Whom does Keats describe as “epically passionate?”

A. Coleridge
B. Wordsworth
C. Milton
D. Dryden

Answer

B. Wordsworth

Why does Wordsworth’s philosophy surpass Milton’s, according to Keats?

A. Because Wordsworth is a greater genius
B. Because Wordsworth is Keats’ friend
C. Because Milton lacked talent
D. Because it adheres to the age in which Wordsworth wrote

Answer

D. Because it adheres to the age in which Wordsworth wrote

How does Keats reply to Byron’s idea that “knowledge is sorrow?”

A. “Wisdom is folly.”
B. “Truth is Perpetual.”
C. “Knowledge is Light.”
D. “Sorrow is Happiness.”

Answer

A. “Wisdom is folly.”

Which poet did Keats count among his friends?

A. Coleridge
B. Shelley
C. Hawthorne
D. Tennyson

Answer

B. Shelley

What meter does Keats typically use in his poetry?

A. Spondaic pentameter
B. Dactylic hexameter
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Iambic hexameter

Answer

C. Iambic pentameter

Which of the following is NOT a common theme in Keats’ poetry?

A. Romantic love
B. Mortality
C. Catholicism
D. The ideal

Answer

C. Catholicism

Who is a likely inspiration for “Bright Star”?

A. Queen Victoria
B. Helen
C. Fanny Brawne
D. Mary Shelley

Answer

C. Fanny Brawne

What or who is described as “nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite?”

A. Fanny Brawne
B. Psyche
C. Venus
D. The “Bright Star” of the titular poem

Answer

D. The “Bright Star” of the titular poem

Name the source poem: “No — yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,/ Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast.”

A. “Ode to a Nightingale”
B. “On the Sonnet”
C. “Ode to Psyche”
D. “Bright Star, would I were stedfast as thou art”

Answer

D. “Bright Star, would I were stedfast as thou art”