English Literature Quiz PDF

## English Literature Quiz 1. **The Rise of the Novel**, a famous historical account of the English novel, was written by: - a. Forster - b. Ian watt - c. RH Tawney - d. MH Abrams 2. **Preface to Lyrical Ballads**, a document central to the Romantic revolt against the neo-classicism...

## English Literature Quiz 1. **The Rise of the Novel**, a famous historical account of the English novel, was written by: - a. Forster - b. Ian watt - c. RH Tawney - d. MH Abrams 2. **Preface to Lyrical Ballads**, a document central to the Romantic revolt against the neo-classicism of the mid-eighteenth century English poetry, was written by: - a. PB Shelley - b. William Blake - c. William Wordsworth 3. **Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience**, which depict the two contrary states of the soul, were composed by: - a. William Blake - b. ST Coleridge - c. Shelley - d. William Wordsworth 4. *“Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.”* The things these Wordsworth lines refer to are: - a. Daffodils - b. Corn plants - c. Rose - d. Tulips 5. *“That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees Singest of summer in full-throated ease.”* The 'light winged Dryad' of these lines is the: - a. Nightingale - b. Wind - c. Albatross - d. Skylark 6. *"Like a Sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; Such seemed this Man, not all alive nor dead,"* Who is the man these famous lines refer to? - a. The Ancient Mariner - b. The Leech-Gatherer - c. Lucy - d. Michael