Keats’ Poems and Letters Quizzes

Keats' Poems and Letters Quiz 1

By Susan Coyne · Edited by Patrick Kenney · Last reviewed March 27, 2015

1 Who is Madeline's suitor in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

Marcus

Mercurio

Gladstone

Porphyro
2 Who is praying at the beginning of "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

A nun

Churchgoers on Sunday

A Beadsman

A priest
3 What happens to the young virgins as described in "The Eve of St Agnes"?

Their parents treat them to a celebration.

They recite poems.

They get married.

They have dreams of their future husbands.
4 Who helps Porphyro in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

Prometheus

Bruno

Angela, the old maid

Sir Leigh Hunt
5 Where does Porphyro hide in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

Under a table

Under a bed

Outside a window

In a closet
6 What does Porphyro set out for Madeline in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

A crown

Drums

A harpsichord

A feast
7 What do Madeline and Porphyro do at the end of "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

They have a child.

They escape together.

They compose a song.

They are beheaded.
8 Where does the Beadsman sleep in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?

In ashes

In a bed

In a pew

In a doorway
9 Whom does Keats come across in "Ode to Psyche"?

Cupid and Venus

Psyche and Cupid

Psyche and Zeus

Psyche and Persephone
10 What physical feature do Cupid and Psyche have in "Ode to Psyche"?

Slippers

Books

Wings

Halos
11 What does Psyche NOT lack at the beginning of "Ode to Psyche"?

A religious choir

A father

An oracle

A temple
12 Who is Cupid's mother, who was jealous of Psyche?

Venus

Persephone

Diana

Demeter
13 Who is Proserpine?

An ancient Egyptian queen

A Christian saint

Greek goddess of beauty

Greek goddess of the underworld
14 What is Lethe?

One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology

Heaven in Greek mythology

A Greek mythological god

An ancient Greek prayer
15 Keats describes human life as "a mansion of many _______."

Dining rooms

Apartments

Books

Windows
16 Keats describes the first "chamber" of human life as "______."

Boring

Monotonous

Thoughtless

Dreary
17 Keats describes the "second chamber" of life as "_________."

Religious indoctrination

Laziness

Maiden thought

Poetical analysis
18 What is one negative realm of information that one learns about in "the second chamber" of life?

Religion

The heart and nature of man

Astronomy

Physics
19 What is something that Keats does NOT say one learns about in "the second chamber?"

Heartbreak

Sickness

Misery

Gladness
20 When the other chamber doors in Keats's "mansion" theory open after the first two, what do they show?

Darkness

Light

Rainbows

Stairways
21 How does Keats reply to Byron's idea that "knowledge is sorrow?"

"Wisdom is folly."

"Truth is beauty."

"Sorrow is joy."

"Knowledge is beauty."
22 Why does Wordsworth's philosophy surpass Milton's, according to Keats?

Because Wordsworth is a superior wordsmith

Because it adheres to the age in which Wordsworth wrote

Because Wordsworth is a greater genius

Because Milton lacked talent
23 Whom does Keats describe as "epically passionate?"

Milton

Wordsworth

J. H. Reynolds

Coleridge
24 Keats tells J. H. Reynolds that he's happy he saved his ____.

First drafts of his poems

Medical books

Letters from Fanny

Old writing implements
25 Keats writes that ______ balances one during a "high sensation."

Poetry

Character

Philosophy

Knowledge

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