Romantic Poetry Mcqs For BS/MA/MS/Mphil/Phd....
Topic : Romanticism
When did romantic period start?
a) 1899 b) 1989 c) 1798 d) None
Name the poet who falls in LAKE POETS?
a) Wordsworth b) Byron c) Shelley d) Keats
Who initiated Romantic Era ?
a) Coleridge b) Sir Walter c) Wordsworth d) Both a & c Lyrical Ballads is a work of ?
a) Wordsworth b) Coleridge C) Byron d ) both a & b
Biographia Literaria comes of ?
a)Coleridge b) Eliot c) Chadwick d) Henry Lyrical Ballads was editioned ?
a) 4 b) 5 c) 3 c) 2
Romantics emphasized ?
a) Wit b) Blief c) Emotions d) All
Name the poet who spiritualizes nature ?
a) Wordsworh b) Coleridge c) Shelley d) Both b & c
Escapism is related to ?
a)Keats b) Byron c) Blake d) Shelley
Shelley ------------------ nature ?
a) Intellectualizes b) Romanticizes c) Indifferent d) None
French Revolution was started in ?
a) 1789 b) 1899 c)1879 d) 11798
Which one is not slogan of French Revolution ?
a) Liberty b) Equality c) Fraternity d) Humanism
Who imposed unfair excessive taxes during French Revolution ?
a) Edward b) James c) Louis d) Bishop
French Revolution was a fray between ?
a) Upper & lower class b) Police & Public c) Court & Army d) All
Folk Spirit is associated with ?
a) John Gottfried b) Milton c) Donne d) Shakespeare
Who is a Lake Poet in true sense ?
a) Wordsworth b) Shelley c) Byron d)Keats
Name the poet who romanticizes death ?
a) Keats b) Shelley c) Eliot d) Coleridge Themes of romantic age are ?
a) Love b) Beauty c) Nature d) All
Steam engine was invented in the age of ?
a) Romantic b) Elizabethan c) Neoclassical d) None Prelude belongs to ?
a) Wordsworth b) Longinus c) Byron d) Coleridge
Defended the ancient prerogatives of hereditary power ?
a) Burke b) Henry c) Godwin d) Paine
Romantic age may be tracked back to the mid of century ?
a) 18th b) 19th c) 17th d) 18th
The rage for roots triggered by the discoveries of ?
a) Linguistic b) Psychology c) Criticism d) All
Lyrical Ballads was published in ?
a) 1798 b) 1898 c) 1989 d) 1698 The first reform bill was passed in ?
a) 1832 b) 1860 c) 1870 d) 1890
Group 2
John keats as a romantic poet
_____was one of the most important figures of early nineteenth century romantics.
A Keats B John donne C shakespeare D philip sidney Keats possesses the quality of ____and a pure poet.
A romantic Comedy B tragedy C comedy D romantic
The second generation of romantic poets includes
A Lord byron,percy Bysshe Shelley and keats. B John keats , john donne, shakespeare C shakespeare ,Lord byron DJohn keats and shakespeare
He ignored _____and preferred romanticism.
A modernism B classcism C victorian era D Post modernism
John Keats’ _________are fine examples that he is first in the list of the romantic poets.
A love for past, the quest for beauty B escapism and imaginative realism C none of them D a and b
The combination of happiness and _______ best characterizes his odes
A despair B ecstasy C agony D all
His odes indicate a _____ in romantic poetry and philosophy
A surprise B happiness C Tension D none
Older romantic poets looked at nature as a realm of
A overwhelming beauty B communion C aesthetic pleasure D all
Keats sentiment of nature is ___ than other romantics
A simpler B difficult C neutral D None
Later romantics looked at nature primarily as a realm of
A communion B overwhelming beaut C aesthetic pleasure D B & C
He ____ the physical beauty of nature
A criticize B appreciate C Both D None of these
Keats description of nature is very beautiful,he paints the picture with
A Colors B words C nothing D A & B
Keats is called the poet of ____
A Logic B Beauty C Reason D All
Some Critics adress ____ as the worshiper of beauty
A P.B Shelly B Lord byron C Keats D all
Keats was influenced by
A Spenser B Words worth C Coleridge D None
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty “ lines taken from which ode of keats
A ode to a nightingale B ode to a grecian urn C ode to autumn D ode to Melancholy
Romantic poetry presents the world of
A reality B imagination C dream D b & c
Unlike whom keats does not want to overthrow the tyrants
A Spenser B Byron C Shelley D All
John keats dealt with the supernatural elements in his poem
A The Eve of St. Agnes B La belle dame sans merci C Both D None of them
Which thing keats referred as Immortal in ode to a nightingale
A nightingale B sleep C life D all What kind of poet was keats?
