19th
Century British Literature Question Bank
Unit II: Ode to West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Unit IV: Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Unit V: Silas Marner by George Eliot
Ode to West Wind By
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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
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
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
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. 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
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
