Percy Bysshe Shelley - Quiz
Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 1. What year was Percy Bysshe Shelley born?
A) 1792
B) 1810
C) 1785
D) 1800
  • 2. Who was Shelley's second wife?
A) Emilia Viviani
B) Harriet Westbrook
C) Mary Shelley
D) Claire Clairmont
  • 3. In which country did Shelley spend his final years?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) France
  • 4. What school was Shelley expelled from for writing The Necessity of Atheism?
A) University of Oxford
B) Harrow School
C) University of Cambridge
D) Eton College
  • 5. Which contemporary poet critiqued Shelley's work in the Edinburgh Review?
A) Francis Jeffrey
B) William Wordsworth
C) Lord Byron
D) John Keats
  • 6. What was the title of Shelley's first major poem published in 1813?
A) The Cenci
B) Rosalind and Helen
C) Alastor
D) Queen Mab
  • 7. What was Percy Bysshe Shelley's occupation?
A) Politician
B) Poet
C) Lawyer
D) Doctor
  • 8. Which novel did Percy Bysshe Shelley co-write with Mary Shelley?
A) Frankenstein
B) Dracula
C) The Vampyre
D) The Monk
  • 9. Which poem by Shelley is known for its famous line 'O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being'?
A) To a Skylark
B) Ode to the West Wind
C) Adonais
D) Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
  • 10. Which of Shelley's works is inspired by the Greek myth of Prometheus?
A) Prometheus Unbound
B) Ozymandias
C) To a Skylark
D) Julian and Maddalo
  • 11. What was the name of Percy Bysshe Shelley's first wife?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Emilia Viviani
C) Claire Clairmont
D) Harriet Westbrook
  • 12. What was the title of Shelley's first novel published during his time at Eton?
A) St. Irvine; or, The Rosicrucian: A Romance
B) Zastrozzi
C) Queen Mab
D) The Necessity of Atheism
  • 13. Who was Shelley's closest friend at Oxford?
A) Thomas Jefferson Hogg
B) Charles Howard
C) Robert Southey
D) William Godwin
  • 14. Where did Shelley and Harriet get married for the first time?
A) London
B) Warnham, Sussex
C) Oxford
D) Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 15. Which poem by Shelley is known for its theme of impermanence and decay?
A) Ozymandias
B) The Mask of Anarchy
C) Adonais
D) To a Skylark
  • 16. Who was Shelley's mentor at Eton College?
A) George Rowley
B) Robert Southey
C) Thomas Jefferson Hogg
D) James Lind
  • 17. What is the title of Shelley's verse drama written in 1819?
A) The Cenci
B) Prometheus Unbound
C) Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude
D) Hellas
  • 18. What was Shelley's relationship with his cousin Harriet Grove?
A) Platonic and lifelong
B) Professional collaboration
C) Romantic, which later broke down
D) Sibling-like friendship
  • 19. What did Shelley propose for his communal household with Elizabeth Hitchener?
A) Engaging in political activism
B) Sharing all property
C) Living in separate quarters
D) Focusing on religious studies
  • 20. Which Irish political figure did Shelley meet during his stay in Ireland?
A) Charles Howard
B) William Godwin
C) Daniel O'Connell
D) Robert Southey
  • 21. What was the relationship between Mary Godwin and William Godwin?
A) Uncle and niece
B) Brother and sister
C) Cousins
D) Father and daughter
  • 22. Who accompanied Shelley and Mary on their elopement?
A) Claire Clairmont, Mary's step-sister
B) Hannah Williams
C) Harriet Westbrook
D) William Godwin
  • 23. What was Mary's situation after their return to England?
A) She reconciled with Harriet
B) She moved to France with Shelley
C) She was pregnant, lonely, depressed, and ill
D) She quickly found a new home in London
  • 24. What did Shelley work on while living in Bishopsgate?
A) A collection of love letters
B) A series of essays on political reform
C) A novel about his elopement
D) Alastor, a long poem in blank verse
  • 25. How was Alastor received upon publication?
A) It won a prestigious literary award
B) It had poor sales and largely unfavourable reviews from the conservative press
C) It became an instant bestseller
D) It was ignored by critics
  • 26. In what year did Claire initiate a sexual relationship with Lord Byron?
A) April 1816
B) May 1817
C) July 1818
D) June 1815
  • 27. What is the title of Shelley's work that was an atheistic response to Coleridge's 'Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamoni'?
A) "The Sensitive Plant"
B) "Mont Blanc"
C) "Prometheus Unbound"
D) "A Defence of Poetry"
  • 28. What was the name of Shelley's son who died in June 1819?
A) Percy Florence
B) Alba
C) William
D) Charles
  • 29. What was the name of the 19-year-old daughter Shelley met in Pisa?
A) Emilia Viviani
B) Mary Godwin
C) Jane Williams
D) Claire Clairmont
  • 30. In which city did Shelley and Mary experience a decline in health due to the death of their son William?
