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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge / memory B. John Keats / observation C. William Wordsworth / tranquility D. Percy Bysshe Shelley / nature 2. It is said that the poem________ written by S.T. Coleridge was composed in a dream after the poet took the opium. But when he was writing the lines down, a stranger interrupted him and only 54 lines survived. A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. Kubla Khan
B. Frost at Midnight D. The Prelude
3. In the Romantic Age, ________ is a great critic on Shakespeare, Elizabethan drama, and
English poetry. A. Walter Scott
B. Jane Austen
C. William Hazlitt D. John Milton
4. In his poem, ―Ode to the West Wind,‖ Shelley intends to present his wind as a central ________around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth. A. metonymy B. simile
C. symbol D. concept
5. As a ________ writer, Jane Austen considers it her duty to express in her works a discriminated and serious criticism of life, and to expose the follies and illusions of mankind.
A. romantic B. sentimentalist C. realistic
D. naturalistic
6. The first line of William Blake‘s well-known poem The Tyger reads, ―Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright.‖ The repeated word ―tyger‖(tiger) with an exclamation mark suggests ________. A. joy B. fear C. pain D. fondness
7. What does Wordsworth‘s poem the Solitary Reaper tell us about Romanticist?
A. To romanticists, poetry is an expression of an individual‘s feelings and experiences no
matter how fragmentary and monentary these feelings and experiences are. B. Romanticists take delight only in sound effect; the theme of a work is not their concern. C. Romanticists are not patient people; they would leave before the revelation of the theme. D. Poetry should present the apparent and tangible. 8. The lines ―It was a miracle of rare device, / A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice‖ are
found in ________. A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge‘s Kubla Khan
B. William Wordsworth‘s Lines Written in Early Spring C. John Keats‘s Ode to Autumn
D. Percy Bysshe Shelley‘s Ode to the West Wind
9. Prometheus Unbound is Shelley‘s greatest achievement. Prometheus, according to the Greek
mythology, was chained by Zeus on Mount Caucasus and suffered the vulture‘s feeding on his liver for ________.
A. planning a revolt to dethrone God
B. misinterpreting God‘s decree to reconcile man and nature
C. prophesying the arrival of spring in a winter season D. stealing the fire from heaven and giving it to man
10. The Romantic Period in Englishh literature began with the publication of ________.
A. William Blake‘s Song of Innocence
B. Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice
C. Wordsworth‘s and Coleridge‘s Lyrical Ballads D. Sir Walter Scott‘s Ivanhoe
11. Which of the following is taken from John Keats‘ Ode on a Grecian Urn? A. ―If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?‖ B. ―For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love.‖
C. ―Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter.‖ D. ―The Child is father of the Man.‖
12. The novel starts with ―It is universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.‖ This novel is Jane Austen‘s ________. A. Emma B. Persuasion C. Sense and Sensibility D. Pride and Prejudice 13. ―And where are they? And where art thou,
My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now—
The heroic bosom beats no more!‖ (George Gordon Byron, Don Juan) In the above stanza, ―art thou‖ literally means ________. A. are you B. art though C. are though
D. art you
14. It is generally regarded that Keats‘s most important and mature poems are in the form of ________. A. ode B. elegy C. epic D. sonnet
15. In William Blake‘s poetry, the father ( and any other in whom he saw the image of the father such as God, priest, and king ) was usually a figure of ________. A. benevolence B. admiration
C. love D. tyranny
16. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley‘s poem Ode to the West Wind with all the
following terms EXCEPT ________. A. tamed C. proud
B. swift D. wild
17. William Wordsworth asserts that poetry originates from ________. A. form B. thoughts
C. artistic devices D. emotion
18. In Coleridge‘s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the mariner suffers the horror of death,
because ________.
