Deck 2: Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - William Wordsworth

Question 1

For Wordsworth the function of poetry is to give

A)joy
B)happiness
C)catharsis
D)pleasure

Answer 1

pleasure

Question 2

To Wordsworth, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, emotions recollected in

A)images
B)tranquility
C)simple life
D)sensation

Answer 2

tranquility

Question 3

Wordworth's poet is a man speaking to

A)everyone
B)his readers
C)men
D)nature

Answer 3

men

Question 4

The function of poetry is both to instruct and delight, but for Wordsworth it is to give

A)exaltation
B)pleasure
C)dictation
D)purgation

Question 5

The dominant theme of Wordsworth's preface is

A)poetic diction
B)poetic argument
C)poetic criticism
D)poetic license

Question 6

Wordsworth's preface declares the dawn of

A)English Romantic Movement
B)British Romantic Movement
C)European Romantic Movement
D)Anglo-saxon Romantic Movement

Question 7

Wordsworth's preface can be seen as a forceful plea for simplicity both in

A)idea and feeling
B)sentiment an d exposition
C)expression and elucidation
D)theme and treatment

Question 8

Wordsworth was primarily

A)a critic
B)a poet
C)an essayist
D)a philosopher

Question 9

The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was published in

A)1798
B)1799
C)1800
D)1801

Question 10

The Principal object in the Lyrical Ballads was to choose incidents and situations from

A)urban life
B)agrarian life
C)common life
D)genteel life

Question 11

Poems of value are produced by a man who possess more than usual organic sensibility and had also thought

A)in tranquility
B)long and deep
C)passionately
D)calmly

Question 12

In the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth's purpose was to imitate and adopt the very language of

A)the neoclassics
B)metre
C)men
D)the classics

Question 13

Which of the following is not true?

A)Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of the Romantic Age
B)Wordsworth believed that simple language creates better poems than complicated language
C)Nature is a savage force that needs to be conquered by technology
D)Lyrical Ballads received mixed reviews when it was originally published in1798

Question 14

In what ways is the Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?

A)It features poems that focus on nature and rural community
B)It calls for rigid poetic forms
C)It sought for poems that are more complicated
D)It sought to stimulate the reasoning mind rather than produce an emotional response

Question 15

Wordsworth justifies the use of metre and denounces the ____________ of the NeoClassical poets for their artificiality.

A)verse
B)rhyme
C)poetic diction
D)tradition

Question 16

Wordsworth quoted ____________ who said, "Poetry is the most philosophical of all writings".

A)Aristotle
B)Horace
C)Homer
D)Virgil

Question 17

An Appendix on Poetic Diction was added to the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads in_____.

A)1800
B)1798
C)1805
D)1802

Question 18

According to Wordsworth the understanding of the reader must necessarily be in some degree…

A)Enlightened
B)Disheartened
C)Motivated
D)Contentment

Question 19

Wordsworth said that Poetry is the image of

A)Man and Science
B)Man and Society
C)Man and Nature
D)Nature and Science

Question 20

According to Wordsworth Poetry is the first and last of all…

A)Wisdom
B)Truth
C)Inspiration
D)Knowledge

Question 21

Wordsworth gives much importance to the ________ of poetry

A)Fancy
B)Language
C)Feelings
D)Imagination

Question 22

Who comments, "the end of writing is to instruct, The end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing"

A)Shakespeare
B)Arnold
C)Dr. Johnson
D)None of the above

Question 23

The only difference between the language of Prose and the language of Poetry is_________

A)Use of Rhythm
B)Use of Words
C)Use of feelings
D)Use of Metre

Question 24

According to Wordsworth ____________ is not essential to poetry

A)Metre
B)Imagination
C)Talent
D)Rhyme

Question 25

A primary function of poetry according to Wordsworth is to give ___________ for his readers

A)Knowledge
B)Pleasure
C)Idea
D)Truth

Question 26

Poetry is "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" according to

A)Arnold
B)T. S Eliot
C)Johnson
D)Wordsworth

Question 27

Wordsworth chosen the various aspects of __________

A)Royal and rich life
B)War and peace life
C)Humble and Rustic life
D)Nature and poets life

Question 28

The Poetic Composition take place in ______ stages

A)Four
B)Eight
C)Two
D)Six

Question 29

"Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility". Who has defined poetry in these words?

A)Shelley
B)Matthew Arnold
C)S. T. Coleridge
D)Wordsworth

Question 30

Rustic life is more noble and permanent because they are connected with the objects of_______

A)Real life
B)Truth
C)Nature
D)Fancy

Question 31

Wordsworth remarks that Poetry and Painting are

A)Sisters
B)Siblings
C)Brother
D)Children

Question 32

Wordsworth states, "Poetry sheds no tears such as Angels weep, but natural and

A)earthly tears"
B)childish tears"
C)human tears"
D)mournful tears"

Question 33

Wordsworth believes that a poet is,

A)"a man speaking to poets"
B)"a man speaking to men"
C)"a man speaking to human"
D)"a man speaking to God"

Question 34

Wordsworth feels that Poetry is the image of

A)human beings and nature
B)men and women
C)God and human
D)man and nature

Question 35

The language of every good poem can in no respect differ from that of good __.

A)Drama
B)Prose
C)Novel
D)Tragi- comedy

Question 36

Wordsworth said the poet should use the __ for removing what would otherwise be painful or disgusting in the passion.

A)Principal of selection
B)Metrical composition
C)Personification of abstract ideas
D)Real language of men

Question 37

Who said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing?

A)William Wordsworth
B)William Shakespeare
C)Aristotle
D)Matthew Arnold

Question 38

In what ways is Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?

A)It calls for even more strict and rigid poetic forms
B)It features poems that focus on nature and rural communities
C)It contains poems that are more complicated and academic in tone.
D)It sought to stimulate the reader's reasoning mind.

Question 39

According to Wordsworth, poetic diction has

A)Rules
B)No rules
C)Rustic language
D)Simple language

Question 40

According to Wordsworth, prose and poetry differs by

A)Style
B)Emotion
C)Preface
D)Metre