Shelley’s “Ode to Psyche” is narrated by __________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The primary subject of “Ode to Psyche” is ___________________?

   A. The possibility of sudden death
   B. The expansion of consciousness
   C. The relationship between art and humanity
   D. The death of Byron

2. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” can be best understood as a poem about _____________?

   A. The passion between a husband and wife
   B. The loss of innocence
   C. The horrors of the French Revolution
   D. How poets can bring about political revolution

3. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ?

   A. Rime royal
   B. Ottava rima
   C. Terza rima
   D. Spenserian Stanza

4. In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?

   A. To help drive his ideas across the universe
   B. To help him reach the afterlife
   C. To help him hear nature’s music
   D. To help him start a new revolutionary war

5. 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

6. 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

7. In “Mont Blanc,” Shelley likens the power of the mountain to the power of human imagination in order to __________________?

   A. Demonstrate how the human imagination is fragile
   B. Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth
   C. Demonstrate the power of the French Revolution on the British Romantic consciousness
   D. Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death

8. The main thematic focus of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is ____________________?

   A. The nature of death
   B. The French Revolution
   C. The relationship between truth and beauty
   D. The author’s childhood experience

9. “Ode to a Nightingale” focuses on ______________?

   A. How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever
   B. The fall of man into sin
   C. The futility of artistic creation
   D. The unfortunate conclusion of the French Revolution

10. When Wordsworth’s ‘Immortality Ode’ was first published in 1802, it had only ?

    A. Stanzas I to IV
    B. Stanzas I toV
    C. Stanzas I to VI
    D. Stanzas I to VII