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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) , English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
For Wordsworth the function of poetry is to give |
| A. | joy |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | catharsis |
| D. | pleasure |
| Answer» D. pleasure | |
| 2. |
To Wordsworth, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, emotions recollected in |
| A. | images |
| B. | tranquility |
| C. | simple life |
| D. | sensation |
| Answer» B. tranquility | |
| 3. |
Wordworth’s poet is a man speaking to |
| A. | everyone |
| B. | his readers |
| C. | men |
| D. | nature |
| Answer» C. men | |
| 4. |
The function of poetry is both to instruct and delight, but for Wordsworth it is to give |
| A. | exaltation |
| B. | pleasure |
| C. | dictation |
| D. | purgation |
| Answer» B. pleasure | |
| 5. |
The dominant theme of Wordsworth’s preface is |
| A. | poetic diction |
| B. | poetic argument |
| C. | poetic criticism |
| D. | poetic license |
| Answer» A. poetic diction | |
| 6. |
Wordsworth’s preface declares the dawn of |
| A. | English Romantic Movement |
| B. | British Romantic Movement |
| C. | European Romantic Movement |
| D. | Anglo-saxon Romantic Movement |
| Answer» A. English Romantic Movement | |
| 7. |
Wordsworth’s preface can be seen as a forceful plea for simplicity both in |
| A. | idea and feeling |
| B. | sentiment an d exposition |
| C. | expression and elucidation |
| D. | theme and treatment |
| Answer» D. theme and treatment | |
| 8. |
Wordsworth was primarily |
| A. | a critic |
| B. | a poet |
| C. | an essayist |
| D. | a philosopher |
| Answer» B. a poet | |
| 9. |
The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was published in |
| A. | 1798 |
| B. | 1799 |
| C. | 1800 |
| D. | 1801 |
| Answer» C. 1800 | |
| 10. |
The Principal object in the Lyrical Ballads was to choose incidents and situations from |
| A. | urban life |
| B. | agrarian life |
| C. | common life |
| D. | genteel life |
| Answer» C. common life | |
| 11. |
Poems of value are produced by a man who possess more than usual organic sensibility and had also thought |
| A. | in tranquility |
| B. | long and deep |
| C. | passionately |
| D. | calmly |
| Answer» B. long and deep | |
| 12. |
In the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth's purpose was to imitate and adopt the very language of |
| A. | the neoclassics |
| B. | metre |
| C. | men |
| D. | the classics |
| Answer» C. men | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is not true? |
| A. | Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of the Romantic Age |
| B. | Wordsworth believed that simple language creates better poems than complicated language |
| C. | Nature is a savage force that needs to be conquered by technology |
| D. | Lyrical Ballads received mixed reviews when it was originally published in1798 |
| Answer» C. Nature is a savage force that needs to be conquered by technology | |
| 14. |
In what ways is the Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published? |
| A. | It features poems that focus on nature and rural community |
| B. | It calls for rigid poetic forms |
| C. | It sought for poems that are more complicated |
| D. | It sought to stimulate the reasoning mind rather than produce an emotional response |
| Answer» A. It features poems that focus on nature and rural community | |
| 15. |
Wordsworth justifies the use of metre and denounces the ____________ of the NeoClassical poets for their artificiality. |
| A. | verse |
| B. | rhyme |
| C. | poetic diction |
| D. | tradition |
| Answer» C. poetic diction | |
| 16. |
Wordsworth quoted ____________ who said, “Poetry is the most philosophical of all writings”. |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Horace |
| C. | Homer |
| D. | Virgil |
| Answer» A. Aristotle | |
| 17. |
An Appendix on Poetic Diction was added to the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads in_____. |
| A. | 1800 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1805 |
| D. | 1802 |
| Answer» D. 1802 | |
| 18. |
According to Wordsworth the understanding of the reader must necessarily be in some degree… |
| A. | Enlightened |
| B. | Disheartened |
| C. | Motivated |
| D. | Contentment |
| Answer» A. Enlightened | |
| 19. |
Wordsworth said that Poetry is the image of |
