The Prelude Quizzes

The Prelude Quiz General Knowledge

1 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

It is unrhymed

ABA ACA

The rhyme scheme changes with every book
2 Which of the following is most accurate?
It is impossible to tell whether the speaker is a child or an adult

The speaker narrates at a slight remove from his younger self

The speaker feels completely alienated from his childhood self

The speaker narrates from the immediate perspective of his childhood self
3 What is the speaker's biggest concern about his own poetry?
Whether it can achieve immortality

Whether it will upset his friends and family

Whether it is factually accurate

Whether it will create political change
4 How many books does the Prelude contain?
10

20

14

4
5 To which fellow Romantic poet is the work addressed?
Percy Shelley

John Keats

William Blake

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
6 Which of the following devices is LEAST frequently used in this work?
Alliteration

Understatement

Hyperbole

Simile
7 What is the poem's meter?
Dactylic pentameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter

It has no meter
8 Which word does NOT describe the poem's tone?
Impassioned

Detached

Meticulous

Intense
9 Which philosophical outlook is most severely critiqued in this poem?
Feminism

Platonism

Existentialism

Rationalism
10 In which years were the main editions of the Prelude published?
1800 and 1815

1798 and 1805

1805 and 1850

1789 and 1797
11 To which artistic movement does this work belong?
Romanticism

The Enlightenment

Transcendentalism

Dadaism
12 Which landscape is NOT described in this poem?
England's Lake District

The Welsh Seaside

The French Alps

The Scottish Highlands
13 Where is the poem primarily set?
Wales

India

England

America
14 Which of the following is NOT a significant theme of this work?
Reason

Childhood

Imagination

Sexuality
15 Which is a major difference between the two main editions of this work?
The speaker removes mentions of God from the second

The poet adds far more detail about his childhood in the second

The poet expresses more conservative political views in the second

The poet rids his text of figurative language in the second
16 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Clothing

Mansions

Ruins

Technology
17 Which of the following is most often personified in the poem?
Weapons

Household items

Food

Natural landscapes
18 Which poetic work was the "Prelude" intended as a prologue to?
The Songs of Innocence and Experience

Lyrical Ballads

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Recluse
19 Which is a major theme of the work?
Disability

Racism

Nature

Honesty
20 What can be considered the ultimate goal of this work?
Describing nature in as much detail as possible

Undermining Napoleon's reign in France

Proving the author's worth and fitness as a poet

Better understanding the human mind as it changes throughout life
21 Which is the alternative title of The Prelude?
Growth of a Poet's Mind

The Poet's Evolution

An Artist's Story

From Boyhood to Artistry
22 Which best describes the Prelude?
It is a satirical text mocking rationalism

It is an autobiographical account of its author's life

It is a political treatise on the importance of moderation

It is a fictional account of a boy's upbringing
23 Which of the following is NOT a symbol in the work?
Stonehenge

Shepherds

The speaker's house

Cliffs
24 How are women generally portrayed in this work?
As being impulsive and immoral

No female characters appear in the work

As being slightly more virtuous and patient than men

As being mysterious and beguiling
25 Which of the following best describes the speaker of the poem?
Single-minded

Distractible

Witty

Thoughtful

Ye Presences of Nature, in the sky And on the earth ! Ye Visions of the hills ! And Souls of lonely places ! can Ithink A vulgar hope was yours when ye employed Such ministry?

I'm not sure what your question is here.

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PRELUDE

I see you are referring to a different work than I originally believed. Nenita is disappointed in her husband, but no one would notice. She does not trust him, he has broken his marriage vows, and yet, she patiently nurses him until his death.

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I'm sorry, what character are you referring to from the poem?

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The Prelude

by William Wordsworth

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