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Category: English Romantic Poetry
In her essay “Wordsworth Balladry: Real Men Wanted,” Elizabeth Fey argues that the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon _______________?
A. Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion
B. Violence
C. Nature
D. Death and disease
According to the essay “A Defense of Poetry,” which of the following is one of the two “classes of mental action” ?
A. Reason
B. Fear
C. Illogic
D. Indifference
Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?
A. An expression of love for common man.
B. Mockery toward William Wordsworth.
C. An expression of doubt and angst.
D. Dark humor.
In “Of Poetry in General,”William Hazlitt contends that good poetry comes from ____________?
A. The intellect
B. The author’s personal pain
C. Strong feeling
D. Rewriting Homer
In “Mont Blanc,” Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?
A. Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile
B. Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth
C. Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness
D. Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death
The line “fools are my theme, let satire be my song” demonstrates a sentiment that would likely appear in a poem by_________________?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. William Blake
D. Lord Byron
Percy Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” presents nature as ________________?
A. A powerful, sublime force
B. A peaceful force
C. Depressing and miserable
D. Controlled by gods
The Romantic period is generally thought to have occurred between ________________?
A. 1800 – 1900
B. 1805 – 1827
C. 1798 – 1832
D. 1785 – 1825
Which Romantic poet was famous for being “mad, bad and dangerous to know” ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Shelley
C. John Keats
D. William Blake
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