William Wordsworth mcqs



Why was Wordsworth accused of being a ‘Lost Leader’?

A. Because he gave up the cause of supporting the French Revolution
B. Because he accepted the post of the Poet Laureateship of England
C. Because he started discouraging the younger Romantic poets
D. Because he started refusing the established poetic theories

B. Because he accepted the post of the Poet Laureateship of England

Wordsworth’s famous preface to the Lyrical Ballads was :

A. The Preface to the first edition of the Lyrical Ballads
B. The Preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads
C. A separate supplement to the Lyrical Literaria
D. A rejoinder to Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria

A. The Preface to the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads

Wordsworth’s Prelude is a:

A. Philosophical poem
B. Metaphysical poem
C. Autobiographical poem
D. A narrative poem

C. Autobiographical poem