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!"? Nightingale Skylark Robin 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) Jesse Elia Boz 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 Auburn Blonde Black

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

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? Robin Dove Nightingale Peacock

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

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