Shelley’s Adonais is an elegy on the death of _______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?

   A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
   B. The poem was incomplete
   C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
   D. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it

2. Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?

   A. Not an atheist
   B. In love with Lord Byron
   C. Suicidal
   D. Fiercely anti-war

3. Matthew Arnold;s Thyrsis is an elegy written on the death of______________?

   A. Arthur Hallam
   B. Milton
   C. Edward King
   D. Hugh Clough

4. The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?

   A. Invocation of a muse
   B. A cry of lament
   C. Prayer to the Sun
   D. A and B

5. The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ?

   A. French
   B. Greek
   C. Roman
   D. German

6. Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ?

   A. The House of Fame
   B. The Book of the Duchess
   C. Troilus and Criseyde
   D. The Legend of Good Women

7. Which of the following represents a stage of development in the poetic form of the elegy ?

   A. Lamentation, in which the speaker demonstrates grief
   B. Praise and admiration for the dead
   C. Consolation and solace
   D. All of these

8. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

   A. lycidas
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. II penseroso
   D. none of the above

9. What the term Elegy refers ?

   A. a song of lamentation
   B. a song of pleasure
   C. a hymn
   D. a praiseworthy song

10. ‘Elegy’ is______________________?

    A. Historical poem
    B. figurative story
    C. song of lamentation
    D. short story