Keats’ Poems and Letters Quizzes

Keats' Poems and Letters Quiz 1

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

Gladstone

Mercurio

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

A priest

A Beadsman

A nun
3 What happens to the young virgins as described in "The Eve of St Agnes"?
They recite poems.

They get married.

They have dreams of their future husbands.

Their parents treat them to a celebration.
4 Who helps Porphyro in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
Bruno

Angela, the old maid

Sir Leigh Hunt

Prometheus
5 Where does Porphyro hide in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
Under a bed

In a closet

Under a table

Outside a window
6 What does Porphyro set out for Madeline in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
A feast

A crown

A harpsichord

Drums
7 What do Madeline and Porphyro do at the end of "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
They are beheaded.

They escape together.

They compose a song.

They have a child.
8 Where does the Beadsman sleep in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
In a pew

In a bed

In a doorway

In ashes
9 Whom does Keats come across in "Ode to Psyche"?
Psyche and Cupid

Psyche and Zeus

Cupid and Venus

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

Slippers

Halos

Books
11 What does Psyche NOT lack at the beginning of "Ode to Psyche"?
A temple

An oracle

A father

A religious choir
12 Who is Cupid's mother, who was jealous of Psyche?
Venus

Persephone

Diana

Demeter
13 Who is Proserpine?
Greek goddess of the underworld

An ancient Egyptian queen

Greek goddess of beauty

A Christian saint
14 What is Lethe?
An ancient Greek prayer

A Greek mythological god

Heaven in Greek mythology

One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology
15 Keats describes human life as "a mansion of many _______."
Windows

Books

Apartments

Dining rooms
16 Keats describes the first "chamber" of human life as "______."
Boring

Dreary

Thoughtless

Monotonous
17 Keats describes the "second chamber" of life as "_________."
Religious indoctrination

Poetical analysis

Maiden thought

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

Physics

The heart and nature of man

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

Heartbreak

Gladness

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

Rainbows

Stairways

Light
21 How does Keats reply to Byron's idea that "knowledge is sorrow?"
"Truth is beauty."

"Sorrow is joy."

"Wisdom is folly."

"Knowledge is beauty."
22 Why does Wordsworth's philosophy surpass Milton's, according to Keats?
Because it adheres to the age in which Wordsworth wrote

Because Wordsworth is a greater genius

Because Milton lacked talent

Because Wordsworth is a superior wordsmith
23 Whom does Keats describe as "epically passionate?"
J. H. Reynolds

Milton

Coleridge

Wordsworth
24 Keats tells J. H. Reynolds that he's happy he saved his ____.
Letters from Fanny

Medical books

First drafts of his poems

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

Character

Knowledge

Philosophy

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Why did Keats choose nightingale bird??

A visiting friend named Charles Brown, wrote about the moment Keats wrote his famous poem Ode to a Nightingale.

In the spring of 1819 a nightingale had built her nest near my house. Keats felt a tranquil and continual joy in her song; and one...

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