Semester – II 19th Century British Literature – I CIA
Unit II: “Ode to West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
“The Prisoner of Chillon” (Lines 1 – 109, 300 – 392) by Byron
From Unit III “Ulysses” by Tennyson
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Unit IV: Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
1. What does the speaker refer the urn to?
a. “An unravished bride of quietness” b. “bold lover” c. “leaf-fring’ d legend” d. “sweet pipes”
2. Why does Keats address the urn as a “cold pastoral”?
a. Lifeless b. very old c. Full of green plants d. No one can touch it.
3. Where is Tempe?
a. Greece b. India c.USA d. England
4. What is Arcady?
a. A haunt of Pan b. A place of love c. A haunt of Buddha d. A place for sinners
5. What is a citadel?
a. A Fort b. A sacrificial cow c. A sacrificial lamb d. A city by the riverside
6. Which one will remain “in midst other owe”?
a. Urn b. poem c. West wind d. passion
7. What is “Attic shape”?
a. A genuine relic from Greece b. Top floor in a house c. Fit d. A fine shape
8. Why does Keats consider Urn as a “foster child of Silence and slow time”.
a. preserved like its mother b. heated by others c. Loves foster mothers d. Loves foster children
9. Whose “Fair attitude” is referred to by Keats ?
a. viewed by others b. trees c. Urn d. Lady love
10. Whom does Keats address as “Cold pastoral”?
a. Urn b. pastoral land c. cold breeze d. plants
11. What animal is sacrificed in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a. Calf b. dog c. lamb d. pig
12. Who will not “fade” in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a. Lady love b. trees c. branches d. flowers
13. Who is the “unwearied” person in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a. Happy melodist b.mob c. bold lover d. lady love
14. When will a person get “parching tongue”?
a. High fever b. studies a lot c. sleeps a lot d. dead
15. Whose “silken flanks” are dressed with garlands?
a. Calf b. lady love c. urn d. bull
16. Who can never say “adieu” to Spring?
a. Tees on the urn b. singer on the urn c. lovers on the urn d. Keats
17. Which is “Forever warm and still to be enjoyed”?
a. Love d. song c. trees d. melody
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
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
“Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
101. “Ulysses” is written in the form of _____________
a. dramatic monologue b. Haiku c. sonnet d. ode
102. “Ulysses” deals with the desire to reach beyond the limits of one’s field of ______
a. war b. vision c. life d. dream
103. Who is Penelope?
a. Wife of Ulysses b. wife of Hallam c. d. An admirer of Ulysses A stock character in “ The Perils of Pauline”.
104. Who is Telemachus?
a. Son of Ulysses b. son of Arthur Hallam c. king of Ithaca d. enemy of Ulysses
105. Ulysses was the king of _________
a. Ithaca b. Rome c. Oshakkaekya d. Brobdingnag
106. Who is referred to here: “by slow prudence” and “through soft degrees”?
a. Telemachus b. King Solomon c. Penelope d. Ulysses
107. Who says this: “a part of all that I have met”?
a. Ulysses b. Telemachus c. Penelope d. Synge
108. Ulysses thinks ________ will be an adequate king.
a. Telemachus b. Diego Costa c. Alexandros d. Penelope
109. Who is “Matched with an aged wife”?
a. Ulysses b. Tagore c. Telemachus d. Tennyson
110Tennyson’s conception of the hero Ulysses is closer to________
a. Dante’s The Inferno b. Shakespeare’s Coriolanus c. Seneca’s Phaedra d. Seneca’s Oedipus
111. Who was the closest and dearest friend of Tennyson?
a. Arthur Henry Hallam b. Henry Vaughan c. Arthur Miller d. Clifford Hallam
112. How does Ulysses feel about his homeland?
a. He finds the people savage and his wife old
b. He does not want Telemachus to rule
c. He wants to stay there forever
d. He is happy about his people.
113. Ulysses feels annoyed with _______
a. His people b. His wife c.His son d. With himself
114. “All times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly..”. This quote is an example of ________
a. Parallel syntax b. Imagery c. Tone d. symbol
115. What is a prominent subtext of the poem?
a. Greek Gods b. Jesus Christ c. Peter d. John
116. The poetic form of the dramatic monologue is characterized by which of the following?
a. A single speaker b. Allusions to classical mythology c. A character from classical Drama d. Dynamic action worthy of the stage
117. Which university did Tennyson attend as an undergraduate?
a. Cambridge b. Oxford c. Harvard d. Trinity
“The Prisoner of Chillon” by Byron
185. The prisoner is locked up in the _______
a. Castle of Chillon b. Castle of Otranto c. Bedford castle d. Carisbrooke Castle
186. _______is a famous work by Byron.
a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage b. Lyrical Ballads c. In Memoriam d. Biographia Literaria
187. The character of the prisoner was inspired by ________
a. Francois Bonivard b. John Bunyan c. Nelson Mandela d. St.Paul
188. The castle is built in _______ style.
a. Gothic b. English c. French d. Victorian
189. There --------- are pillars in the dungeon.
a. 7 b.5 c. 8 d. 4
190. The prisoner is the__________son in the family
a) eldest b) elder c) youger d) youngest
191. The youngest brother is like a________
a) bird b) deer c) lion d) snake
192. The middle brother is a skilled______
a) hunter b) singer c)dancer d) foot ball player
193. The family is imprisoned because of__________
a) standing firm in their faith b)murder c) blasphemy d) theft
194. How did the father die?
a) at the stake b) due to sickness c) at the battle d) in hunting
195. The central idea of The Prisoner of Chillon is_________
a) freedom b) battle c) religion d) love
196. Lord Byron was a good friend of__________
a) Shelley b) Wordsworth c) Coleridge d) Tennyson
197. _______lies near the walls of Chillon.
a) Lake Leman b) Rhine c) Nile d) Thames
198. Who visits the prisoner in the dungeon?
a) A mice b) A relative c) A friend d) A soldier
199. The dungeon has become a____ to the prisoner.
a) hermitage b) home c) temple d) palace
200. The Castle of Chillon is located in
a) Switzerland b) France c) Ireland d) Africa
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
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