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