Death of William Wordsworth (poet)
  • 1. When did William Wordsworth pass away?
A) 1950
B) 1750
C) 1650
D) 1850
  • 2. What was William Wordsworth's occupation?
A) Doctor
B) Politician
C) Poet
D) Scientist
  • 3. Who was William Wordsworth's famous collaborator?
A) Lord Byron
B) Percy Bysshe Shelley
C) John Keats
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • 4. Where was William Wordsworth born?
A) England
B) Scotland
C) Ireland
D) Wales
  • 5. Which literary movement was Wordsworth associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Realism
C) Victorian
D) Modernism
  • 6. How old was Wordsworth when he died?
A) 70
B) 80
C) 90
D) 60
  • 7. What honor did Wordsworth receive in 1843?
A) Booker Prize
B) Poet Laureate
C) Nobel Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 8. What was the title of Wordsworth's most famous poem collection?
A) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
B) Lyrical Ballads
C) The Waste Land
D) Paradise Lost
  • 9. What was Wordsworth's sister's name?
A) Charlotte
B) Dorothy
C) Elizabeth
D) Mary
  • 10. Where did Wordsworth spend most of his adult life?
A) Lake District
B) Himalayas
C) Alps
D) Sahara Desert
  • 11. Which of Wordsworth's children also became a poet?
A) John
B) Dora
C) Richard
D) William
  • 12. Who was Wordsworth's wife?
A) Eleanor
B) Anne
C) Mary
D) Catherine
  • 13. What significant event occurred during Wordsworth's lifetime that influenced his poetry?
A) Industrial Revolution
B) French Revolution
C) American Civil War
D) Cold War
  • 14. Where is Wordsworth buried?
A) St. Paul's Cathedral
B) Highgate Cemetery
C) Westminster Abbey
D) St. Oswald's Church, Grasmere
  • 15. What is the title of Wordsworth's long autobiographical poem?
A) Daffodils
B) The Prelude
C) The Solitary Reaper
D) Tintern Abbey
  • 16. What is the title of Wordsworth's famous poem about the daffodils?
A) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
B) The Solitary Reaper
C) Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
D) Ode to the West Wind
  • 17. How many children did Wordsworth have?
A) 5
B) 2
C) 7
D) 3
  • 18. In which English county is Rydal Mount located?
A) Yorkshire
B) Surrey
C) Kent
D) Cumbria
  • 19. What is the title of Wordsworth's poem inspired by a visit to Tintern Abbey?
A) Tintern Serenade
B) Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
C) Tintern Reflections
D) Tintern Lament
  • 20. Which poet preceded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom?
A) Robert Southey
B) Robert Burns
C) Alfred Lord Tennyson
D) John Dryden
  • 21. What was the title of Wordsworth's first published work of poetry?
A) Lyrical Ballads
B) An Evening Walk
C) The Prelude
D) Ode to Duty
  • 22. What is the predominant theme in Wordsworth's poetry?
A) Nature
B) War
C) Love
D) Religion
  • 23. What literary device is frequently used in Wordsworth's poetry?
A) Hyperbole
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Personification
  • 24. Where did Wordsworth and his family live during his later years?
A) London
B) Paris
C) Rydal Mount
D) Florence
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