A. A celebration of the city’s beauty
B. A protest against social inequality
C. An examination of the city’s past
D. An attack on William Wordsworth
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Certain morphemes have more than one meaning and can be understood in more than one way. They are called ______________?
A. Allophones
B. Homophones
C. Homographs
D. Homonyms - Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas Kyd
C. John Dryden
D. John Donne - Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” reads: “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ?
A. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.
B. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.
C. It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
D. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene. - H.D.’s poem “Oread” reads: “WHIRL up, sea-/Whirl your pointed pines./Splash your great pines/On our rocks./Hurl your green over us-/Cover us with your pools of fir.” To which of the following categories does this poem belong ?
A. Objectivist poetry
B. Futurist poetry
C. Imagist poetry
D. Vorticist poetry - 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 - Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by …/I am not ready for repentance;” according to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
A. His political views
B. His will to imaginative freedom
C. His will to sexual freedom
D. Both B and C - In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?
A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this - Which contemporary fictional character can be understood as a Byronic hero ?
A. Superman
B. Dr. House
C. Luke Skywalker
D. Yoda - Napoleon’s decision to__________________can be understood as representative of the French Revolutionary spirit because this decision served to radically reposition France in contemporary European political affairs ?
A. Engage in the Napoleonic Wars
B. Change all aspects of French law
C. Involve himself directly in affairs in the United States
D. Offer landmark political writings calling for peace with other European nations
