Keats’ Poems and Letters Quizzes

Keats' Poems and Letters Quiz 1

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

Marcus

Gladstone

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

A priest

A nun

A Beadsman
3 What happens to the young virgins as described in "The Eve of St Agnes"?
They have dreams of their future husbands.

They recite poems.

They get married.

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

Bruno

Sir Leigh Hunt

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

Outside a window

Under a table

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

Drums

A feast

A crown
7 What do Madeline and Porphyro do at the end of "The Eve of St. Agnes"?
They escape together.

They compose a song.

They are beheaded.

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

In a pew

In ashes

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

Cupid and Venus

Psyche and Persephone

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

Wings

Slippers

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

A father

An oracle

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

Demeter

Venus

Persephone
13 Who is Proserpine?
Greek goddess of the underworld

A Christian saint

Greek goddess of beauty

An ancient Egyptian queen
14 What is Lethe?
Heaven in Greek mythology

One of the rivers of Hades in Greek mythology

A Greek mythological god

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

Apartments

Dining rooms

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

Thoughtless

Dreary

Monotonous
17 Keats describes the "second chamber" of life as "_________."
Maiden thought

Laziness

Religious indoctrination

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

Physics

Religion

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

Gladness

Misery

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

Rainbows

Stairways

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

"Wisdom is folly."

"Sorrow is joy."

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

Because Wordsworth is a superior wordsmith

Because Wordsworth is a greater genius

Because it adheres to the age in which Wordsworth wrote
23 Whom does Keats describe as "epically passionate?"
Wordsworth

J. H. Reynolds

Milton

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

First drafts of his poems

Letters from Fanny

Medical books
25 Keats writes that ______ balances one during a "high sensation."
Character

Knowledge

Poetry

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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