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!"? Crow Nightingale Skylark Robin

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) Jesse Elia Boz Elmo

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

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"? Greek king Egyptian ruler Supernatural being King of the Lost City

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

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

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

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