In the poem ‘Tintern Abbey’, ‘dearest friend’ refers to ?

Related Mcqs:

1. “Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey” explores ________________?

   A. The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time
   B. The failures of Romanticism
   C. The beauty of the natural world
   D. Coleridge’s addiction to drugs

2. Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” ?

   A. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time.
   B. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age.
   C. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions.
   D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged.

3. What do Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” and Coleridge’s “Dejection Ode” have in common ?

   A. An identical rhyme structure
   B. The belief that a person is incapable of change, even as he or she ages
   C. The sense of hope that death will come soon
   D. A shared theme that nature exposes the pain in human life

4. The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” ends with the following lines: “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest/To children ardent for some desperate glory,/The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est/ Pro patria mori.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?

   A. Brooke’s inclusion of a quotation from Horace in these lines serves to emphasize
   the distance between the ideals ofWestern civilization and its realities.
   B. These lines suggest the author’s anger and disillusionment with cultural norms which glorify war.
   C. In these lines, Brooke seeks to bridge the gap between individual experience and cultural norms and beliefs.
   D. All of the above

5. Which of the following descriptions of Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” seems most appropriate ?

   A. It offers a critique of Romantic poetry and ideology.
   B. It serves to parody gothic novels.
   C. It is a horror novel.
   D. It is a memoir based on Jane Austen’s childhood.

6. Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” pursues which of the following themes ?

   A. The conflict between marriages based on love and those based on money
   B. The ways in which appearances don’t always match realities
   C. The danger in not recognizing the difference between reality and fiction
   D. All of these

7. Which of the following statements best describes Catherine Moreland in “Northanger Abbey” ?

   A. She is mature and realistic.
   B. She is immature and has difficulty recognizing the difference between fact and fiction.
   C. She is a matchmaker trying to set up romances between her friends, all the while unable to find true love herself.
   D. B and C

8. How is the abbey in “The Monk” NOT Gothic ?

   A. It is a Catholic structure.
   B. It was built in the Middle Ages.
   C. It is a sanctuary for women.
   D. It is labyrinthine.

9. The popularity of which Gothic novelist is parodied in Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” ?

   A. Horace Walpole
   B. Ann Radcliffe
   C. Matthew Lewis
   D. Mary Shelley

10. What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Telling the Bees” ?

    A. They both address the theme of death.
    B. Both use formal meter to present a narrative structure.
    C. They are both set in rural New England.
    D. All of these answers