A. Walter Pater
B. A. C. Swinburne
C. Matthew Arnold
D. T. S. Eliot
Related Mcqs:
- In ’Paradise Lost’, which angel is ordered by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Paradise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the human race, beginning with Cain murdering Abel and ending with the redemption of mankind through Christ. Who is this angel that has a large role in the finishing chapters of ’Paradise Lost’ ?
A. Michael
B. Abdiel
C. Rafael
D. Gabriel - 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 - Wanders in that happy valley Through two luminous windows saw Spirits moving musically To a lute’s well-tunéd law, Round about a throne, where sitting (Porphyrogene!) In state his glory well befitting, The sovereign of the realm was seen. What does Porphyrogene mean ?
A. Born to be free
B. Inflicted with the disease Porphyria
C. Of royal birth
D. Wearing purple robes - 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 - ’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and speaks to them. The first he addresses is described as ’one next to himself in power, and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen angel?
A. Mammon
B. Moloch
C. Beelzebub
D. Ashtaroth - 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 - His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?
A. Long, wide petticoats
B. A trench-coat
C. Loose, wide breeches
D. Underpants - Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the form of a frame story that starts one character wring letters to his sister. Who is that character ?
A. Captain Cooper
B. Victor Frankenstein
C. Captain Robert Walton
D. Sergent Thomas Vincent - What angel often speaks to Adam in Paradise ?
A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Pandosto
D. Baal - Which angel wields a large sword in the battle and wounds Satan ?
A. Michael
B. Abdiel
C. Uriel
D. Satan is not injured
