MCQs - life and works of Wordsworth
1. William Wordsworth was born in?
A. 1769
B. 1770
C. 1771
D. 1772
2. Where was William Wordsworth born?
A. London
B. Cockermouth
C. Grasmere
D. Ambleside
3. Who was William Wordsworth’s close collaborator and friend?
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. John Keats
C. Lord Byron
D. Percy Bysshe Shelley
4. In which year did Wordsworth become the Poet Laureate of England?
A. 1839
B. 1840
C. 1843
D. 1845
5. What inspired Wordsworth’s love for nature in his early life?
A. His travels to Italy
B. His education in Cambridge
C. His upbringing in the Lake District
D. His friendship with Coleridge
6. Which of the following works is a collaboration between Wordsworth and
Coleridge?
A. The Prelude
B. Lyrical Ballads
C. Tintern Abbey
D. The Excursion
7. In which year was Lyrical Ballads first published?
A. 1796
B. 1798
C. 1800
D. 1802
8. 8. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that William Wordsworth made his debut as a writer by publishing a sonnet? (same year he entered St. John's College, Cambridge)
A. The
European Magazine
B.
New Poetry
C.
The Tatler
D.
The Rambler
9. Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is also known as:
A. Daffodils
B. The Excursion
C. The Prelude
D. The Solitary Reaper
10. Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is about:
A. A peaceful river
B. A field of daffodils
C. A snowy mountain
D. A romantic sunset
11. Which poetic movement is William Wordsworth associated with?
A. Victorian Poetry
B. Modernism
C. Romanticism
D. Metaphysical Poetry
12. Wordsworth’s concept of poetry is best expressed in which phrase?
A. “The best words in the best order”
B. “The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”
C. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”
D. “Poetry is the criticism of life”
13. Which poem by Wordsworth is
subtitled “On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye”?
A. Ode: Intimations of Immortality
B. Tintern Abbey
C. The Solitary Reaper
D. The Recluse
14. Lord Byron, in a letter to Francis Hodgson, referred
Wordsworth as ……. ?
A. Dear Friend
B. Lost Reader
C. Turdsworth
D. Symbolist
15. Which of the following is NOT a principle expressed in the Preface to
Lyrical Ballads?
A. The poet is a man speaking to men.
B. The subject matter of poetry should include ordinary life and rural
subjects.
C. Poetic form should adhere strictly to classical conventions.
D. Poetry originates from emotions recollected in tranquillity.
16. Who was William Wordsworth’s sister and lifelong companion, who greatly
influenced his poetry?
A. Dorothy Wordsworth
B. Mary Wordsworth
C. Elizabeth Wordsworth
D. Sarah Wordsworth
17. What is a key characteristic of Wordsworth’s poetic diction?
A. Complex diction and syntax
B. Use of plain and everyday language
C. Preference for dramatic monologues
D. Focus on urban settings
18. What event in Wordsworth’s life deeply influenced his writing during his
early years?
A. The French Revolution
B. The Industrial Revolution
C. The American Revolution
D. The War of 1812
19. Which university did Wordsworth attend?
A. Oxford University
B. Cambridge University
C. University of Edinburgh
D. University of London
20. What tragedy struck Wordsworth early in his life?
A. The death of both his parents
B. The loss of his wife
C. The failure of his first publication
D. Financial bankruptcy
21. What is the subtitle of Wordsworth’s The Prelude?
A. A Study in Nature
B. Growth of a Poet’s Mind
C. Adventures of a Poet
D. Songs of the Lake District
22. The Prelude is often described
as:
A. A collection of short poems
B. A lyrical drama
C. An autobiographical epic poem
D. A series of sonnets
23. Which work of Wordsworth includes his famous “Lucy” poems?
A. Lyrical Ballads
B. The Excursion
C. The Recluse
D. The Prelude
24. In The Solitary Reaper, what is the reaper compared to?
A. A skylark
B. A cuckoo
C. A nightingale
D. A dove
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35. Which of the following is true
about, “A Slumber did my spirit steal”?
A. It is an eight-line poem in two
stanzas
B. published in Lyrical Ballads in
1798 co-authored by Coleridge
C. describes speaker’s love for a
girl named Lucy
D. All the above
36. Wordworth’s poet is a man
speaking to
A. everyone
B. his readers
C. men
D. nature
37. Which of the following
statements about Lyrical Ballads is NOT true?
