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Some Early Romantic Poets Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of that fine group of English poets who graced the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.

A multiple-choice quiz by macbeth51. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
macbeth51

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,005

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
825

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote 'I fear thee, Ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand'? Hint

Coleridge

Byron

Keats

Wordsworth

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which Keats poem does the following line occur: 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all' ? Hint

Ode to a Nightingale

Ode on a Grecian Urn

To Autumn

Ode on Melancholy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the following lines: 'Break, break, break On thy cold, grey stones, O sea!'? Hint

Wordsworth

Byron

Tennyson

Keats

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair' were penned by what poet in his sonnet about a long dead, but once powerful, pharaoh? Hint

Coleridge

Byron

Shelley

Keats

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Question 5 of 10

5. Wordsworth composed these lines upon what bridge? 'Earth has not anything to show more fair; Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty:' Hint

London

Westminster

Tower

Blackfriars

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Question 6 of 10

6. In Coleridge's poem, who decreed a pleasure dome be built? Hint

Genghis Khan

Hammurabi

Constantine

Kubla Khan

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Question 7 of 10

7. Complete the following title of Keats' poem: 'La Belle Dame Sans ...'

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote 'Porphyria's Lover'? Hint

Wordsworth

Browning

Coleridge

Byron

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'Where are the songs of spring? Ay where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too.' To what season are these lines being addressed in this poem by Keats? Hint

Winter

Summer

Spring

Autumn

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night' - which poet wrote these lines? Hint

Keats

Wordsworth

Browning

Blake

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote 'I fear thee, Ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand'?

Answer: Coleridge

2. In which Keats poem does the following line occur: 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all' ?

Answer: Ode on a Grecian Urn

3. Who wrote the following lines: 'Break, break, break On thy cold, grey stones, O sea!'?

Answer: Tennyson

First lines of the classic poem, 'Break, break, break'

4. 'Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair' were penned by what poet in his sonnet about a long dead, but once powerful, pharaoh?

Answer: Shelley

The poem 'Ozymandias'

5. Wordsworth composed these lines upon what bridge? 'Earth has not anything to show more fair; Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty:'

Answer: Westminster

6. In Coleridge's poem, who decreed a pleasure dome be built?

Answer: Kubla Khan

7. Complete the following title of Keats' poem: 'La Belle Dame Sans ...'

Answer: Merci

8. Who wrote 'Porphyria's Lover'?

Answer: Browning

Robert Browning, husband of Elizabeth Barret Browning

9. 'Where are the songs of spring? Ay where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too.' To what season are these lines being addressed in this poem by Keats?

Answer: Autumn

10. 'Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night' - which poet wrote these lines?

Answer: Blake

Source: Author macbeth51

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