- 1. Where was William Wordsworth born?
A) Cockermouth, England
B) Paris, France
C) London, England
D) Dublin, Ireland
- 2. Which literary movement is Wordsworth associated with?
A) Modernism
B) Naturalism
C) Romanticism
D) Realism
- 3. Wordsworth co-authored 'Lyrical Ballads' with which other poet?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) John Keats
C) Lord Byron
D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 4. What was Wordsworth's occupation?
A) Soldier
B) Poet
C) Doctor
D) Lawyer
- 5. Wordsworth's concept of 'spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings' was associated with which element of poetry?
A) Emotion
B) Theme
C) Rhyme
D) Structure
- 6. Wordsworth was appointed as Poet Laureate of England in which year?
A) 1843
B) 1901
C) 1798
D) 1832
- 7. Wordsworth's sister, who inspired many of his poems, was named?
A) Elizabeth
B) Mary
C) Dorothy
D) Harriet
- 8. Wordsworth's famous line 'The child is father of the man' is from which poem?
A) London, 1802
B) My Heart Leaps Up
C) Tintern Abbey
D) The World is Too Much With Us
- 9. In Wordsworth's poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', what are the 'daffodils' symbolic of?
A) Sorrow
B) Fear
C) Anger
D) Joy
- 10. What is the full title of Wordsworth's autobiographical work known as 'The Prelude'?
A) The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind
B) The Prelude, or Dreams of a Painter
C) The Prelude, or Musings of a Madman
D) The Prelude, or Ramblings of a Wanderer
- 11. Wordsworth served as a distributor of stamps for which region in England?
A) Cornwall
B) Sussex
C) Lincolnshire
D) Westmorland
- 12. In which year was Wordsworth born?
A) 1770
B) 1850
C) 1730
D) 1800
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