Wordsworth’s Poetical Works Quizzes

Wordsworth's Poetical Works Quiz 1

1 Where does "The Solitary Reaper" take place?
Scotland

France

Ireland

England
2 Who is singing in "The Solitary Reaper"?
A circle of temptresses

A muse

A goddess

A beautiful girl
3 How will the speaker of "The Solitary Reaper" remember the young girl?
The two will correspond through letters

He will carry her song in his heart

He forgets her the second he leaves her

He will keep a small painting of her with him
4 What is rare about "The Soiltary Reaper"?
It is about a beautiful girl

It does not come from Wordsworth's own experiences

It is broken into four stanzas

It takes place in Scotland
5 Who is "London, 1802" addressed to?
Dorothy Wordsworth

God

Mother Nature

John Milton
6 Why does Wordsworth want Milton to come back in "London, 1802"?
He wants Milton to show England how to be virtuous again

He feels that Milton owes his life to the English people

He wants to know where Milton has gone

He wants Milton to save himself by saving others
7 What form is "London, 1802" written in?
Haiku

Sonnet

Sestina

Pantoum
8 What meter is a typical sonnet written in?
Iambic Tetrameter

Spondaic Tetrameter

Iambic Pentameter

Iambic Trimeter
9 What kind of imagery does Wordsworth use to describe Milton?
Religious imagery

Natural imagery

Clothing imagery

Animal imagery
10 What is Wordsworth looking at in "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"?
A building

A field

A city

A harbor
11 What time of day does "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" take place during?
Early morning

Night

Afternoon

Late Evening
12 Who was Wordsworth traveling with when he was inspired to write "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"?
His wife

His mother

His sister

His college professor
13 In which poem does Wordsworth write "Come forth into the light of things, / Let Nature be your Teacher"?
"The Solitary Reaper"

"I wandered lonely as a cloud"

"The Tables Turned"

"The world is too much with us"
14 What does Wordsworth tell his friend to stop doing in "The Tables Turned"?
Horseback riding

Dancing

Reading

Complaining
15 What does Wordsworth tell his friend to do in "The Tables Turned"?
Go to college

Go outside

Read more

Dance
16 The following is from which poem? "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours."
"The world is too much with us"

"Ode to Duty"

"Nutting"

"Elegaic Stanzas"
17 Why does the speaker think the little girl in "We Are Seven" only has five siblings?
He only sees five brothers and sisters

He knows her mother

Two of her siblings are dead

He thinks she's a liar
18 Who did Wordsworth write "We Are Seven" with?
Samuel Coleridge

Dorothy Wordsworth

William Blake

John Milton
19 What does the girl in "We Are Seven" like to do near her dead siblings?
Make flower necklaces

Sleep in the grass

Sew, sing and eat her dinner

Dance with her other siblings
20 Why is the speaker sad in "Lines Written in Early Spring?"
Because he can't become a plant

Because nature's music is discordant

Because nature seems to exclude him

Because humans don't enjoy nature
21 Where is "Lines Written in Early Spring" set?
On a cliff

On the shore

In a grove

In a field
22 How many stanzas are in "A slumber did my spirit seal"?
Eight

Six

Two

Ten
23 What form is "A slumber did my spirit seal" written in?
Sonnet

Couplets

Sestina

Ballad
24 Which of the following poems is a sonnet?
"The world is too much with us"

"The Solitary Reaper"

"A slumber did my spirit seal"

"We Are Seven"
25 In what part of "A slumber did my spirit seal" does the death occur?
In the last line

In the first stanza

Between the two stanzas

In the last stanza

Discuss wordsworth's treatment of nature in "Tinterrn Abbey."

In Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth directly compares his view of the beauty of nature in the way he saw and appreciated it as a child with his adult expectations. He speaks to the way we innocently and clearly see the world around us in childhood and...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/10/2015 11:26 AM