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Quiz about English Literature Made Simple No 4

English Literature Made Simple - No. 4 Quiz

While my first English Lit. quiz covered a thousand years, this one will focus on the 39 year period between 1798 and 1837 and the great works of the Age of Romanticism.

A multiple-choice quiz by rblayer. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
rblayer

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
177,500

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1268

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Question 1 of 10

1. To what was William Wordsworth referring when he wrote "Ethereal minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!"? Hint

Crow

Nightingale

Skylark

Robin

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where did Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan build a palace? Hint

Atlantis

Shangri-La

Xanadu

Nirvana

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Question 3 of 10

3. Essayist Charles Lamb is often known by what other name? (This should be familiar to crossword puzzle fans) Hint

Elia

Boz

Jesse

Elmo

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following was NOT written by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott? Hint

The Canterbury Tales

The Lady of the Lake

Ivanhoe

Quentin Durward

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Question 5 of 10

5. In Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty", what color was the woman's hair? Hint

Black

Blonde

Red

Auburn

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who or what was Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"? Hint

Greek king

Egyptian ruler

Supernatural being

King of the Lost City

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Question 7 of 10

7. To what was Shelley referring to when he wrote "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert..."? Hint

Raven

Skylark

Eagle

Nightingale

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Question 8 of 10

8. Poet John Keats also wrote a famous ode to what type of bird? Hint

Robin

Dove

Nightingale

Peacock

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Question 9 of 10

9. Keats wrote a poem about the feast day of what saint of the Roman Catholic Church? Hint

St. Nicholas

St. Veronica

St. Christopher

St. Agnes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Of the three great romantic poets, Byron, Shelley and Keats, who lived to the oldest age? Hint

Byron

Keats

Shelley

Keats and Shelley

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. To what was William Wordsworth referring when he wrote "Ethereal minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!"?

Answer: Skylark

In 1843 Wordsworth became England's poet laureate and remained so until his death in 1850.

2. Where did Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan build a palace?

Answer: Xanadu

Coleridge also wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" with the well known quote "Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink".

3. Essayist Charles Lamb is often known by what other name? (This should be familiar to crossword puzzle fans)

Answer: Elia

Lamb, as well as his sister Mary Ann, suffered from periods of insanity. In 1796 Mary Ann murdered her mother in a fit of madness and was confined to an asylum. She was ultimately released into the care of her brother.

4. Which of the following was NOT written by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott?

Answer: The Canterbury Tales

Childhood polio left Scott lame in his right leg, however, in spite of his physical challenge Scott grew to be over six feet tall and of great physical endurance. He also wrote some 27 historical novels.

5. In Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty", what color was the woman's hair?

Answer: Black

"One shade the more, one ray the less, had half impaired the nameless grace which waves in every raven tress..."

6. Who or what was Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"?

Answer: Egyptian ruler

Ozymandias is the Greek name of Egyptian King Rameses the Second, who ruled from 1290 to 1223 B.C. In the first century BC,Greek historian Diodorus Siculus described a funeral temple bearing an inscription much like the lines in Shelley's poem.

7. To what was Shelley referring to when he wrote "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert..."?

Answer: Skylark

Shelly's wife claimed that her husband was inspired as they heard a skylark "on a beautiful summer evening while wandering among the lanes, whose myrtle hedges were bowers of fireflies".

8. Poet John Keats also wrote a famous ode to what type of bird?

Answer: Nightingale

Keats also wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn" with the well-known line, "Beauty is truth, truth is beauty - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know".

9. Keats wrote a poem about the feast day of what saint of the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer: St. Agnes

Keats' "The Eve of St. Agnes" was about an old superstition, where if a young girl followed the proper ritual she would see her sweetheart in a dream, kiss him, and they would feast together.

10. Of the three great romantic poets, Byron, Shelley and Keats, who lived to the oldest age?

Answer: Byron

George Gordon, Lord Byron lived to the age of 36. Shelley died at age 30 and poor John Keats only made it to 26.

Source: Author rblayer

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