A) Pisa
B) Rome
C) Florence
D) Livorno
  • 31. Which poem by Shelley was inspired by his relationship with Teresa (Emilia) Viviani?
A) "The Triumph of Life"
B) "Epipsychidion"
C) "Ode to the West Wind"
D) "A Defence of Poetry"
  • 32. Which poem did Shelley write in memory of John Keats?
A) "To a Skylark"
B) "The Cloud"
C) "Adonais"
D) "Ozymandias"
  • 33. Which city did Shelley move to in January 1820, ostensibly for medical consultation?
A) Florence
B) Pisa
C) Rome
D) Livorno
  • 34. On what date did Percy Bysshe Shelley and Edward Williams sail to Livorno?
A) 16 August 1822
B) 10 July 1822
C) 1 July 1822
D) 8 July 1822
  • 35. Which new journal were Shelley, Leigh Hunt, and Byron planning to arrange in Livorno?
A) The Liberal
B) Queen Mab
C) A Philosophical View of Reform
D) The Courier
  • 36. Where did Shelley's body wash ashore after the shipwreck?
A) Viareggio
B) Rome
C) Lerici
D) Livorno
  • 37. Who identified Shelley's body at Viareggio?
A) Leigh Hunt
B) Trelawny
C) Byron
D) Mary Shelley
  • 38. On what date was Shelley's body cremated near Viareggio?
A) 1 July 1822
B) 16 August 1822
C) 8 July 1822
D) 10 July 1822
  • 39. What Latin inscription is on Shelley's grave?
A) Nothing of him that doth fade
B) Cor Cordium
C) Sea change
D) Ariel's Song
  • 40. Which organ from Shelley's body resisted burning and was retrieved by Trelawny?
A) Jawbone
B) Liver
C) Arm
D) Heart
  • 41. Who initially preserved the scorched heart in spirits of wine?
A) Trelawny
B) Hunt
C) Byron
D) Mary Shelley
  • 42. How many legitimate children did Shelley have with his first wife Harriet?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 43. Which political thinker was not an influence on Shelley's radical views?
A) Byron
B) Godwin
C) Rousseau
D) Paine
  • 44. Which Irish figure did Shelley sympathize with but not support in terms of violent rebellion?
A) Daniel O'Connell
B) Eamon de Valera
C) Robert Emmet
D) Michael Collins
  • 45. Which philosopher's materialist arguments influenced Shelley's atheism?
A) Nietzsche
B) Hegel
C) Kant
D) Holbach
  • 46. In early March 1812, Shelley converted to what type of diet?
A) vegetable
B) pescatarian
C) meat-based
D) gluten-free
  • 47. Which ancient author did NOT influence Shelley's vegetarianism according to the text?
A) Plato
B) Socrates
C) Pythagoras
D) Homer
  • 48. Who was the direct influencer of Shelley's conversion to a vegetable diet through his work 'The Return to Nature, or, A Defence of the Vegetable Regimen'?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) John Frank Newton
C) William Wordsworth
D) Lord Byron
  • 49. Which society was inspired by Shelley's life and works to be founded in England?
A) The Natural Living Association
B) The Vegetarian Society
C) The Animal Rights Society
D) The Health Reform Society
  • 50. What did Hazlitt describe as 'a passionate dream, a straining after impossibilities'?
A) Shelley's style
B) Shelley's political views
C) Shelley's social interactions
D) Shelley's personal life
  • 51. Which poet described Shelley as a 'beautiful and ineffectual angel'?
A) John Keats
B) Matthew Arnold
C) Lord Byron
D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 52. Which literary critic described Shelley as 'a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival'?
A) Allen Tate
B) T.S. Eliot
C) F.R. Leavis
D) Harold Bloom
  • 53. In what year was Shelley's 'Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things' rediscovered?
A) 1985
B) 1999
C) 2014
D) 2006
  • 54. Who argued that Percy Bysshe Shelley significantly contributed to Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and should be considered a collaborator?
A) Charles E. Robinson
B) D. H. Reiman
C) Charlotte Gordon
D) Fiona Sampson
  • 55. Which of Shelley's dramas was left unfinished at the time of his death?
A) Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant
B) The Cenci
C) Prometheus Unbound
D) Charles the First
  • 56. Which Shelley work was originally written in Italian?
A) 'Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things'
B) 'The Assassins, A Fragment of a Romance'
C) 'Una Favola (A Fable)'
D) 'The Coliseum, A Fragment'
  • 57. Which Shelley work was published in 1822 and is a chapbook?
A) Wolfstein; or, The Mysterious Bandit
B) Hellas
C) St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian
D) Zastrozzi
  • 58. Which work by Percy Bysshe Shelley was a collaboration with Mary Shelley and published in 1820?
A) 'Una Favola (A Fable)'
B) History of a Six Weeks' Tour
C) Midas
D) Proserpine
  • 59. Which of Shelley's works was a collaboration with Mary Shelley and published in 1820?
A) History of a Six Weeks' Tour
B) Proserpine
C) Midas
D) 'Una Favola (A Fable)'
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