Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the____________?

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1. Looking to the ancient past, many Romantic poets identified with the figure of the______________?

   A. troubadour
   B. skald
   C. chorister
   D. bard

2. Romantic poets would have enjoyed, agreed with, and perhaps written about which of the following figures as depicted ?

   A. Goethe’s Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds of human knowledge by making a pact with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed in his striving to break free of the bounds of mortality
   B. Icarus, who is killed in attempting to fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limitations of human existence
   C. Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses the limitations placed on humans by the Gods
   D. A and C only

3. John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content ?

   A. Romantic
   B. Victorian
   C. Cavalier
   D. Enlightenment

4. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ?

   A. Puritan movement
   B. Romantic revival
   C. Neo-classical age
   D. Metaphysical school

5. How many poets were included in Jhonson’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets’ ?

   A. 48
   B. 50
   C. 52
   D. 54

6. A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protagonist (or “hero”) of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

   A. Eve
   B. Adam
   C. God
   D. Satan

7. Many romantic poets regarded the natural world with a feeling of ________________?

   A. Awe and fascination
   B. Disinterest and disregard
   C. Resentment and disrespect
   D. Fear and horror

8. Which of the following Romantic poets would have been most likely to write a poem celebrating the innocence of childhood ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   C. William Blake
   D. William Wordsworth

9. According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

   A. Satan
   B. Adam
   C. Eve
   D. Christ

10. Famous romantic poets were_____________?

    A. Five
    B. Four
    C. Six
    D. None of these