Percy Bysshe Shelley - Quiz
  • 1. What year was Percy Bysshe Shelley born?
A) 1785
B) 1810
C) 1792
D) 1800
  • 2. Who was Shelley's second wife?
A) Emilia Viviani
B) Claire Clairmont
C) Harriet Westbrook
D) Mary Shelley
  • 3. In which country did Shelley spend his final years?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Italy
D) Germany
  • 4. What school was Shelley expelled from for writing The Necessity of Atheism?
A) University of Oxford
B) Eton College
C) Harrow School
D) University of Cambridge
  • 5. Which contemporary poet critiqued Shelley's work in the Edinburgh Review?
A) Lord Byron
B) John Keats
C) William Wordsworth
D) Francis Jeffrey
  • 6. What was the title of Shelley's first major poem published in 1813?
A) The Cenci
B) Alastor
C) Queen Mab
D) Rosalind and Helen
  • 7. What was Percy Bysshe Shelley's occupation?
A) Poet
B) Politician
C) Doctor
D) Lawyer
  • 8. Which novel did Percy Bysshe Shelley co-write with Mary Shelley?
A) The Vampyre
B) Dracula
C) The Monk
D) Frankenstein
  • 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) Adonais
C) Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
D) Ode to the West Wind
  • 10. Which of Shelley's works is inspired by the Greek myth of Prometheus?
A) Prometheus Unbound
B) To a Skylark
C) Ozymandias
D) Julian and Maddalo
  • 11. What was the name of Percy Bysshe Shelley's first wife?
A) Emilia Viviani
B) Harriet Westbrook
C) Mary Shelley
D) Claire Clairmont
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