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