Wordsworth described all good poetry as

A. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition
B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
C. the polite patter of a corrupted age
D. the divine gift of grace

B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are?

A. Jane Austen’s Emma
B. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams
D. Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley

C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams

Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic visionary?

A. Prometheus
B. Satan
C. Cain
D. George III

D. George III

Horace’s doctrine ut pictura poesis was interpreted to mean:

A. A picture is worth a thousand words.
B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text?

A. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style
B. a lyric poem written in the first person
C. a comedy of manners
D. a political tract demanding labor reform

C. a comedy of manners

Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century?

A. formal diplomatic relations with China
B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade
C. the American and French revolutions
D. the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity

B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade

He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time.

A. Ben Jonson
B. Alexander Pope
C. Robert Herrick
D. John Dryden

C. Robert Herrick

This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes.

A. Alexander Pope
B. William Collins
C. Thomas Gray
D. Ben Jonson

C. Thomas Gray

Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time?

A. Henry Fielding
B. Laurence Sterne
C. Samuel Richardson
D. Tobias Smollett

B. Laurence Sterne

4- The Enlightenment (Neoclassical) Period (1660-1790)

Wordsworth described all good poetry as

Which chilling novel of surveillance and entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are?

Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic visionary?

Horace’s doctrine ut pictura poesis was interpreted to mean:

Which of the following descriptions would not have applied to any Romantic text?

Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century?

He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to make the most of their time.

This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes.

Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time?

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