A. he experiences a shipwreck C. he undergoes much suffering A. Ode on Melancholy
B. he is tortured with starvation D. he kills an albatross B. Ode on a Grecian Urn
19. The four great odes of John Keats are the following EXCEPT ________.
C. Ode to a Nightingale D. Ode to the West Wind
20. In William Blake‘s later period, he wrote quite a few prophetic books including the following
writing EXCEPT ________.
A. The Book of Urizen B. The Book of Los
C. Milton D. Marriage of Heaven and Hell
21. The literary form which is fully-developed and the most flourishing during the Romantic
Period is ________. A. prose B. drama
C. poetry
D. novel
22. ________ is the author of the writing Ode to a Nightingale. A. William Blake C. Ezra Pound
A. Songs of Experience C. Marriage of Heave and Hell
B. John Keats
D. Eugene O‘‘Neil B. Songs of Innocence D. Emma
23. Which of the following writings is NOT completed by William Blake?
24. In the history of literature, Romanticism is generally regarded as ________.
A. the thought that designates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life and experience B. the thought that designates man as a social animal
C. the orientation that emphasizes those features which men have in common D. the modes of thinking
25. ________ is the central concern to Blake‘s concern in Songs of Innocence and Songs of
Experience.
A. Womanhood
B. Adulthood
C. Happiness D. Childhood
26. In Shelley‘s To a Skylark, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth
an exultant song which suggests to the poet________. A. both celestial rapture and human limitation B. both image creation and profound meaning C. both music and words
D. both inspiration and skill of writing
27. Which of the following writings is NOT created by William Wordsworth? A. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
B. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 C. The Solitary Reaper.
D. The Chimney Sweeper
28. ―Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O Thou, Who chariots to their dark wintry bed‖ The above three lines are taken from ________. A. Ode on A Grecian Urn C. A song: Men of England
B. Ode to the West Wind D. Song for the Luddites
29. With so many poems such as The Sparrow’s Nest, To a Skylark, To the Cuckoo and To a
Butterfly, William Wordsworth is regarded as ― ________‖. A. poet of genius B. royal poet C. worshipper of nature D. conservative poet 30. Which of the following can NOT describe ―Byronic hero‖?
A. proud B. mysterious
C. noble origin D. progressive
31. The tone of literature in Songs of Experience by William Blake is ________. A. utter B. lively C. plain D. doleful 32. ________ is the author of the writing Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage? A. Byron
B. Blake
C. Keats D. Wordsworth 33. ________ wrote the poem Men of England. A. Shelley
B. Thomas Gray
C. Walt Whitman D. T.S. Eliot
34. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen‘s novels. B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as ―First Impressions‖. C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.
D. Pride and Prejudice is about marriage and love.
35. Of the following writers, which is NOT the representative of the Romantic Period? A. William Blake B. John Keats C. William Wordsworth D. John Bunyan
36. By contrasting the freedom of the ancient Greece and the enslavement of the present Greece
in the Isles of Greece, Byron appealed to the Greek people to fight for ________. A. love B. liberty C. happiness D. peace
37. ―If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?‖ is an epigrammtic line by ________. A. J. Keats B. W. Blake
C. W. Wordsworth D. P.B. Shelley
38. Ode on a Grecian Urn shows the contrast between the ________ of art and the ________ of human passion.
A. glory / ugliness C. transience / sordidness
B. permanence / transience D. glory / permanence
39. Of the following poets, which is NOT regarded as ―Lake Poets‖? A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Robert Southey
C. William Wordsworth D. Alfred Tennyson
40. Generally speaking, English Romanticism refers to the period of ________. A.1798-1832 C. 1836-1901
B.1660-1798 D.1789-1832
41. In his lyrics such as Ode to Liberty, Ode to Naples, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for ________ and his hatred toward tyranny. A. the middle class B. freedom C. the poor
works.
A. Ode to Psyche C. Ode to a Grecian Urn
D. the working class
42. Among all his poems, the ________ are regarded as Keats‘ most important and mature
B. Odes
D. Ode to a Nightingale