British Romantic Test

Question 1

Name 3 of the dominant romantic poets.

Answer 1

William Blake,
William Wordsworth
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Percy Shelley
Jon Keats
Lord Byron (George Gordon)

Question 2

Laissez-Faire

Answer 2

An economic philosophy that meant “let the people do as they please”

Question 3

3 things that describe romantic poetry

Answer 3

Poems usually present imaginative experiences
Purpose was to create new realities in the mind and in poetry
Romantic poets used unadorned language to explore the significance of the common place.
Poetry is to be human experience
For lyric poetry to be successful the speaker must be convincing
You overhear lyric poetry, it is like eavesdropping on a private conversation

Question 4

Wrote lyrical ballads

Answer 4

William Wordsworth (with Samuel Taylor Coleridge?)

Question 5

Was addicted to laudanum

Answer 5

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 6

Who launched the romantic literary movement

Answer 6

William Wordsworth

Question 7

Brought Shakespeare back from obscurity

Answer 7

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 8

Who wrote Songs of Experience?

Answer 8

William Blake

Question 9

His wife thought he was a genius

Answer 9

William Blake

Question 10

Known as an outcast

Answer 10

Percy B Shelley

Question 11

He painted at an early age

Answer 11

William Blake

Question 12

Who married Mary and died at 29?

Answer 12

Percy B Shelley

Question 13

His father was trampled to death when he was 8

Answer 13

Jon Keats

Question 14

A Greek national hero

Answer 14

Lord Byron

Question 15

Had a wide array of pets

Answer 15

Lord Byron

Question 16

The 4th Earl of Oxford

Answer 16

Horace Walpole

Question 17

He wrote the Castle of Otranto

Answer 17

Horace Walpole

Question 18

Famous Scottish poet and lyricist

Answer 18

Robert Burns

Question 19

Ode

Answer 19

A long lyrical poem written in honor of a person or an event. It may also include the poet’s thoughts and feelings as he or she reflects upon an object or a scene

Question 20

Terza-Rima

Answer 20

An arrangement of triplets; often in iambs, that rhyme aba bcb ded ee, as in Dante’s Divine Comedy

Question 21

Byronic Hero

Answer 21

A very specific type of hero developed by Lord Byron that many critics relate to his own persona. A brooding figure whose ironic attitude and hidden sorrow add to his charm.

Question 22

Give 4 characteristics of a byronic hero

Answer 22

An exile or outcast
arrogant
ability to adapt
cynical
they have dark attributes
disrespectful of rank and privilege
emotionally conflicted, bipolar tendencies, or moodiness
high level of intelligence and perception
mysterious, magnetic, charismatic
power of seduction and attraction
self-critical and introspective
self-destructive behavior;
social and sexual dominance;
sophisticated and well-educated;
struggles with integrity
troubled past

Question 23

Gothic

Answer 23

relating to the Goths or their extinct East Germanic language, which provides the earliest manuscript evidence of any Germanic language.

Question 24

Lore

Answer 24

Knowledge gained through tradition

Question 25

Discourse

Answer 25

An extended communication dealing with some particular topic

Question 26

Describe the typical setting for the romantic gothic movement

Answer 26

Dark and gloomy castles

Question 27

What is the overall message of Ode to a Grecian Urn (last 2 lines)

Answer 27

“Beauty is truth, truth is beauty” The main focus of the poem is the topic of an idealized world which is depicted on the urn. Within the picture of the urn, there is no passage of time. He contrasts the ideal love with that of human passion

Question 28

Onomatopoeia

Answer 28

sounds that imitate sound words

Question 29

Assonance

Answer 29

repeated vowel sounds

Question 30

Consonance

Answer 30

repeated consonants and sounds

Question 31

Its 4 stanzas reflects an older and more sophisticated deeper understanding of nature.

Answer 31

“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” - William Wordsworth

Question 32

Discusses what anger does to a man if not dealt with

Answer 32

“A Poison Tree” - William Blake

Question 33

Focuses on the winds control over the rest of nature.

Answer 33

“Ode to the West Wind”- Percy B Shelley

Question 34

Was written with the intent to be set to music.

Answer 34

“She Walks in Beauty”- Lord Byron

Question 35

The romantic poem about the lack of romance

Answer 35

Don Juan - Lord Byron

Question 36

A poem about plans getting interrupted.

Answer 36

“To a Mouse” - Robert Burns

Question 37

Is believed to be a tale of sin and christian redemption

Answer 37

“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 38

Takes place in a church

Answer 38

“To a Louse” - Robert Burns

Question 39

Asks the question: Who made you? (2 answers)

Answer 39

“The Lamb” - William Blake

“The Tyger” - William Blake

Question 40

There’s no passage of time in an idealized world

Answer 40

“Ode on an Grecian Urn” - Jon Keats