English Literature Mcqs
Which Romantic writer(s) wrote in more than one of these popular literary forms: essay, novel, drama, poetry ?

A. Percy bysshe shelley
B. William wordsworth
C. George gordon, lord byron
D. All of the above

What mock epic begins: “What dire offence from am’rous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things” ?

A. Dryden’s “mac flecknoe”
B. Pope’s “the rape of the lock”
C. Pope’s “the dunciad”
D. Dryden’s “absalom and achitophel”

Which sorts of political reform took place during the Romantic period ?

A. Parliamentary reform, increasing representation of the working classes
B. Labor reform, improving working conditions for industrial laborers
C. Educational reform, producing a dramatic increase in literacy
D. A and c only

Who wrote: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” ?

A. John keats
B. William shakespeare
C. Samuel butler
D. Samuel taylor coleridge

What served as the inspiration for P.B Shelley’s poems to the working classes ?

A sOng: “men of england” and england in 1819?
A. The organization of a working class men’s choral group in southern england
B. The battle of waterloo
C. The peterloo massacre

Wordsworth described all good poetry as_______________?

A. The rhythmic expression of moral intuition
B. The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. The polite patter of a corrupted age
D. The divine gift of grace

Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text ?

A. A spiritual autobiography written in an epic style
B. A lyric poem written in the first person
C. A comedy of manners
D. A political tract demanding labor reform

In which work do you read: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. ” ?

A. The canturbury tales
B. The dark angel
C. The wild swans of coole
D. The second coming

Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time ?

A. Henry fielding
B. Laurence sterne
C. Samuel richardson
D. Tobias smollett