Ode to a Nightingale Quiz

Who is the poet of "Ode to a Nightingale"?

• William Wordsworth

• John Keats

• P.B. Shelley

• Lord Byron

In which year was "Ode to a Nightingale" written?

• 1817

• 1818

• 1819

• 1820

The poem first appeared in Keats's 1820 volume alongside which other ode?

• Ode on Melancholy

• Ode on Indolence

• Ode on a Grecian Urn

• To Autumn

Which mythological drink does the speaker long for in stanza 2?

• Nectar

• Ambrosia

• Hippocrene

• Soma

"Lethe" mentioned in stanza 1 is the river of ____.

• Love

• Forgetfulness

• Death

• Dreams

The nightingale is addressed as a "light-winged Dryad" of the ____.

• sky

• mountains

• seas

• trees

Which Roman god of wine is referred to in stanza 4?

• Mars

• Bacchus

• Mercury

• Apollo

The dominant rhyme-scheme of each stanza is ______.

• ABAB CDCD

• ABABCDECDE

• AABBCCDDEE

• ABCABCABAB

In stanza 3, which human condition is NOT specifically mentioned?

• Fever

• Palsy

• Despair

• Blindness

The phrase "beaded bubbles" chiefly appeals to which sense?

• Sight

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch