A. Sincere and heartfelt
B. Mocking and satirical
C. Mournful and dark
D. Polemic and dry
Related Mcqs:
- The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as ______________?
A. Dramatic and dark
B. Ironic and satirical
C. Strange and haunting
D. Humorless and stark - Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord Byron ?
A. An expression of love for common man.
B. Mockery toward William Wordsworth.
C. An expression of doubt and angst.
D. Dark humor. - “Don Juan” and “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” are broken into sections called______________?
A. Cantos
B. Stanzas
C. Lines
D. Chapters - Who is the narrator of “Don Juan” ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Bob Southey
C. Don Juan
D. A nameless narrator - What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to “’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!” ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday - What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to \’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!\ ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday - What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?
A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively. - What did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe\ ?
A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively. - Byron’s journey to Spain, Malta, Albania and Greece resulted in the production of the first two cantos of his poem_______________?
A. cain
B. Childe Herald’s Pilgrimage
C. Don Juan
D. the prisoner of Chillon - Lord Byron was born in________________?
A. 1788
B. 1789
C. 1790
D. 1791
