English Literature Mcqs
Which poet would be least likely to write about the beauty of nature ?

A. William wordsworth
B. John keats
C. Samuel taylor coleridge
D. Lord byron

Which poet defines poetry as “the expression of the imagination” ?

A. William hazlitt
B. William wordsworth
C. Percy shelley
D. Lord byron

Which Romantic poet died relatively unknown but would become famous posthumously, in the 19th century ?

A. William blake
B. Lord byron
C. Samuel taylor coleridge
D. William wordsworth

William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience” explores ________________?

A. The loss of childhood and discovery of the adult world
B. The fall of satan
C. The life of blake
D. The history of london

Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet with _________________?

A. No sense of reality
B. A desire to make the world into a better place
C. A dark and twisted outlook on the world
D. A strong dislike of women

Which Romantic poet would be the least likely to write a piece of literary criticism ?

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

Which of the following was NOT a primary cause of the Industrial Revolution ?

A. The popularity of romantic poetry
B. The european economy shifting into a global economy
C. The population increase in europe
D. Europe’s shift into being a manufacturing economy

In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ____________________?

A. Write stories
B. Resist understanding poetry
C. Reproduce rhythm and order
D. Strive to express love

Keats was most famous for__________________?

A. His odes
B. His wild lifestyle
C. His popularity with readers
D. His extensive writings