Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner could be said to be suffering from an overwhelming feeling of ___________?

A. Guilt
B. Disbelief
C. Hatred
D. Love

Which poem is considered Wordsworth’s magnum opus ?

A. “lyrical ballads”
B. “the prelude”
C. “we are seven”
D. “lines written in early spring”

Who does Shelley consider the true founders of civilized cultures and laws ?

A. Kings and queens
B. Poets and artists
C. Dictators and tyrants
D. All people equally

Shelley’s “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty” suggests that _________________?

A. Beauty can be understood only through metaphysics
B. Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful
C. Beauty is missing from the world
D. The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt

“Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey” explores ________________?

A. The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time
B. The failures of romanticism
C. The beauty of the natural world
D. Coleridge’s addiction to drugs

In “Of Poetry in General,”William Hazlitt contends that good poetry comes from ____________?

A. The intellect
B. The author’s personal pain
C. Strong feeling
D. Rewriting homer

Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” can be best said to depict an encounter with _____________?

A. The sublime
B. Death
C. Childhood
D. A lost lover

Which poem by Wordsworth examines writer’s block ?

A. “the prelude”
B. “we are seven”
C. “lines written a few miles above tintern abbey”
D. “lines written in early spring”

Who refers to poetry as “an imitation of nature” ?

A. Percy shelley
B. Samuel taylor coleridge
C. William hazlitt
D. William wordsworth

Paul O’Brien contends that _____________make(s) Shelley a “radical.”?

A. Shelley’s political beliefs
B. Shelley’s sexuality
C. Shelley’s love of shakespeare
D. Shelley’s relationship with byron