1 In what century did John Clare write? Nineteenth Seventeenth Twentieth Eighteenth 2 Which literary movement is John Clare usually associated with? Modernist Romantic Neo-classicist Gothic 3 When did Clare first develop a love for poetry? During school as a child From his parents, who were avid readers When he moved to London for college From his first girlfriend, Mary Joyce 4 What did Clare do as a teenager? Work as a field laborer Lounge around and write poems Attend school Work in a factory 5 Who was John Taylor? A friend who introduced Clare to his first publisher The first publisher of Clare's poems Clare's first therapist A wealthy uncle who rescued Clare from the countryside 6 Which of the following is NOT true of both Clare and the other Romantics Both Clare and the other Romantics often wrote about nature Both Clare and the other Romantics were interested in spiritual experience Both Clare and the other Romantics depicted experiences of loss of self Both Clare and the other Romantics were born in the countryside 7 What was enclosure? The erection of walls around homes The division of large landholdings into individual farms The seizure of common land by private landowners The development of an industrial city 8 How did Clare depict the countryside? As a deceptively beautiful place that was ugly at its heart As somewhere he couldn't wait to escape As a beautiful retreat from the stresses of the city As both beautiful and related to broader social and economic problems 9 Which of the following was not a negative impact of enclosure? It destroyed habitat for other creatures It stripped many small farmers of their way of life It forced many people to flee to the cities for low-paying work It made farming less efficient 10 Which of the following is NOT a frequent topic of John Clare's poetry? Romantic love City life The natural world Country sports 11 Which of Clare's books was based on an earlier book by a famous English poet? The Rural Muse Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery The Shepherd's Calendar The Village Minstrel 12 Which of Clare's books was the most commercially successful? Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery The Village Minstrel The Rural Muse The Shepherd's Calendar 13 Which part of Clare's career is most beloved by critics for its especially experimental use of language? His early career Clare was never experimental in his use of langauge His late career His middle career 14 Where did Clare spend the final 25 years of his life? Prison London An isane asylum His family home 15 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's later poetry? It was frequently directed towards his childhood crush, Mary Joyce It sometimes dealt powerfully with big ideas like grief and the loss of the self It was often more conventional than his early work It was more attentive to the natural world than his earlier work 16 Which aspects of the natural world did the Romantic poets usually write about? Awe-inspiring landscapes like mountains or the sea Aspects they knew well, like the countryside Aspects they had only heard described, like the deserts of the American southwest They were more interested in writing about the city 17 Why is Clare's poetry sometimes referred to as "pastoral"? It erases the practicalities of peasant life It focuses on the day-to-day life of shepherds It condemns the countryside as backwards It focuses on the humble, ordinary details of the countryside 18 What does it mean for a poem to be written using heroic couplets? Any poem written as a series of rhymed couplets A poem written as a series of rhymed couplets, with both lines being in iambic pentameter A poem written in couplets which do not rhyme A poem written in couplets and describing an epic battle 19 Which metrical form did Clare use most frequently? Spondee, or two stressed syllables in a row Clare did not typically use metrical forms Trochee, or pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable Iambic, or pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable 20 Which of the following poems does NOT discuss love between partners? Love Lives Beyond the Tomb Autumn The Yellowhammer's Nest First Love 21 Which of the following employs a distant tone? First Love The Badger I Am! Love Lives Beyond the Tomb 22 Which of the following does NOT contain religious themes? Love Lives Beyond the Tomb Autumn I Am! The Badger 23 Which of the following poems features largely conventional depictions of the natural world? Love Lives Beyond the Tomb The Yellowhammer's Nest The Badger Autumn 24 Which of the following most clearly embodies the traits of sublime poetry? Love Lives Beyond the Tomb The Yellowhammer's Nest The Badger Autumn 25 Which of the following does NOT see the world partially from an animal's perspective? The Badger Clock a Clay Autumn The Yellowhammer's Nest
