British Lit Romanticism Unit Review

Question 1

"The Lamb" is a poem about

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purity and innocence.

Question 2

"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" both

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follow a simple 4-line stanza rhyme scheme.

Question 3

William Wordsworth poems (that we read in class) are mainly

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sonnets

Question 4

Dorothy Wordsworth's journal includes many entries describing

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walks she took with her brother.

Question 5

John Keats wrote "La Belle Dame sans Merci" as a

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ballad

Question 6

Lord Byron's poetry, stories, and real life inspired the Byronic hero, characterized by:

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being tall, dark, handsome, mysterious and tragic.

Question 7

The message of "A Poison Tree" seems to be

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withheld anger or hatred can be deadly.

Question 8

Mary Wollstonecraft stated in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, that

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women are men's equals if given the same education.

Question 9

She is considered the first "official" feminist.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 10

In "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Innocence, Blake implies that

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children only get to play when they die.

Question 11

The character who seems prejudiced against those who have less money is

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Mr. Darcy.

Question 12

"Auld Lang Syne" is usually sung

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at the end of the year

Question 13

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was turned into

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a rock song by Iron Maiden

Question 14

Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote "Ozymandias" as a commentary on

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the arrogance of power & impermanence of our achievements.

Question 15

Why does the poet stop to write this poem, "To a Mouse"?

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He's just destroyed the mouse's home.

Question 16

Elizabeth dislikes Mr. Darcy after he

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insults her pride.

Question 17

P.B. Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" is a poem

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in admiration of the wind during autumn.

Question 18

"Auld Lang Syne" is not only a poem, but a

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famous song

Question 19

While visiting a cemetery, this poet's thoughts are on

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death and the shortness of life

Question 20

George Gordon, Lord Byron, who wrote "She Walks in Beauty" was known for

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his many scandalous relationships.

Question 21

What is an elegy?

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a poem that laments death or great loss

Question 22

In Keats's poem, "When I Have Fears that I May Cease To Be," the speaker is afraid of

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dying before he get to be with the woman he loves.

Question 23

In "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Experience, Blake implies the child's clothing is black

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because the soot from his job will be the death of him.

Question 24

Mary Shelley was encouraged to write ghost stories by

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Lord Byron

Question 25

In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the speaker believes he was cursed because

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he killed an albatross.

Question 26

In the poem , "The Tyger," Blake focuses on the tyger's

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ferocity and "evil" nature.

Question 27

"Ode on a Grecian Urn" was written to express Keats's belief that

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art outlasts human life.

Question 28

The main character of Pride and Prejudice is

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Elizabeth Bennett

Question 29

The ironic message of Frankenstein is that the real monster is

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both of the above

Question 30

Blake's other 3 poems, "London," and both "Chimney Sweeper"s, focus on

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child labor.

Question 31

William Blake's context for writing "A Poison Tree," "The Lamb," and "The Tyger" was

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Christian beliefs

Question 32

In "The World Is Too Much With Us," Wordsworth is saying we put too much emphasis on

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the materialistic and not enough on Nature.

Question 33

"To a Mouse" is different in style than the other poems of this movement because

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it was written in Scottish dialect

Question 34

Most of Wordsworth's poems we read in class seem to revolve around

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an appreciate for Nature.

Question 35

(The original) Frankenstein is

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a doctor obsessed with reanimation.

British Lit Romanticism Unit Review

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