A) It was co-authored by William
Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) Lyrical Ballads marked the
beginning of the Romantic Age
C) It immediately became a
bestseller and was widely praised by critics
D) The preface to the second
edition (1800) outlined key principles of Romanticism
38. Wordsworth propounds his
theory of ____________ in his Preface to Lyrical Ballads
A. verse
B. rhyme
C. poetic diction
D. tradition
39. An Appendix on Poetic Diction
was added to the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads in_____.
A. 1800
B. 1798
C. 1805
D. 1802
40. Wordsworth states, “Poetry
sheds no tears such as Angels weep, but natural and
A. earthly tears
B. childish tears
C. human tears
D. mournful tears
41. Wordsworth believes that a
poet is,
A. “a man speaking to poets”
B. “a man speaking to men”
C. “a man speaking to human”
D. “a man speaking to God”
42. According to Wordsworth,
poetic diction has
A. Rules
B. No rules
C. Rustic language
D. Simple language
43. Wordsworth says prose and
poetry differs by
A. Style
B. Emotion
C. Preface
D. Metre
44. Which is the first poem in
1798 edition of Lyrical Ballads?
A) "Tintern Abbey"
B) "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
C) "We Are Seven"
D) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
45. Which is the last poem in 1798 edition of Lyrical
Ballads?
A) "Tintern Abbey"
B) "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
C) "We Are Seven"
D) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
46. Wordsworth's illegitimate
daughter was named:
A) Dorothy
B) Mary
C) Caroline
D) Catherine
47. Wordsworth's collaboration
with Coleridge produced:
A) Biographia Literaria
B) Lyrical Ballads (1798)
C) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (alone)
D) Kubla Khan
48. Wordsworth's autobiographical
epic is:
A) Tintern Abbey
B) The Excursion
C) The Prelude
D) Ode: Intimations of Immortality
49. Which of Wordsworth's children
died in 1812?
A) Catherine and Thomas
B) Dora and William
C) Thomas and Caroline
D) Dorothy and Mary
50. Wordsworth's wife was:
A) Dorothy Wordsworth
B) Annette Vallon
C) Mary Hutchinson
D) Sara Coleridge
71. "The
child is father of the man" is a
A.
Metaphor
B. Paradox
C.
Simile
D.
Alliteration
72. The
Excursion was 2nd part of Wordsworth's unfinished work:
A) The Recluse
B) Lyrical Ballads
C) Prelude
D) Guide to the Lakes
73. Which is
the 1st part of Wordsworth's unfinished work, The Recluse:
A) The Excursion
B) Lyrical Ballads
C) Prelude
D) Guide to the Lakes
74. Laodamia
retells a story from:
A) Greek mythology
B) The Bible
C) Arthurian legend
D) French history
75. Wordsworth's
only play was:
A) The Foster-Mother's Tale
B) The Borderers
C) Michael
D) The Thorn
76. The term by
Wordsworth, "Spots of Time" refers to:
A) Clock imagery
B) Epiphanic childhood moments
C) Political events
D) Nature's cycles
77. Romantic
poetry is generally,
A. Objective
poetry
B. Subjective
poetry
C. Artificial
poetry
D. Natural
poetry
78. Wordsworth
died in_____.
A. 1845
B. 1855
C. 1850
D. 1860
79. Wordsworth is buried in:
A) Westminster Abbey
B) Grasmere Churchyard
C) Rydal Mount
D) Cockermouth
A) Tintern Abbey
B) The Excursion
C) The Prelude
D) Ode: Intimations of Immortality
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2.
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3. A |
4. C |
5. C |
6. B |
7. B |
8. A |
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10. B |
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11. C |
12. B |
13. B
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14. C |
15. C |
16. A |
17. B |
18. A |
19. B
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20. A |
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21. B
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22. C |
23. A |
24. C |
25. B |
26. B |
27. C |
28. A |
29. B |
30. B |
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31. C |
32. C |
33. D |
34. B |
35. D |
36. C |
37. C |
38. C |
39. D |
40. C |
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41. B |
42. B |
43. D |
44. B |
45. A |
46. C |
47. B |
48. C |
49. A |
50. C |
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51. B |
52. B |
53. D |
54. C |
55. B |
56. B |
57. A |
58. D |
59. B |
60. C |
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61. B |
62. B |
63. C |
64. B |
65. B |
66. D |
67. B |
68. A |
69. B |
70. B |
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71. B |
72. A |
73. C |
74. A |
75. B |
76. B |
77. B |
78. C |
79. B |
80. C |
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