A Romantic and pure poet B Modern and impure poet C Classical and pure poet D Modern and impure poet
Keats felt that human mind was?
A Active B Synthetic C Dynamic D All of them
Keats was the romantic poet of which generation?
A First B Second C Third D None of them
What is a recurrent feature in Keats ‘s poetry? A Synaesthesia B Moral C Destruction D None Escapism can be noticed in Keats ‘s work?
A Ode to Nightangale B Autumn C Ode to the Gracian urn D None
Ode To Autumn
Ode to Autumn was composed in Winchester on
a) 19 Sep 1820 b) 16 Sep 1819 c) 19 Sep 1819 ) 23 Sep 1819
Ode to Autumn was first published in
a) 1822 b) 1820 c) 1821 d) 1819
Ode to Autumn is a poem in three stanzas of
a) 8 lines b) 12 lines c) 6 lines d) 11 lines
Which Poem is considered the perfect embodiment of poetic form ?
a) Ode To Nightingale b) On Death c) Ode To Autumn d) Lamia
Autumn is personified as a
a) Male b) Woman c) Apple Tree d) Sun Who is considered the closest friend of Autumn
a)Sun b) Moon c) Spring d) Bees
Which thing Autumn symbolizes in human and animal lives ?
a) Madness b) death c) Maturity d) Mutability
“Thou has thy music too” this phrase describes the feeling of
a) Destruction b) Hopefulness c) Enjoyment d) None Of These
Which Poem is considered Keats’s career last poem ?
a) Ode To Grecian Urn b) Ode To Psyche c) Ode To Autumn d) On Death
In Ode To Autumn Keats implies the feeling that the Autumn is still full of
a) Load b) Energy c) Leaves d) Hopes
The last stanza of Ode To Autumn is considered to be
a) Destructed b) Beautiful c) Death-Haunted d) None Of These
The use of sound in Ode To Autumn is
a) Paralleled b) Complex c) Satisfied d) Unparalleled
“Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness” the line taken from
a) Lamia b) Ode To Nightingale c) Ode to Autumn d) Ode To Grecian Urn
Autumn is the season of
a) Depression b) Falling Off c) Mists & Fruitfulness d) Enjoyment
The reddish colors of the sunlight touch the ______ surface of the reaped plains.
a) Blackish b) Rosy c) Green d) Brown
Who sits careless on a granary floor in Ode To Autumn ?
a) Woman b) Man c) Autumn d) Moon
“Thou watchest the last oozings ,”
a) Day by day b) Hours by hours c) month by month d) season by season
How many images Keats has personified Autumn ?
a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five
Whom hair is being lifted softly by the blowing wind in Ode To Autumn ?
a) Girl b) Autumn c) Winter d) Moon
In which season , the sun makes the gourd swell ?
a) Spring b) Winter c) Summer d) Autumn
Thatched cottages suggest a
a) Beautiful Setting b) Urbane Setting c) Abroad Setting d) Pastoral Setting
Autumn is the season of
a) Life & Happiness b) Misery & Joy c) Life & Death d) Beauty
Autumn & Sun are planning how to make fruits
a) Destroy b) Ripe & Grow c) Vanish d) Round
In Autumn Bees gets busy in getting their juice to prepare
a) Nectar b) Milk c) Honey d) Sweets
How many Odes are written by John Keats ?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
Ode To A Nightingale
What is the theme to “Ode to a Nightingale?”
a)Morality b) Truth c) Reality d) Melancholy
“Ode to Nightingale” written in ?
a)1819 b) 1817 c) 1818 d) 1820
Which bird is a symbol of eternity for Keats?
a)The Sparrow b) The Nightingale c) The Robin d) The Swan
It Was...........while Keats heard the sound of a nightingale,which inspired the ode.
a) winter b) Summer c) Spring d) Autumn
"My heart aches.........."here the cause of "ache" is
a)Joy b) despair c) envy d) inability
"As Though Of Hemlock I Had.........."
a) Drunk b) Taken c) Enjoyed d) Sunk
Keats Suggests……..Of Bird’s Song.
a)Evanescence b)Ecstasy c) Permanence d) Wisdom
“I Cannot See………."
a)Moon. b)Stars. c) Flowers d) Sky
How many stanzas of “Ode to Nightingale” ?
