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

Related Mcqs:

1. Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound’s poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ?

   A. The Mahabharata
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. The Odyssey
   D. The Aeneid

2. In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?

   A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
   B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
   C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
   D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this

3. 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

4. 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

5. Lord Byron was born in________________?

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

6. 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

7. In which year the play of Christopher Marlow The Jew of Malta first performed ?

   A. 1597
   B. 1601
   C. 1587
   D. 1592

8. What was the first published title of Christopher Marlow’s play The Jew of Malta ?

   A. The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta
   B. The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
   C. The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
   D. The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta

9. In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?

   A. Lazarus
   B. Solomon
   C. Barabas
   D. Shylock

10. 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