Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - William WordsWorth Set 1

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This set of Literary Criticism Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - William WordsWorth Set 1

Q1 | The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was published in
  • 1798
  • 1799
  • 1800
  • 1801
Q2 | The Principal object in the Lyrical Ballads was to choose incidents and situations from
  • urban life
  • agrarian life
  • common life
  • genteel life
Q3 | Poems of value are produced by a man who possess more than usual organicsensibility and had also thought
  • in tranquility
  • long and deep
  • passionately
  • calmly
Q4 | In the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth's purpose was to imitate and adopt the very language of
  • the neoclassics
  • metre
  • men
  • the classics
Q5 | Which of the following is not true?
  • Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of the Romantic Age
  • Wordsworth believed that simple language creates better poems than complicated language
  • Nature is a savage force that needs to be conquered by technology
  • Lyrical Ballads received mixed reviews when it was originally published in1798
Q6 | In what ways is the Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?
  • It features poems that focus on nature and rural community
  • It calls for rigid poetic forms
  • It sought for poems that are more complicated
  • It sought to stimulate the reasoning mind rather than produce an emotional response
Q7 | Wordsworth justifies the use of metre and denounces the ____________ of the NeoClassical poets for their artificiality.
  • verse
  • rhyme
  • poetic diction
  • tradition
Q8 | Wordsworth quoted ____________ who said, “Poetry is the most philosophical of allwritings”.
  • Aristotle
  • Horace
  • Homer
  • Virgil
Q9 | An Appendix on Poetic Diction was added to the Preface to the Lyrical Balladsin_____.
  • 1800
  • 1798
  • 1805
  • 1802
Q10 | According to Wordsworth the understanding of the reader must necessarily be in somedegree…
  • Enlightened
  • Disheartened
  • Motivated
  • Contentment
Q11 | Wordsworth said that Poetry is the image of
  • Man and Science
  • Man and Society
  • Man and Nature
  • Nature and Science
Q12 | According to Wordsworth Poetry is the first and last of all…
  • Wisdom
  • Truth
  • Inspiration
  • Knowledge
Q13 | Wordsworth gives much importance to the ________ of poetry
  • Fancy
  • Language
  • Feelings
  • Imagination
Q14 | Who comments, “the end of writing is to instruct, The end of poetry is to instruct bypleasing”
  • Shakespeare
  • Arnold
  • Dr. Johnson
  • None of the above
Q15 | The only difference between the language of Prose and the language of Poetryis_________
  • Use of Rhythm
  • Use of Words
  • Use of feelings
  • Use of Metre
Q16 | According to Wordsworth ____________ is not essential to poetry
  • Metre
  • Imagination
  • Talent
  • Rhyme
Q17 | A primary function of poetry according to Wordsworth is to give ___________ for hisreaders
  • Knowledge
  • Pleasure
  • Idea
  • Truth
Q18 | Poetry is “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” according to
  • Arnold
  • T. S Eliot
  • Johnson
  • Wordsworth
Q19 | Wordsworth chosen the various aspects of __________
  • Royal and rich life
  • War and peace life
  • Humble and Rustic life
  • Nature and poets life
Q20 | The Poetic Composition take place in ______ stages
  • Four
  • Eight
  • Two
  • Six
Q21 | “Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility”. Who has defined poetry in thesewords?
  • Shelley
  • Matthew Arnold
  • S. T. Coleridge
  • Wordsworth
Q22 | Rustic life is more noble and permanent because they are connected with the objectsof_______
  • Real life
  • Truth
  • Nature
  • Fancy
Q23 | Wordsworth remarks that Poetry and Painting are
  • Sisters
  • Siblings
  • Brother
  • Children
Q24 | Wordsworth states, “Poetry sheds no tears such as Angels weep, but natural and
  • earthly tears”
  • childish tears”
  • human tears”
  • mournful tears”
Q25 | Wordsworth believes that a poet is,
  • “a man speaking to poets”
  • “a man speaking to men”
  • “a man speaking to human”
  • “a man speaking to God”