a)5 b) 6 c) 4 d) 8
“ I Cannot See What Flowers Are………”
a) In The Tree b)In The Garden c)At My Feet d)Above My Head
“Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes” ,here beauty refers to
a) Fanny Browne b) Rose c) The moon d) Women of beauty
“Fade Far Away, Dissolve, And Quite Forget”.Keats Want To Forget
a)The bird b)World of the nightingale
c)The Miseries Of The Earth d) The Moonlit Night
“Or New Love Pine At Them Beyond To-morrow”. Here Keats Thinks Of His Own Love Affair
With
a) Fanny b) Mary c) Anne d) Harriet
Ode To A Nightingale Is Noted For
a) Sensuousness b) Realism c) Imagery d) Pun
Each Stanza Of “Ode To Nightingale” Contains…..…. LINES ?
a) 11 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12
When “Ode To Nightingale” Was Written Keats Was In ?
a) Italy b) France c) England d) Switzerland
“ Thou wast not born for death immortal bird” Here Immortality Actually Applies To ?
a) The Nightingale b) The poet c) The song d) Natural beauty
“Wherewith The Seasonable Month……” here the month is ?
a)March b) May c) April d) July
The 8th Line Of Each Stanza Of “Ode To Nightingale” Is Written In ?
a)Iambic Pentameter b) Iambic trimeter
c) Iambic tetrameter d) Trochaic pentameter
“Nor What Soft Incense”. Here The Poet Speaks Of The ?
a)Bird b) Flowers c) Forest. d) Moon
All The Serious Thoughts On This Earth, As Keats Says Led To ?
a)Joy b) Past. c) Imagination. d) Despair
“…………. Of Thy Happy Lot”. Here the word “Lot” Means ?
a) Much b) Song c) Fate d) Bird
“…………To The Drains”. Here The Poet Mentions ?
a) Opium b) Hemlock c) Wine d) Lethe water
In The Last Stanza Keats Finds The Song Of The Bird To Be ?
a) Joyful. b) Charming. c) Immortal d) Melancholy
“Testing Of Flora” ,What Is Flora ?
a) Greek Goddess of Wine b) Roman Goddess of wine.
c) Roman Goddess of flowers d) Greek goddess of Flowers
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Ode On a Grecian Urn
In which year Ode On a Grecian Urn was written?
a) 1820 b) 1819 c) 1821 d) 1822
In first stanza, Keats calls the urn “foster child of”…..
a) Charm and beauty b) Silence and slow time
b) Noisy and fast time d) Night and day
In 5 stanza, Keats calls the Urn….
a) Embodiment of beauty b) Embodiment of Charm
b) A Cold Pastoral d) Centre of attention
How many stanzas are there in “Ode on a Grecian urn”
a) 4 stanzas b) 5 stanzas c) 7 stanzas d) 8 stanzas
In the opening line of this ode, Keats personifies Urn by calling….
a) Cold Pastoral b) Sylvan Historian c) Unravished bride. d) none of these In 5 stanza, Keats says that urn is carved with the embroidery of marble:
Men and Woman b) Men and children c) Old people d) Men and Maidens
What does the Urn symbolize in the Ode on a urn?
a) Ugliness and Mortality b) Loneliness and Mortality
b) Beauty and Mortality d) Beauty and Immorality
Which animal is sacrificed in the 4th stanza of Keats’ “ ode on a Grecian urn”?
a) Camel b) ram c) Heifer (a cow) d) calf
What is referred as “ the bride of quietness” in the “ ode on a Grecian urn”?
a) the Grecian urn b) the autumn c) the nightingale d) none of these
Characters in the Grecian urn are:
a) melted b) frozen in time c) preserved d) fast in time
What does narrator describes in the poem “ ode on a Grecian urn”?
a) shape of the urn b) quality of the urn
c) designs on a Grecian urn d) none of these
In third line of first stanza, Keats refers Urn to which thing?
a) Sylvan Poet b) Sylvan Laureate c)Sylvan Historian d) None of these
The overall tone of this poem can best be described as:
a)Mournful b)Emotion c) Sarcastic d) Vulgar
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and trimbrels? What wild ecstasy?
