A. Revolutionize France
B. Expose the nature of reality
C. Expose how intimate relationships inform political realities
D. Change sexual morals
Related Mcqs:
- Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?
A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
B. The poem was incomplete
C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
D. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it - Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?
A. Not an atheist
B. In love with Lord Byron
C. Suicidal
D. Fiercely anti-war - Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” can be best understood as a poem about _____________?
A. The passion between a husband and wife
B. The loss of innocence
C. The horrors of the French Revolution
D. How poets can bring about political revolution - Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” can be best said to depict an encounter with _____________?
A. The sublime
B. Death
C. Childhood
D. A lost lover - Which of the following was responsible for Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s mental decline ?
A. His addiction to opium
B. His experiences during the French Revolution
C. The end of his friendship with Wordsworth
D. His physical battle with gout - Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?
A. Lord Byron
B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. William Blake - Paul O’Brien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that _____________did?
A. Lord Byron and John Clare
B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. John Keats and William Blake
D. Lord Byron and William Blake - Percy Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” presents nature as ________________?
A. A powerful, sublime force
B. A peaceful force
C. Depressing and miserable
D. Controlled by gods - Paul O’Brien contends that _____________make(s) Shelley a “radical.”?
A. Shelley’s political beliefs
B. Shelley’s sexuality
C. Shelley’s love of Shakespeare
D. Shelley’s relationship with Byron - Who does Shelley consider the true founders of civilized cultures and laws ?
A. Kings and queens
B. Poets and artists
C. Dictators and Tyrants
D. All people equally
