Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 1. What year was Percy Bysshe Shelley born?
A) 1785
B) 1792
C) 1810
D) 1800
  • 2. Who was Shelley's second wife?
A) Emilia Viviani
B) Harriet Westbrook
C) Mary Shelley
D) Claire Clairmont
  • 3. In which country did Shelley spend his final years?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Italy
D) Germany
  • 4. What school was Shelley expelled from for writing The Necessity of Atheism?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of Oxford
C) Eton College
D) Harrow School
  • 5. Which poem by Shelley is known for its famous line 'O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being'?
A) To a Skylark
B) Adonais
C) Ode to the West Wind
D) Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
  • 6. What was Percy Bysshe Shelley's occupation?
A) Doctor
B) Lawyer
C) Politician
D) Poet
  • 7. Which of Shelley's works is inspired by the Greek myth of Prometheus?
A) Prometheus Unbound
B) Julian and Maddalo
C) To a Skylark
D) Ozymandias
  • 8. What was the name of Percy Bysshe Shelley's first wife?
A) Claire Clairmont
B) Emilia Viviani
C) Mary Shelley
D) Harriet Westbrook
  • 9. Which novel did Percy Bysshe Shelley co-write with Mary Shelley?
A) Dracula
B) Frankenstein
C) The Vampyre
D) The Monk
  • 10. What was the title of Shelley's first major poem published in 1813?
A) Alastor
B) Queen Mab
C) Rosalind and Helen
D) The Cenci
  • 11. Which contemporary poet critiqued Shelley's work in the Edinburgh Review?
A) John Keats
B) Francis Jeffrey
C) William Wordsworth
D) Lord Byron
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