In which work do you read: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree…” ?
A. Kubla Khan
B. Hellas
C. The Phoenix and the Turtle
D. The Castaway
Restoration and 18th Century
Who exemplified the role of the “peasant poet” ?
Who exemplified the role of the “peasant poet” ?
A. John Clare
B. John Keats
C. Robert Burns
D. A and C only
What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother ?
What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother ?
A. Anderson
B. Branwell
C. Richard
D. Pearson
Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?
Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?
A. troubadour
B. skald
C. chorister
D. bard
How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?
How many lines are there in a Sonnet ?
A. 10
B. 16
C. 14
D. 22
A side note: Which drug/substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to ?
A side note: Which drug/substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to ?
A. Heroine
B. Cocaine
C. Alcohol
D. Opium
Becky sharp was the heroine in which novel ?
Becky sharp was the heroine in which novel ?
A. Vanity Fair
B. Sense and Sensibility
C. Pride and Prejudice
D. Mansfield Park
Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the “spirit of the age,” which, in an era of revolutionary thinking, depended on a belief in the limitless possibilities of the poetic imagination ?
Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the “spirit of the age,” which, in an era of revolutionary thinking, depended on a belief in the limitless possibilities of the poetic imagination ?
A. Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake
B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy B. Shelley
C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt
In the late seventeenth century, a battle of the bookserupted between which two groups ?
In the late seventeenth century, a battle of the bookserupted between which two groups ?
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning
According to Samuel Johnson, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________?
According to Samuel Johnson, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________?
A. love.”
B. honor.”
C. money.”
D. his party.”