English Literature Made Simple - No. 4

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1. To what was William Wordsworth referring when he wrote "Ethereal minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky!"? Skylark Robin Nightingale Crow

2. Where did Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan build a palace? Shangra La Atlantis Nirvana Xanadu

3. Essayist Charles Lamb is often known by what other name? (This should be familiar to crossword puzzle fans) Elia Boz Jesse Elmo

4. Which of the following was not written by Scotish author Sir Walter Scott? Quentin Durward Ivanhoe The Canterbury Tales The Lady of the Lake

5. In Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty", what color was the woman's hair? Red Black Blonde Auburn

6. Who or what was Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"? King of the Lost City Greek king Egyptian ruler Supernatural being

7. To what was Shelley referring to when he wrote "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert..."? Nightingale Raven Skylark Eagle

8. Poet John Keats also wrote a famous ode to what type of bird? Nightingale Peacock Dove Robin

9. Keats wrote a poem about the feast day of what saint of the Roman Catholic Church? St. Agnes St. Christopher St. Nicholas St. Veronica

10. Of the three great romantic poets, Byron, Shelley and Keats, who lived to the oldest age? Keats and Shelley Shelley Byron Keats