Keats’ Poems and Letters Quizzes

Keats' Poems and Letters Quiz 1

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

Mercurio

Marcus

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

A Beadsman

A priest

A nun
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 have dreams of their future husbands.

They get married.
4 Who helps Porphyro in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
Bruno

Prometheus

Sir Leigh Hunt

Angela, the old maid
5 Where does Porphyro hide in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
In a closet

Outside a window

Under a table

Under a bed
6 What does Porphyro set out for Madeline in "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
Drums

A harpsichord

A feast

A crown
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 a doorway

In ashes

In a pew

In a bed
9 Whom does Keats come across in "Ode to Psyche"?
Cupid and Venus

Psyche and Persephone

Psyche and Cupid

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

Halos

Wings

Slippers
11 What does Psyche NOT lack at the beginning of "Ode to Psyche"?
A father

A temple

An oracle

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

Venus

Persephone

Diana
13 Who is Proserpine?
A Christian saint

Greek goddess of beauty

An ancient Egyptian queen

Greek goddess of the underworld
14 What is Lethe?
Heaven in Greek mythology

A Greek mythological god

One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology

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

Books

Windows

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

Thoughtless

Boring

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

Poetical analysis

Religious indoctrination

Maiden thought
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?"
Misery

Gladness

Sickness

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

Stairways

Light

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

"Wisdom is folly."

"Truth is beauty."

"Sorrow is joy."
22 Why does Wordsworth's philosophy surpass Milton's, according to Keats?
Because Wordsworth is a superior wordsmith

Because Wordsworth is a greater genius

Because it adheres to the age in which Wordsworth wrote

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

J. H. Reynolds

Coleridge

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

Medical books

Old writing implements

First drafts of his poems
25 Keats writes that ______ balances one during a "high sensation."
Character

Poetry

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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