William Wordsworth (poet)
  • 1. When did William Wordsworth pass away?
A) 1950
B) 1650
C) 1750
D) 1850
  • 2. What was William Wordsworth's occupation?
A) Poet
B) Scientist
C) Politician
D) Doctor
  • 3. Who was William Wordsworth's famous collaborator?
A) Lord Byron
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) John Keats
  • 4. Where was William Wordsworth born?
A) England
B) Wales
C) Ireland
D) Scotland
  • 5. Which literary movement was Wordsworth associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Realism
C) Modernism
D) Victorian
  • 6. How old was Wordsworth when he died?
A) 90
B) 70
C) 80
D) 60
  • 7. What honor did Wordsworth receive in 1843?
A) Booker Prize
B) Poet Laureate
C) Nobel Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 8. What was the title of Wordsworth's most famous poem collection?
A) Lyrical Ballads
B) The Waste Land
C) Paradise Lost
D) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
  • 9. What was Wordsworth's sister's name?
A) Charlotte
B) Mary
C) Dorothy
D) Elizabeth
  • 10. Where did Wordsworth spend most of his adult life?
A) Lake District
B) Himalayas
C) Alps
D) Sahara Desert
  • 11. Which of Wordsworth's children also became a poet?
A) John
B) Richard
C) William
D) Dora
  • 12. Who was Wordsworth's wife?
A) Mary
B) Anne
C) Catherine
D) Eleanor
  • 13. What significant event occurred during Wordsworth's lifetime that influenced his poetry?
A) Industrial Revolution
B) American Civil War
C) French Revolution
D) Cold War
  • 14. Where is Wordsworth buried?
A) St. Paul's Cathedral
B) Westminster Abbey
C) Highgate Cemetery
D) St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere
  • 15. What is the title of Wordsworth's long autobiographical poem?
A) Daffodils
B) Tintern Abbey
C) The Prelude
D) The Solitary Reaper
  • 16. What is the title of Wordsworth's famous poem about the daffodils?
A) Ode to the West Wind
B) Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
C) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
D) The Solitary Reaper
  • 17. How many children did Wordsworth have?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 2
  • 18. In which English county is Rydal Mount located?
A) Cumbria
B) Kent
C) Surrey
D) Yorkshire
  • 19. What is the title of Wordsworth's poem inspired by a visit to Tintern Abbey?
A) Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
B) Tintern Lament
C) Tintern Reflections
D) Tintern Serenade
  • 20. Which poet preceded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom?
A) John Dryden
B) Robert Burns
C) Robert Southey
D) Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • 21. What was the title of Wordsworth's first published work of poetry?
A) An Evening Walk
B) The Prelude
C) Lyrical Ballads
D) Ode to Duty
  • 22. What is the predominant theme in Wordsworth's poetry?
A) War
B) Love
C) Religion
D) Nature
  • 23. What literary device is frequently used in Wordsworth's poetry?
A) Personification
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Hyperbole
  • 24. Where did Wordsworth and his family live during his later years?
A) Paris
B) London
C) Florence
D) Rydal Mount
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