| A. | Man and Science |
| B. | Man and Society |
| C. | Man and Nature |
| D. | Nature and Science |
| Answer» C. Man and Nature | |
| 20. |
According to Wordsworth Poetry is the first and last of all… |
| A. | Wisdom |
| B. | Truth |
| C. | Inspiration |
| D. | Knowledge |
| Answer» D. Knowledge | |
| 21. |
Wordsworth gives much importance to the ________ of poetry |
| A. | Fancy |
| B. | Language |
| C. | Feelings |
| D. | Imagination |
| Answer» B. Language | |
| 22. |
Who comments, “the end of writing is to instruct, The end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing” |
| A. | Shakespeare |
| B. | Arnold |
| C. | Dr. Johnson |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Dr. Johnson | |
| 23. |
The only difference between the language of Prose and the language of Poetry is_________ |
| A. | Use of Rhythm |
| B. | Use of Words |
| C. | Use of feelings |
| D. | Use of Metre |
| Answer» D. Use of Metre | |
| 24. |
According to Wordsworth ____________ is not essential to poetry |
| A. | Metre |
| B. | Imagination |
| C. | Talent |
| D. | Rhyme |
| Answer» A. Metre | |
| 25. |
A primary function of poetry according to Wordsworth is to give ___________ for his readers |
| A. | Knowledge |
| B. | Pleasure |
| C. | Idea |
| D. | Truth |
| Answer» B. Pleasure | |
| 26. |
Poetry is “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” according to |
| A. | Arnold |
| B. | T. S Eliot |
| C. | Johnson |
| D. | Wordsworth |
| Answer» D. Wordsworth | |
| 27. |
Wordsworth chosen the various aspects of __________ |
| A. | Royal and rich life |
| B. | War and peace life |
| C. | Humble and Rustic life |
| D. | Nature and poets life |
| Answer» C. Humble and Rustic life | |
| 28. |
The Poetic Composition take place in ______ stages |
| A. | Four |
| B. | Eight |
| C. | Two |
| D. | Six |
| Answer» A. Four | |
| 29. |
“Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility”. Who has defined poetry in these words? |
| A. | Shelley |
| B. | Matthew Arnold |
| C. | S. T. Coleridge |
| D. | Wordsworth |
| Answer» D. Wordsworth | |
| 30. |
Rustic life is more noble and permanent because they are connected with the objects of_______ |
| A. | Real life |
| B. | Truth |
| C. | Nature |
| D. | Fancy |
| Answer» C. Nature | |
| 31. |
Wordsworth remarks that Poetry and Painting are |
| A. | Sisters |
| B. | Siblings |
| C. | Brother |
| D. | Children |
| Answer» A. Sisters | |
| 32. |
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” |
| Answer» C. human tears” | |
| 33. |
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” |
| Answer» B. “a man speaking to men” | |
| 34. |
Wordsworth feels that Poetry is the image of |
| A. | human beings and nature |
| B. | men and women |
| C. | God and human |
| D. | man and nature |
| Answer» D. man and nature | |
| 35. |
The language of every good poem can in no respect differ from that of good __. |
| A. | Drama |
| B. | Prose |
| C. | Novel |
| D. | Tragi- comedy |
| Answer» B. Prose | |
| 36. |
Wordsworth said the poet should use the __ for removing what would otherwise be painful or disgusting in the passion. |
| A. | Principal of selection |
| B. | Metrical composition |
| C. | Personification of abstract ideas |
| D. | Real language of men |
| Answer» A. Principal of selection | |
| 37. |
Who said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing? |
| A. | William Wordsworth |
| B. | William Shakespeare |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | Matthew Arnold |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 38. |
In what ways is Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published? |
| A. | It calls for even more strict and rigid poetic forms |
| B. | It features poems that focus on nature and rural communities |
| C. | It contains poems that are more complicated and academic in tone. |
| D. | It sought to stimulate the reader’s reasoning mind. |
| Answer» B. It features poems that focus on nature and rural communities | |
| 39. |
According to Wordsworth, poetic diction has |
| A. | Rules |
| B. | No rules |
| C. | Rustic language |
| D. | Simple language |
| Answer» B. No rules | |
| 40. |
According to Wordsworth, prose and poetry differs by |
| A. | Style |
| B. | Emotion |
| C. | Preface |
| D. | Metre |
| Answer» D. Metre | |
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