A. The common man
B. The promises of technology
C. The outcast figure
D. The movement of time
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following would a neoclassical poet be most likely to use as a central theme in his or her poetry ?
A. The plight of common, ordinary people
B. A celebration of the medieval
C. A satirical representation of current events
D. A warm remembrance of childish idealism - Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” ?
A. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time.
B. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age.
C. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions.
D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged. - Wordsworth’s theory of poetry appears in_____________?
A. Excursion
B. Tintern Abbey Lines
C. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
D. Immortality Ode - In his preface to “Lyrical Ballads”, Wordsworth calls for poetry to be written in what kind of language?
A. Typically poetic and fanciful language
B. Ancient languages
C. Complicated and difficult language
D. Common, everyday language - Wordsworth described all good poetry as_______________?
A. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition
B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. the polite patter of a corrupted age
D. the divine gift of grace - Wordsworth described all good poetry as______________?
A. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition
B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. the polite patter of a corrupted age
D. the divine gift of grace - One of the central themes of Wordsworth’s “Peter Bell” is _________________?
A. How nature can render someone good
B. How nature can corrupt someone
C. Eternal youth
D. A dark voyage into madness - Which of the following statements best expresses the difference between how visual images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry ?
A. There were no significant differences in the functioning of visual images in these two types of poetry.
B. The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War I poets relied on visual images to subtly punctuate their often desperate political messages.
C. The Imagists valued brevity, which could be achieved with precise visual images, whereasWorldWar I poets preferred declamatory statements in their poems.
D. WorldWar I poets valued clarity of expression through visual images, whereas Imagists relied on complex expression through emotional visual images. - Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?
A. Georgian poetry was modeled on World War I poetry and adapted its insights to postwar realities.
B. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with the effects of urbanization and industrialization.
C. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with women’s rights.
D. World War I poets like Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen adapted the Georgian poetic manner to write about modern subjects; most Georgian poets focused on individual experience and avoided writing about the upheavals of modernity. - Which of the following best characterizes the contrast between Gertrude Stein’s poetry and Imagist poetry ?
A. Stein experimented only with the sound qualities of language, whereas the Imagists focused on visual imagery.
B. Stein experimented with language that skirted the edges of sense, whereas the Imagists sought precision and clarity of expression.
C. Stein sought to combine classical poetic form with contemporary content, whereas the Imagists used traditional poetic subject matter but experimented with form.
D. Stein sought precision and clarity in her poems, whereas the Imagists sought experimental forms that enhanced visual imagery.
