triumph of Life                                                             -              (d) Percy Bysshe Shelley

                 a.   (i)-d, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-c

                 b. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

                 c. (i)-a, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

                 d.  (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

28.   Wordsworth made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in :
                       a.   The Dial
                       b. The Spectator
                       c. The European Magazine
                       d. The Tatler

29.   Which among the following is Wordsworth’s first publication of poems?
                       a.  The Prelude
                       b. An Evening Walk
                       c. Lyrical Ballads
                      d. The Lucy Poems

30.   Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria is a :
                      a. Long Poem
                      b. Autobiography
                      c. Play            
                      d. Short Story

31.   Which among the following is a journal established by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
                      a.  The Watchman
                      b. The European Magazine
                      c. The Gentleman’s Magazine 
                      d. The Oldie

32.   “Person from Porlock” was an unwelcome visitor to Coleridge during the composition of :
                      a.  Rime of the Ancient Mariner
                      b. Frost at Midnight
                      c.  Kubla Khan 
                      d. Christabel

33.   “Conversation poems” are a group of eight poems composed by :
                      a.  Wordsworth
                      b. Robert Southey
                      c. Coleridge
                      d. Shelley

34.   The Friend is a journal published by :
                      a.  Wordsworth
                      b. Shelly
                      c. Coleridge
                      d. Keats

35.   Which of the following is a work of Samuel Coleridge?
                      a.  Essay on Faith
                      b. Sibylline Leaves
                      c. Hush
                      d. All of them

36.   Opus Maximum is the last major body of unpublished prose writings of who among the following?
                      a.  Wordsworth
                      b. Shelly
                      c. Coleridge
                      d. Keats

37.   What is the alternate title of S.T. Coleridge’s Kubla Khan?
                      a.  A Vision in a Dream : A Fragment
                      b. An Ode
                      c.  My Literary Life and Opinions 
                      d. A Conversation Poem

38.   Which among the following is NOT a “Conversation Poem”?
                      a.  The Eolian Harp
                      b. Fears in Solitude 
                      c.  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
                      d. To William Wordsworth

39.   “Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink” is a line written by Coleridge in :
                      a.  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
                      b. To William Wordsworth
                      c.  Kubla Khan
                      d. Christabel

40.   Which among the following statement is NOT true?

a.      The ode is not a lyric poem.

b.      The lyric expresses deep emotions in a songlike manner.

c.      An ode is a lyric praising something and is written in elevated style using varied meter.

d.      There are three typical forms of odes: the Pindaric, Horatian, and irregular.

41.   The ‘Epic Satire’ of Byron :
                        a.  Don Juan
                        b. Birds
                        c. The Wandering Islands
                        d. The Grasshopper Gleaming

42.   The Byronic hero first appears in Byron's semi-autobiographical epic narrative poem :
                        a.  Don Juan
                        b. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
                        c. The Wandering Islands
                        d. Birds

43.   "She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written by :
                        a.  Lamb
                        b. Mary Shelley
                        c. Sterne 
                        d. Byron

44.   Who wrote the poem 'The Bride of Abydos'?
                        a.  Lamb
                        b. Mary Shelley
                        c. Sterne
                        d. Byron

45.   To whom did Lady Caroline Lamb directed the words “mad, bad and dangerous to know”?
                        a.  Lamb
                        b. Mary Shelley
                        c. Sterne
                        d. Byron

46.   The closet drama Manfred : A dramatic poem was written by :
                        a.  Wordsworth
                        b. Byron
                        c. Coleridge
                        d. Keats

47.   ‘Ozymandias’ is written by :
                        a.  Shelley
                        b. Byron
                        c. Keats
                        d. Lamb

48.   Which one of the following is Shelley’s poem?
                        a. Ode to the West Wind
                        b. To a Skylark 
                        c. Music, When Soft Voices Die
                        d. All

49.   Which drama of Shelley portrait the character ‘ Beatrice’?
                        a.  Queen Mab
                        b. The Cenci
                        c. The Cloud
                        d. Alastor

50.   ‘The Revolt of Islam’ is a poem written by :
                           a. Shelley
                            b. Byron
                            c. Keats 
                            d. Lamb