1 In what century did John Clare write? Eighteenth Twentieth Seventeenth Nineteenth 2 Which literary movement is John Clare usually associated with? Romantic Gothic Modernist Neo-classicist 3 When did Clare first develop a love for poetry? From his first girlfriend, Mary Joyce From his parents, who were avid readers During school as a child When he moved to London for college 4 What did Clare do as a teenager? Attend school Work as a field laborer Work in a factory Lounge around and write poems 5 Who was John Taylor? A wealthy uncle who rescued Clare from the countryside A friend who introduced Clare to his first publisher Clare's first therapist The first publisher of Clare's poems 6 Which of the following is NOT true of both Clare and the other Romantics Both Clare and the other Romantics were interested in spiritual experience Both Clare and the other Romantics depicted experiences of loss of self Both Clare and the other Romantics were born in the countryside Both Clare and the other Romantics often wrote about nature 7 What was enclosure? The erection of walls around homes The development of an industrial city The seizure of common land by private landowners The division of large landholdings into individual farms 8 How did Clare depict the countryside? As a beautiful retreat from the stresses of the city As a deceptively beautiful place that was ugly at its heart As somewhere he couldn't wait to escape As both beautiful and related to broader social and economic problems 9 Which of the following was not a negative impact of enclosure? It stripped many small farmers of their way of life It made farming less efficient It destroyed habitat for other creatures It forced many people to flee to the cities for low-paying work 10 Which of the following is NOT a frequent topic of John Clare's poetry? City life Country sports Romantic love The natural world 11 Which of Clare's books was based on an earlier book by a famous English poet? The Village Minstrel The Shepherd's Calendar The Rural Muse Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery 12 Which of Clare's books was the most commercially successful? The Shepherd's Calendar The Rural Muse Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery The Village Minstrel 13 Which part of Clare's career is most beloved by critics for its especially experimental use of language? His late career Clare was never experimental in his use of langauge His middle career His early career 14 Where did Clare spend the final 25 years of his life? An isane asylum London Prison His family home 15 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's later poetry? It was often more conventional than his early work It sometimes dealt powerfully with big ideas like grief and the loss of the self It was more attentive to the natural world than his earlier work It was frequently directed towards his childhood crush, Mary Joyce 16 Which aspects of the natural world did the Romantic poets usually write about? Aspects they knew well, like the countryside Awe-inspiring landscapes like mountains or the sea They were more interested in writing about the city Aspects they had only heard described, like the deserts of the American southwest 17 Why is Clare's poetry sometimes referred to as "pastoral"? It focuses on the humble, ordinary details of the countryside It focuses on the day-to-day life of shepherds It erases the practicalities of peasant life It condemns the countryside as backwards 18 What does it mean for a poem to be written using heroic couplets? A poem written in couplets and describing an epic battle A poem written in couplets which do not rhyme A poem written as a series of rhymed couplets, with both lines being in iambic pentameter Any poem written as a series of rhymed couplets 19 Which metrical form did Clare use most frequently? Spondee, or two stressed syllables in a row Trochee, or pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable Clare did not typically use metrical forms Iambic, or pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable 20 Which of the following poems does NOT discuss love between partners? First Love Love Lives Beyond the Tomb The Yellowhammer's Nest Autumn 21 Which of the following employs a distant tone? First Love I Am! The Badger Love Lives Beyond the Tomb 22 Which of the following does NOT contain religious themes? I Am! The Badger Love Lives Beyond the Tomb Autumn 23 Which of the following poems features largely conventional depictions of the natural world? Autumn The Yellowhammer's Nest The Badger Love Lives Beyond the Tomb 24 Which of the following most clearly embodies the traits of sublime poetry? Love Lives Beyond the Tomb Autumn The Badger The Yellowhammer's Nest 25 Which of the following does NOT see the world partially from an animal's perspective? Clock a Clay The Badger The Yellowhammer's Nest Autumn
