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