Question. Wordworth’s poet is a man speaking to
(a) everyone
(b) his readers
(c) men
(d) nature

Question. The function of poetry is both to instruct and delight, but for Wordsworth it is to give
(a) exaltation
(b) pleasure
(c) dictation
(d) purgation

Question. Who comments, “the end of writing is to instruct, The end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing”
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Arnold
(c) Dr. Johnson
(d) None of the above

Question. The only difference between the language of Prose and the language of Poetry is_________
(a) Use of Rhythm
(b) Use of Words
(c) Use of feelings
(d) Use of Metre

Question. Wordsworth’s preface can be seen as a forceful plea for simplicity both in
(a) idea and feeling
(b) sentiment an d exposition
(c) expression and elucidation
(d) theme and treatment

Question. Wordsworth was primarily
(a) a critic
(b) a poet
(c) an essayist
(d) a philosopher

Question. Wordsworth justifies the use of metre and denounces the ¬¬____________ of the Neo-Classical poets for their artificiality.
(a) verse
(b) rhyme
(c) poetic diction
(d) tradition

Question. Wordsworth quoted ____________ who said, “Poetry is the most philosophical of all writings”.
(a) Aristotle
(b) Horace
(c) Homer
(d) Virgil

Question. According to Wordsworth, poetic diction has
(a) Rules
(b) No rules
(c) Rustic language
(d) Simple language

Question. According to Wordsworth, prose and poetry differs by
(a) Style
(b) Emotion
(c) Preface
(d) Metre

Question. The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was published in
(a) 1798
(b) 1799
(c) 1800
(d) 1801

Question. The Principal object in the Lyrical Ballads was to choose incidents and situations from
(a) urban life
(b) agrarian life
(c) common life
(d) genteel life

Question. Poems of value are produced by a man who possess more than usual organic sensibility and had also thought
(a) in tranquility
(b) long and deep
(c) passionately
(d) calmly

Question. For Wordsworth the function of poetry is to give
(a) joy
(b) happiness
(c) catharsis
(d) pleasure

Question. Rustic life is more noble and permanent because they are connected with the objects of_______
(a) Real life
(b) Truth
(c) Nature
(d) Fancy

Question. Wordsworth remarks that Poetry and Painting are
(a) Sisters
(b) Siblings
(c) Brother
(d) Children

Question. To Wordsworth, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, emotions recollected in
(a) images
(b) tranquility
(c) simple life
(d) sensation

Question. In the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth’s purpose was to imitate and adopt the very language of
(a) the neoclassics
(b) metre
(c) men
(d) the classics

Question. Which of the following is not true?
(a) Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of the Romantic Age
(b) Wordsworth believed that simple language creates better poems than complicated language
(c) Nature is a savage force that needs to be conquered by technology
(d) Lyrical Ballads received mixed reviews when it was originally published in1798

Question. In what ways is the Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?
(a) It features poems that focus on nature and rural community
(b) It calls for rigid poetic forms
(c) It sought for poems that are more complicated
(d) It sought to stimulate the reasoning mind rather than produce an emotional response

Question. An Appendix on Poetic Diction was added to the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads in_____.
(a) 1800
(b) 1798
(c) 1805
(d) 1802

Question. Wordsworth believes that a poet is,
(a) “a man speaking to poets”
(b) “a man speaking to men”
(c) “a man speaking to human”
(d) “a man speaking to God”

Question. Wordsworth feels that Poetry is the image of
(a) human beings and nature
(b) men and women
(c) God and human
(d) man and nature

Question. According to Wordsworth the understanding of the reader must necessarily be in some degree…
(a) Enlightened
(b) Disheartened
(c) Motivated
(d) Contentment

Question. Wordsworth said that Poetry is the image of
(a) Man and Science
(b) Man and Society
(c) Man and Nature
(d) Nature and Science

Question. According to Wordsworth Poetry is the first and last of all…
(a) Wisdom
(b) Truth
(c) Inspiration
(d) Knowledge

Question. Wordsworth gives much importance to the ________ of poetry
(a) Fancy
(b) Language
(c) Feelings
(d) Imagination

Question. The dominant theme of Wordsworth’s preface is
(a) poetic diction
(b) poetic argument
(c) poetic criticism
(d) poetic license

Question. Wordsworth’s preface declares the dawn of
(a) English Romantic Movement
(b) British Romantic Movement
(c) European Romantic Movement
(d) Anglo-saxon Romantic Movement

Question. Poetry is “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” according to
(a) Arnold
(b) T. S Eliot
(c) Johnson
(d) Wordsworth

Question. Wordsworth chosen the various aspects of __________
(a) Royal and rich life
(b) War and peace life
(c) Humble and Rustic life
(d) Nature and poets life

Question. The Poetic Composition take place in ______ stages
(a) Four
(b) Eight
(c) Two
(d) Six

Question. “Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility”. Who has defined poetry in these words?
(a) Shelley
(b) Matthew Arnold
(c) S. T. Coleridge
(d) Wordsworth

Question. Wordsworth states, “Poetry sheds no tears such as Angels weep, but natural and
(a) earthly tears”
(b) childish tears”
(c) human tears”
(d) mournful tears”

Question. The language of every good poem can in no respect differ from that of good __.
(a) Drama
(b) Prose
(c) Novel
(d) Tragi- comedy

Question. Wordsworth said the poet should use the __ for removing what would otherwise be painful or disgusting in the passion.
(a) Principal of selection
(b) Metrical composition
(c) Personification of abstract ideas
(d) Real language of men

Question. According to Wordsworth ____________ is not essential to poetry
(a) Metre
(b) Imagination
(c) Talent
(d) Rhyme

Question. A primary function of poetry according to Wordsworth is to give ___________ for his readers
(a) Knowledge
(b) Pleasure
(c) Idea
(d) Truth

Question. Who said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing?
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) William Shakespeare
(c) Aristotle
(d) Matthew Arnold

Question. In what ways is Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?
(a) It calls for even more strict and rigid poetic forms
(b) It features poems that focus on nature and rural communities
(c) It contains poems that are more complicated and academic in tone.
(d) It sought to stimulate the reader’s reasoning mind.

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Question. All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful_________.  

Question. In Wordsworth’s poems __________ are most important then action and situation 

Question. Wordsworth justifies the use of metre and condemns the use of _________ 

Question. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all ______ 

Question. According to Wordsworth, poetic composition takes place in _______ stages 

Question. ___________ poetic diction was famous in Wordsworth’s age 

Question. The style and manner of the best poetry their special character, their accent, is given by their diction and, even yet more by their __________. 

Question. Wordsworth said that every poem has a worthy _____. 

Question. Wordsworth says that “Poetry is _______ recollected in tranquillity”. 

Question. Rustic life is more noble and permanent because they are connected with the objects of_______ 

Question. Wordsworth “Preface to the Lyrical Ballads” was published in ________  

Question. The 1802 ______ written by Wordsworth is considered the standard text.   

Question. For Wordsworth, the function of poetry was to________.    

Question. The aim of poetry, according to Wordsworth is to afford_________   

Question. In Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth preferred to use a ‘selection of language really used by ______’.  

Question. ‘The language of every good poem can in no respect differ from that of good __.   

Question. Wordsworth said the poet should use the principal of ____ for removing what would otherwise be painful or disgusting in the passion.  

Question. Poetry is the first and last of all ______ – it is immortal as the heart of man.   

Question. Wordsworth states that there is no essential difference between the language of ________ and the language of poetry. 

Question. _________ said that poetry is the most philosophic of all writing