19th Century British Literature Question Bank
Ode to West Wind
18. What is a lyre?
a.stringed instrument b. a land c. a humble lay d. sun
19. Who is a Maenad?
a. female followers of Bacchus b. Bacchus c. boy d. Name of a country
20. Why is the West wind a trumpet of prophesy?
a. It brings rain b. It brings the promise of spring c. It blows over all regions d. It promises the second coming of Jesus
21. The writing of which pamphlet caused Percy Bysshe Shelley’s expulsion?
a. Common Sense b. The Necessity of Atheism c.A Declaration of Rights d. Pride and Prejudice
22. In “Ode to the West Wind”, the speaker suggests that the west wind ______
a. protects flowers b. protects roots c. preserves lands d. preserves seeds
23. In “Ode to the West Wind”, what are the “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”?
a. trees b. Cricketers c. stars d. leaves
24. Shelley says that as a young man he too was like the West wind, because he also was _____
a. wild, swift and proud b. tame, swift and happy c. quiet, quick and dangerous d. soft, red and alert
25. Who is the “azure sister” of the west wind?
a. sky b. east wind c. west glee d. moon
26. Who wants to “pant” beneath the power of west wind?
a. loose clouds b. the poet c. dead leaves d. swift waves
26. “A new birth” will be caused by______
a) the quivering within the wave’s intenser day b ) the incantation of the verse. c. new Mother d) the sapless foliage of the ocean
27. Winter and Spring in “Ode to the West Wind” stand for_________
a)brightness b) the seasons. c. anger and ambition d. death and revival
28. The trumpet of prophecy will be blown by__________
a. the musician. b. God c. poet’s lips. d. the West Wind.
29. The “dead leaves” are compared to_______
a. dead thoughts b. dead bodies c. dead animals c. dry leaves
30. Shelley in “Ode to the West Wind” uses metaphors from ________
a. nature b. war c. The Bible d. Songs
31. In “Ode to the West Wind”, what are the symbolic representation of “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”?
a. leaves b. the entire human society c. branches d. animals
32. In the second stanza, Shelley refers ________
a. leaves b. clouds c. branches d. waves
33. The howling of the wind is imagined by Shelley to be the dirge for _______
a. the dead leaves b. the dead thoughts c. the morning song d. the closing year
34. Shelley bids ______to uplift his moral stands.
a. the spring season b. the maenads c. harp d. the west wind
7. “A new birth” will be caused by______
a) the quivering within the wave’s intenser day b ) the incantation of the verse c. new Mother d) the sapless foliage of the ocean
Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
85. With which other poet did Samuel Taylor Coleridge founded the Romantic Movement in English Literature?
a. Shelley b. Lord Byron c. William Wordsworth d. John Keats
86.Samuel Taylor Coleridge introduced the term 'willing suspension of disbelief'’ in ----------
a. Biographia Literaria b. Kubla Khan c. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner d. Christabel
87.-----------------------is the American transcendental philosopher who was much influenced by Coleridge.
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson b. Ernest Holmes c. John Locke d. John Locke
88. Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
a. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner b. Biographia Literaria c. Kubla Khan d. Christabel
89.With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christ's Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School?
a. Shelley b. William Wordsworth c. John Keats d. Charles Lamb
90. Coleridge talks about ----------------- in chapter 13 of Biographia Literaria.
a. esemplastic power b. the supernatural c. biography d. occult
91. Who is the venerable sage of Koenigsberg?
a. Schelling b. Wordsworth c. Milton d. Immanuel Kant
92. Primary Imagination means--------------------
a. poetic imagination b. power of perception c. creative imagination d. pure imagination
93.Secondary Imagination refers to------------------
a. poetic imagination b. power of perception c. creative imagination d. pure imagination
94. Fancy is-------------------
a. premeditative b. unpredictable c. associative d. meditative
95. ----------------- is a result of esemplastic power.
a. imagination b. fancy c. poetry d.unity in diversity
96. Coleridge contends with-------------ideas of poetry.
a. Wordsworth b. Shelley c. Aristotle d. Lamb
97.Coleridge asserts that mind is active in ----------------
a. imagination b. writing c.perception d. association
98. Coleridge refers to the philosophy of -------------------
a. Schelling b. Wordsworth c. Spinoza d. Machiavelli
99. Esemplastic power means ---------------------
a. Synthesising power b. imaginative power c. poetic power d. Spiritual power
100.Biographia Literaria is a
a. Autobiography b. biography c. meditative autobiography d.memoir
Silas Marner by George Eliot
214 Why do people suspect the weavers objects during Silas’s days?
a. They are seen as doing womanly work b. They are rootless and have specialized knowledge c. They wear only linen clothing d. They have bad eyesight
215. How does Silas know about herbal medicine?
a. His mother taught him b. It was part of the training from his religious sect in Lantern Yard b. He has read up on the topic d. He doesn’t, he only pretends to
216. To whom does everyone in town suspect the mysterious tinder-box belongs?
a. Silas b. Jem Rodney c. The peddler d. Mr. Lammeter
217. Why doesn’t Silas protest his innocence when he is framed for theft?
a. He is not allowed to speak b. He is having a cataleptic fit at the time
c. He believes God will clear him d. He believes he actually did steal the money while having a cataleptic fit
218. During the period in his life when all he does is work and hoard money, Silas is likened to:
a. A spider b. A narrow, nearly dried-up rivulet c. A handle or crooked tube d. All of the above
219. From where does Godfrey obtain the one hundred pounds that he lends Dunsey?
a. The sale of Godfrey’s horse, Wildfire b. The rent paid by one of the Squire’s tenants c. Money that Godfrey had set aside to give his wife, Molly d. Godfrey’s winnings at cards
220. Where does Silas go when he finds his gold missing?
a. The church b. Dolly Winthrop’s house c. The Rainbow d. The Red House
221. Why does Nancy refuse for so long to adopt Eppie?
a. She dislikes children b. She thinks Godfrey will love Eppie more than he loves her c. She thinks it is wrong for Godfrey and her to have something that fate has denied them d. She suspects that Eppie is Godfrey’s child and wants him to be punished
222. What prompts Godfrey to confess his secret?
a. He finds out that he is terminally ill b. Dunsey’s remains are discovered in the drained stone-pit c. He gets drunk d. All of the above
223. Why does Silas decide to return to Lantern Yard for a visit?
a. He is looking for work b. He wants to find out if he was ever cleared of theft, and to ask his old minister about the drawing of the lots c. He wants Eppie to see where he grew up d. He wants to show his former sect that he has succeeded in spite of his excommunication
224. What is Silas’s first thought when he notices that the mass of gold on his hearth is in fact a baby girl?
a. That he should lock his door b. That he will adopt the little girl c. That the little girl’s mother can’t be far away d. That the little girl is his dead sister, coming back to him in a dream
225. Why does Molly Farren come to the New Year’s dance?
a. She wants to announce her and Godfrey’s marriage to everyone there b. She thinks she can win Godfrey’s love by dancing with him c. She wants to apologize to Godfrey for something she has said d. She wants her daughter to be adopted by Godfrey and Nancy
226. Why does Godfrey put up with Dunsey’s bullying?
a. Dunsey can beat him up b. Dunsey has threatened to expose Godfrey’s secret marriage c. Godfrey is trying to set an example of good Christian forbearance d. Godfrey loves his brother
