English Literature Quiz 16

Who was the greatest English lyricist?

• John Keats

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

What poet developed the Byronic hero?

• John Keats

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

In what poem does the Byronic hero first appear?

• "The Battle of Blenheim”

• “Mutability”

• "The Prisoner of Chillon: A Fable”

• Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Which author's creed was “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”?

• John Keats

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

"To a Skylark” compares a poet, a maiden, a golden glowworm, and a rose to what of the skylark?

• feathers

• nest

• song

• flight

Who is the author of "The Battle of Blenheim"?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

• Robert Southey

Who is the author of "When We Two Parted"?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

• Robert Southey

Who is the author of "Kubla Khan"?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

• Robert Southey

Who is the author of “Ode to the West Wind"?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

• Robert Southey

Who is the author of "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer”?

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• George Gordon

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• John Keats

• Robert Southey