Question 1

Who was the greatest nature poet of England?&#10;A)william wordsworth&#10;B)coleridge&#10;C)robert browning&#10;D)tennyson

Accepted Answer

William Wordsworth is widely regarded as the greatest nature poet of England, known for his deep love and reverence for nature, which is vividly expressed in his poetry.

Question 2

Lectures on Shakespeare is the work of&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..&#10;A)thomas hardy&#10;B)mathew arnold&#10;C)william thackeray&#10;D)coleridge

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"Lectures on Shakespeare" is a work by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who is more commonly known simply as Coleridge. He was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian, and his lectures on Shakespeare have been influential in the study of the playwright's works.

Question 3

William Blake's political radicalism intensified during the years leading up to the&#8230;..&#10;A)communist movement&#10;B)french revolution&#10;C)romantic movement&#10;D)industrial revolution

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William Blake's political radicalism intensified during the years leading up to the French Revolution, which greatly influenced his work and thoughts.

Question 4

The poem 'The Tyger' was published in&#8230;&#8230;.&#10;A)1794&#10;B)1788&#10;C)1780&#10;D)1789

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'The Tyger' by William Blake was published in 1794 as part of his collection "Songs of Experience".

Question 5

The poem 'The Tyger' is taken from&#10;A)songs of innocence&#10;B)songs of experience&#10;C)the four zoas&#10;D)the marriage of heaven and hell

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"The Tyger" is from William Blake's "Songs of Experience," which, together with "Songs of Innocence," explores the two contrasting states of the human soul.

Question 6

Which of these poems uses dramatic monologue as a poetic form?&#10;A)wordsworth's the prelude&#10;B)robert browning's my last duchess&#10;C)tennyson's in memoriam&#10;D)shelly's adonais

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Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" is a classic example of a dramatic monologue, a poetic form where a single character, who is not the poet, speaks to a silent audience, revealing aspects of their character and the situation at hand.

Question 7

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..is regarded as the poet, who has spoken the strongest word of faith to an age of doubt&#10;A)browning&#10;B)tennyson&#10;C)blake&#10;D)scott

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Browning is often regarded as the poet who has spoken the strongest word of faith to an age of doubt, particularly through his dramatic monologues that explore the complexities of faith and skepticism.

Question 8

An immense poem, twice as long as 'Paradise Lost', longer by some two thousand lines than the Iliad by Browning&#10;A)pippa passes&#10;B)the ring and the book&#10;C)saul&#10;D)cleon

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The correct answer is "The Ring and the Book" by Robert Browning. This immense poem is indeed much longer than both 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and 'The Iliad' by Homer, making it one of the longest poems in English literature.

Question 9

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;by Browning is an exquisite tribute to his dead wife.&#10;A)my star&#10;B)prospice&#10;C)one word more&#10;D)meeting at night

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"One Word More" by Robert Browning is a poem dedicated to his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, expressing his deep love and admiration for her.

Question 10

For &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;poem Tennyson got Chancellor's Medal&#10;A)lyrical ballad&#10;B)timbuctoo&#10;C)merlin and the glean&#10;D)the princess

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Tennyson received the Chancellor's Medal at Cambridge for his poem "Timbuctoo" in 1829.

Question 11

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;wrote the song &#34; Tears, Idle Tears&#34;&#10;A)browning&#10;B)tennyson&#10;C)blake&#10;D)keats

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The answer of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;wrote the song &#34; Tears, Idle Tears&#34;&#10;A)browning&#10;B)tennyson&#10;C)blake&#10;D)keats...

Question 12

&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; poem of Tennyson was a long poem of over three thousand lines of blank verse.&#10;A)wages&#10;B)the princess&#10;C)the higher pantheism&#10;D)maud

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The answer of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; poem of Tennyson was a long...

Question 13

Browning's 'Pauline' came in&#10;A)1834&#10;B)1897&#10;C)1833&#10;D)1901

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Question 14

Wordsworth believes in the concept of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)hellenism&#10;B)pantheism&#10;C)negative capability&#10;D)willing suspension of disbelief

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The answer of Wordsworth believes in the concept of &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#10;A)hellenism&#10;B)pantheism&#10;C)negative...

Question 15

The concept of Pantheism believes in&#10;A)objectivity&#10;B)healing power of nature&#10;C)confession&#10;D)natural calamity

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Question 16

Who brought the concept of negative capability?&#10;A)wordsworth&#10;B)coleridge&#10;C)keats&#10;D)shelly

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Question 17

Whose epitaph contains &#34;here lies one whose name was written in water&#34;&#10;A)coleridge&#10;B)blake&#10;C)john keats&#10;D)william wordsworth

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Question 18

Which is the high watermark f poetry in the 19th century?&#10;A)tintern abbey&#10;B)intimations of immortality&#10;C)stepping westward&#10;D)solitary reaper

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Question 19

In which of the followings spiritual appeal of nature is expressed in almost every line?&#10;A)to a highland girl&#10;B)stepping westward&#10;C)tintern abbey&#10;D)solitary reaper

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The answer of In which of the followings spiritual appeal...

Question 20

Who wrote Lucy poems&#10;A)scott&#10;B)donne&#10;C)wordsworth&#10;D)dryden

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The answer of Who wrote Lucy poems&#10;A)scott&#10;B)donne&#10;C)wordsworth&#10;D)dryden...

Question 21

Who said that the poet was a 'mere babbler'?&#10;A)scott&#10;B)byron&#10;C)wordsworth&#10;D)gibson

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The answer of Who said that the poet was a...

Question 22

Who wrote the &#34;Witch of Atlas&#34;?&#10;A)scott&#10;B)wordsworth&#10;C)blake&#10;D)shelley

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Question 23

Which character was the only one of Shelly's character, who seems to be entirely human?&#10;A)prometheus&#10;B)hellas&#10;C)emilia&#10;D)beatrice

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Question 24

Who wrote 'Confession of an Opium Eater'?&#10;A)wordsworth&#10;B)shelley&#10;C)de- quincey&#10;D)browne

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The answer of Who wrote 'Confession of an Opium Eater'?&#10;A)wordsworth&#10;B)shelley&#10;C)de-...

Question 25

Who wrote the critical essay 'Literary Reminiscences'?&#10;A)shelley&#10;B)de quincey&#10;C)coleridge&#10;D)burton

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The answer of Who wrote the critical essay 'Literary Reminiscences'?&#10;A)shelley&#10;B)de...

Deck 3: English Literature Trivia: Poets and Their Works