- 1. Where was William Wordsworth born?
A) Cockermouth, England
B) Paris, France
C) Dublin, Ireland
D) London, England
- 2. Which literary movement is Wordsworth associated with?
A) Realism
B) Naturalism
C) Romanticism
D) Modernism
- 3. Wordsworth co-authored 'Lyrical Ballads' with which other poet?
A) John Keats
B) Lord Byron
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 4. What was Wordsworth's occupation?
A) Doctor
B) Lawyer
C) Soldier
D) Poet
- 5. In Wordsworth's poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', what are the 'daffodils' symbolic of?
A) Sorrow
B) Fear
C) Joy
D) Anger
- 6. Wordsworth was appointed as Poet Laureate of England in which year?
A) 1843
B) 1832
C) 1798
D) 1901
- 7. Wordsworth served as a distributor of stamps for which region in England?
A) Cornwall
B) Sussex
C) Lincolnshire
D) Westmorland
- 8. In which year was Wordsworth born?
A) 1800
B) 1850
C) 1730
D) 1770
- 9. What is the full title of Wordsworth's autobiographical work known as 'The Prelude'?
A) The Prelude, or Ramblings of a Wanderer
B) The Prelude, or Dreams of a Painter
C) The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind
D) The Prelude, or Musings of a Madman
- 10. Wordsworth's sister, who inspired many of his poems, was named?
A) Dorothy
B) Mary
C) Harriet
D) Elizabeth
- 11. Wordsworth's famous line 'The child is father of the man' is from which poem?
A) The World is Too Much With Us
B) My Heart Leaps Up
C) Tintern Abbey
D) London, 1802
- 12. Wordsworth's concept of 'spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' was associated with which element of poetry?
A) Structure
B) Theme
C) Emotion
D) Rhyme
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