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Practice Set 1

December 7, 2025
Questionnaire

1. Who is considered the “Father of Romanticism”?

A. Coleridge

B. Wordsworth

C. Byron

D. Blake

 

2. The Lyrical Ballads was first published in:

A. 1789

B. 1798

C. 1802

D. 1815

 

3. “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” is said by:

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Coleridge

 

4. Which poet is known as the “Prophet of Nature”?

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Byron

 

5. “Kubla Khan” was written by:

A. Shelley

B. Byron

C. Coleridge

D. Keats

 

6. William Blake is associated with:

A. Songs of Innocence and Experience

B. Endymion

C. Don Juan

D. Alastor

 

7. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” appears in:

A. Ode to a Nightingale

B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. To Autumn

D. La Belle Dame Sans Merci

 

8. Which poet is known as the “Satanic Poet”?

A. Byron

B. Shelley

C. Coleridge

D. Keats

 

9. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” features which supernatural element?

A. Fairy Queen

B. Ghost ship

C. Talking bird

D. Magic tree

 

10. “Ode to the West Wind” is written by:

A. Keats

B. Blake

C. Byron

D. Shelley

 

11. Which poet belonged to the “Lake Poets”?

A. Byron

B. Keats

C. Wordsworth

D. Shelley

 

12. “Prometheus Unbound” is a work by:

A. Shelley

B. Byron

C. Keats

D. Blake

 

13. The term “negative capability” was introduced by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Keats

D. Shelley

 

14. Which Romantic poet died at the age of 25?

A. Byron

B. Keats

C. Shelley

D. Blake

 

15. “Don Juan” is an unfinished epic by:

A. Byron

B. Keats

C. Shelley

D. Blake

 

16. “The Tyger” is written by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Blake

C. Keats

D. Shelley

 

17. “Tintern Abbey” is a poem about:

A. Greek art

B. Nature and memory

C. Immortality

D. Revolution

 

18. Who wrote “Christabel”?

A. Byron

B. Coleridge

C. Keats

D. Blake

 

19. “To Autumn” is known for its:

A. Melancholy

B. Sensuous imagery

C. Political tone

D. Supernatural theme

 

20. “Adonais” is an elegy written on Keats by:

A. Blake

B. Byron

C. Shelley

D. Wordsworth

 

21. Which poet wrote “Endymion”?

A. Shelley

B. Keats

C. Byron

D. Blake

 

22. “The Prelude” is a long autobiographical poem by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Shelley

C. Keats

D. Blake

 

23. Which poet is known for mysticism and symbolism?

A. Byron

B. Blake

C. Shelley

D. Keats

 

24. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” appears in:

A. Hyperion

B. Endymion

C. Lamia

D. Isabella

 

25. Shelley was drowned in:

A. Italy

B. England

C. Greece

D. Spain

 

26. “The Solitary Reaper” celebrates:

A. Heroism

B. Labour

C. Nature & rustic life

D. Revolution

 

27. Byron was known for the creation of the:

A. Byronic hero

B. Satanic hero

C. Romantic hero

D. Christ-like hero

 

28. “Frost at Midnight” is by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Blake

C. Shelley

D. Coleridge

 

29. “Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!” begins which poem?

A. To a Skylark

B. Nightingale

C. The Brook

D. The Cloud

 

30. Keats belonged to which generation of Romantic poets?

A. First

B. Second

C. Third

D. Pre-Romantic

 

31. “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” is written by:

A. Byron

B. Blake

C. Shelley

D. Wordsworth

 

32. Coleridge’s philosophical prose work is:

A. Biographia Literaria

B. Preface to Lyrical Ballads

C. The Defence of Poetry

D. The Excursion

 

33. “She walks in beauty like the night” is a poem by:

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Byron

 

34. “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty” is written by:

A. Byron

B. Coleridge

C. Shelley

D. Keats

 

35. “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” features a:

A. Fairy witch woman

B. Greek warrior

C. Epic hero

D. Medieval knight

 

36. Wordsworth’s sister who inspired many poems was:

A. Mary

B. Dorothy

C. Jane

D. Elizabeth

 

37. “Ode to a Nightingale” expresses:

A. Joy of life

B. Fear of death

C. Escape from reality

D. Anger and revolt

 

38. “Lines Written in Early Spring” is by:

A. Byron

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Keats

 

39. Who wrote “Queen Mab”?

A. Shelley

B. Byron

C. Blake

D. Keats

 

40. “The Cloud” is a poem by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Keats

D. Shelley

 

41. What is the theme of “The Chimney Sweeper” (Blake)?

A. War

B. Child labour & exploitation

C. Love

D. Nature

 

42. “Mutability” is written by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Byron

C. Shelley

D. Keats

 

43. “Hyperion” is an unfinished epic by:

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Blake

 

44. “The Idiot Boy” belongs to:

A. Keats

B. Blake

C. Wordsworth

D. Shelley

 

45. “Ozymandias” depicts:

A. Heroism

B. Love

C. Political power’s downfall

D. Religious devotion

 

46. “The Eve of St. Agnes” is by:

A. Shelley

B. Blake

C. Byron

D. Keats

 

47. “The World is Too Much with Us” criticizes:

A. Government

B. Industrialization

C. Literature

D. History

 

48. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” is written by:

A. Byron

B. Shelley

C. Coleridge

D. Blake

 

49. “The Lamb” is by:

A. Wordsworth

B. Blake

C. Keats

D. Shelley

 

50. “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” is written by:

A. Shelley

B. Keats

C. Wordsworth

D. Blake