In 1960 ’The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by which poetess ?

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1. Who wrote ‘The Colossus’ in 1960?

   A. Chinua Achebe
   B. Toni Morrison
   C. Ahmed Sulman Rushdie
   D. Sylvia Plath

   Submitted by: Sohail Ahmed Kalhoro

2. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess ?

   A. Carolyn Kizer
   B. Mary Oliver
   C. Sylvia Plath
   D. Marianne Moore

3. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature ?

   A. William Blake
   B. William Shakespeare
   C. William Morris
   D. William Wordsworth

4. Who wrote the poems, “On death” and “Women, Wine, and Snuff ?”

   A. John Milton
   B. John Keats
   C. P.B Shelley
   D. William Wordsworth

5. Langston Hughes was among the most important figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Which of the following is an accurate characterization of his experiences before he published his first book ?

   A. He was a native New Yorker who did not travel much but who was keenly aware of New York’s complexity and diversity.
   B. He moved to New York from Alabama and the stark contrast between these places deeply influenced his writing.
   C. He was born in Missouri and traveled extensively throughout the United States and the world before he moved to New York City.
   D. He spent most of his life in Washington, DC, moving to Harlem only after he gained literary fame.

6. The Essays of Elia was first published in book form in_____________?

   A. 1795
   B. 1807
   C. 1823
   D. 1829

7. Duncan Wu rejects the assertion that Wordsworth’s Lucy poems were primarily about ______________?

   A. Death
   B. Perception
   C. Exhaustion
   D. Love

8. Which of the following statements about the poems in Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience is true ?

   A. The poems defend the industrial revolution as helping England’s economy.
   B. The poems criticize religious institutions for not helping the oppressed.
   C. The poems reject experience in favor of innocence.
   D. The poems reject innocence in favor of experience.

9. One of Marlowe’s most famous poems was an account of which lovers ?

   A. Anthony and Cleopatra
   B. Hero and Leander
   C. Troilus and Cressida
   D. Apollo and Hyacinth

10. “A long poem is a combination of short poems.” Who has held the above opinion ?

    A. Coleridge
    B. Keats
    C. Wordsworth
    D. None of these