Who does Shelley consider the true founders of civilized cultures and laws ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. Which Romantic poet did Shelley consider a close friend ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. William Wordsworth
   C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   D. William Blake

4. Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of firstwave feminism ?

   A. Hélène Cixous
   B. Judith Butler
   C. Lucy Irigaray
   D. Mary Wollstonecraft

5. Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of first-wave feminism ?

   A. Hélène Cixous
   B. Judith Butler
   C. Lucy Irigaray
   D. Mary Wollstonecraft

6. Which of the following writers was among the founders of the Imagist movement ?

   A. Salvador Dali
   B. Horace Greeley
   C. Ezra Pound
   D. Rupert Brooke

7. What does Percy Shelley mean when he refers to poets as being the “unacknowledged legislators of the world” ?

   A. He is suggesting that artists serve to develop culture.
   B. He is suggesting that all artists are from high social classes.
   C. He is suggesting that artists are repressed throughout society.
   D. He is suggesting that the making of laws is itself an art.

8. In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?

   A. To help drive his ideas across the universe
   B. To help him reach the afterlife
   C. To help him hear nature’s music
   D. To help him start a new revolutionary war

9. In “Frankenstein” how does Shelley represent science ?

   A. As potentially productive when used correctly
   B. As something needed for humans to advance
   C. As a way to resolve human madness
   D. As inherently monstrous

10. 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