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