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The Prelude
  • 1. What is the full title of the poem known as The Prelude?
A) The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem
B) Growth of the Mind: A Study in Nature
C) The Recluse: An Autobiographical Journey
D) The Life of William Wordsworth
  • 2. What poetic form is The Prelude written in?
A) Blank verse
B) Sonnets
C) Rhymed couplets
D) Free verse
  • 3. At what age did William Wordsworth begin writing The Prelude?
A) 30
B) 28
C) 35
D) 25
  • 4. Who gave The Prelude its present title after the poet's death?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) Mary, his widow
C) Ernest de Sélincourt
D) Dorothy Wordsworth
  • 5. How many versions of The Prelude are identified in the text?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 6. When was the 1850 version of The Prelude published?
A) Three months after Wordsworth's death
B) Ten years after his death
C) During his lifetime
D) Immediately upon his death
  • 7. The Prelude was intended as an introduction to which larger, unfinished project?
A) The Recluse
B) Paradise Lost
C) The Excursion
D) The Growth of the Mind
  • 8. Who published the 1805 version of The Prelude in 1926?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) Ernest de Sélincourt
C) Dorothy Wordsworth
D) Mary Wordsworth
  • 9. How many books are in the 1850 version of The Prelude?
A) 2
B) 10
C) 14
D) 13
  • 10. How many books are in the 1805 version of The Prelude?
A) 12
B) 13
C) 14
D) 2
  • 11. What was the 1799 version of The Prelude commonly called?
A) The Two-Part Prelude
B) The Early Fragments
C) The Coleridge Draft
D) The Preliminary Version
  • 12. With which poet did Wordsworth originally plan to write The Recluse?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) John Milton
C) Dorothy Wordsworth
D) Ernest de Sélincourt
  • 13. Which existing epic poem did Wordsworth and Coleridge hope to surpass?
A) The Divine Comedy
B) Paradise Lost
C) The Faerie Queene
D) The Odyssey
  • 14. How old was Wordsworth when he died?
A) 85
B) 80
C) 75
D) 28
  • 15. What did Wordsworth do to the later parts of The Prelude during the end of his life?
A) Added thousands of new lines
B) Destroyed all early manuscripts
C) Polished the style and qualified radical statements
D) Translated it into French
  • 16. What was the initial working title Wordsworth used in letters to his sister?
A) The Growth of a Poet's Mind
B) Poem (title not yet fixed upon) to Coleridge
C) The Prelude
D) The Recluse
  • 17. Besides The Prelude, what was the only other part of The Recluse that Wordsworth finished?
A) The Autobiographical Poem
B) Paradise Lost
C) Fragments of Nature
D) The Excursion
  • 18. What is the primary subject of The Recluse according to Wordsworth's introduction?
A) A critique of John Milton's work
B) The history of the French Revolution
C) The sensations and opinions of a poet living in retirement
D) The divine nature of the afterlife
  • 19. What event caused many people to lose hope in the amelioration of mankind, according to Coleridge?
A) The failure of the French Revolution
B) The death of John Milton
C) The Napoleonic Wars
D) The industrial revolution
  • 20. How long would The Recluse have been compared to Paradise Lost?
A) Exactly the same length
B) Twice as long
C) About three times as long
D) Half the length
  • 21. Which poet does the text mention by name in line 181 of Book One?
A) Milton
B) Coleridge
C) Blake
D) T. S. Eliot
  • 22. Which book of The Prelude features the crossing of the Alps?
A) Book I
B) Book X
C) Book XIV
D) Book VI
  • 23. In the context of the poem, what do literal journeys become?
A) A metaphorical vehicle for a spiritual journey
B) A guide for political reform
C) An account of historical geography
D) A critique of modern travel
  • 24. What is the climactic ascent mentioned at the beginning of the final book?
A) The Alps
B) Cambridge Hill
C) Snowdon
D) The Vale of Grasmere
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