Which literary device is used in these lines?
a) Personification b) Alliteration c) Anaphora d) Metaphor
Who is leading the cow towards the alter?
a) A mysterious poet b) A happy priest
c) A mysterious priest. d) A sad man
The people who are carrying the cow towards the altar are from which village?
a) Oia Village b) Athens c) Olympia
c) poet doesn’t know about the village
In Ode on a Grecian urn, who is playing the musical pipes beneath a tree?
a) A Fair Maiden b) An Old man c) A Fair Youth d) A young child
According to Keats, which songs are more melodies than heard songs?
a) Songs, which are heard by physical ears
b) Songs which are heard by human beings
c) Songs which are unheard and silent
d) All these
In this ode, “ parching tongue” stands for what?
a) Fever b) Cough. c) pain d) thirst
The leaves of the trees which are carved on the urn will never ever bid to which season?
a) Autumn b) winter. C) summer. d) Spring
The Cow’s silken flanks was dressed by which thing?
a) Leaves b) Garlands c) Roses d) bells
The scene of sacrificing cow present which type of event?
a) Religious b) non religious c) Weeding d) party
The urn can narrate a story more sweetly than a
b) Poet b)Poem c)Teacher d)Preacher What does Attic present in ode on a Grecian urn?
a) A place in London b) A place in Cyprus
b) A place in Greece d) A place in Germany
Ode on the Grecian urn was published in?
a) 1819 b) 1821 c) 1822 d) 1820
Ode on a Grecian urn was published in which collection?
a) Odes b) Lyrics poems c) Boston d) None
The Hellenism is associated with-------
a) wordsworth b) keats c) Byron d) None
The word Hellenism means------
a) Greek b) Japan c) Europe d) Rasia
Hellenism of keats connotes------
a) His love of poetry. b) His love for ancient culture
b) His love for Greek culture and art . D) None of these Who expressed the opinion that “ keats was a Greek”----?
a) Byron. b) Wordsworth. c) Shakespeare d) Shelly
Keats is a Hellenist because he loves the beauty of----
a) Span b) England. c) Greek d) Europe
Who calls Keats ”One of the inheritors of unfulfilled renown?
a) Shelley b)Byron c) Walter Scott d) Southey -Who wrote a famous Pastoral Elegy on the death of Keats?
a) Shelley b) Wordsworth c) Walter Scot d) None
What was the title of the elegy written by Shelley on the death of Keats?
a) Adonais b) Lycidas c) Thyrsis d) Astrophel
Keats took the story of Endymion from:-
a) Greek Mythology b) Italian Folk c) Irish Legends d) None
Keats writes in The Ode to a Nightingale ”Wher youth grows pale, specter think and dies”:-
a) His brother’s death by consumption b) Death of Chatterton who died at the age of 18. c) Death of Philip Sidney who died at the age of 32 d)
None
Which of these men was not named by the temple of Apollo at Delphi for his Surpassing wisdom?
a) OSocrates b) Aeschylus. c) OSophocles d) OEuripides
What replaces Dionysian ecstasies in Euripidean drama?
a)Fiery passions b)Cool, paradoxical thoughts c) X Apollonian intuitions d) Esthetic Socratism
Who attacked the spirit of tragedy in his theatrical works?
a) Aristophanes. b)X Philemon c) Euripides. d) OMenander
According to Nietzsche, what is the role of the chorus in tragedy?
a) The beholder of the visionary scene. b) The ideal spectator
b) The Apollonian critic c) The political arbiter
What musical form did Archilochus introduce into literature?
a) The New Attic Dithyramb b) The choral hym. c) The folk-song d) Socratic Lyricism
Hellenism of Keats connotes______________?
a) his love of poetry b) his love of ancient cultures c) his love of Greek culture and art d)None of these
Both the Gothic and sentimental fiction emphasize which of the following ?
a) Reason over emotions b) The necessity for an aristocracy
b) c) The power of feelings d) A sense of adventure
Hardy’s Nature is_____________?
a) Friendly b) Indifferent c) Vindictive d) None of these
The line ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’ occurs in which one of Keats’ following poems_______________?
a) Ode to Nightingale b) Ode to Grecian Urn c) Ode to Psyche c) None
Who calls Keats ”One of the inheritors of unfulfilled renown?
a) Shelley b) Byron c) Walter Scott c) Southey
The theme of Hyperion is taken from …….. origin.
a) Persian b) Greek. c) Somalia. d) none Keats first successful poetic work was:
a) The Illiad b) The Odyssey c) On first looking into Chapmans Homer
c) Ode to psyche
In keats lamia imagery used is:
a) Sylvan pastoral b) Sylvan historian c) Sylvan allusions d)None
Who states that “Keats was a Greek”.
a) Arnold b) Shelley c) Chapmans d) Shakespeare
Which work of keats have refrences to beauty of form:-
a) Cult of Greece b) Sonnets on marble
b) Ode on a Grecian Urn d) Both b and c