What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to \’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!\ ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to “’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!” ?

   A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
   B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
   C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
   D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday

2. Byron’s journey to Spain, Malta, Albania and Greece resulted in the production of the first two cantos of his poem_______________?

   A. cain
   B. Childe Herald’s Pilgrimage
   C. Don Juan
   D. the prisoner of Chillon

3. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?

   A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
   B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
   C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
   D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

4. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe\ ?

   A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
   B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
   C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
   D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

5. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

6. Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?

   A. An expression of love for common man.
   B. Mockery toward William Wordsworth.
   C. An expression of doubt and angst.
   D. Dark humor.

7. The dedication of Byron’s “Don Juan” can be best described as ________________?

   A. Sincere and heartfelt
   B. Mocking and satirical
   C. Mournful and dark
   D. Polemic and dry

8. The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as ______________?

   A. Dramatic and dark
   B. Ironic and satirical
   C. Strange and haunting
   D. Humorless and stark

9. Lord Byron was born in________________?

   A. 1788
   B. 1789
   C. 1790
   D. 1791

10. I knew him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to the circumstances by which he was surrounded. I knew him as a courtier, too, and as a bold intriguant. Such a man, I considered, could not fail to be aware of the ordinary political modes of action. Who is speaking ?

    A. Brown
    B. Brom Bones
    C. Rip
    D. Dupin