This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?

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1. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

   A. lycidas
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. II penseroso
   D. none of the above

2. The ode on which topic that Coleridge wrote while attending Jesus College, Cambridge won him the Browne Gold Medal ?

   A. On the slave trade
   B. On romantic philosophy
   C. On the creativity of human mind
   D. On supernatural elements in poetry

3. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet ?

   A. John Dryden
   B. Henry Vaughan
   C. Alexander Pope
   D. Ben Jonson

4. Which of the following would a neoclassical poet be most likely to use as a central theme in his or her poetry ?

   A. The plight of common, ordinary people
   B. A celebration of the medieval
   C. A satirical representation of current events
   D. A warm remembrance of childish idealism

5. A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?

   A. Passionate love
   B. Emotional restraint
   C. Revolution against tyranny
   D. Communion with the natural world

6. ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ Who is the poet of the poem ?

   A. Wordsworth
   B. Shelley
   C. Shakespeare
   D. Keats

7. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

8. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ?

   A. Rime royal
   B. Ottava rima
   C. Terza rima
   D. Spenserian Stanza

9. Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?

   A. William Blake
   B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
   C. Samuel Johnson
   D. William Wordsworth

10. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called ?

    A. The Way of the World
    B. The Foundational Ladder
    C. The Order of Angels
    D. The Great Chain of Being