Wordsworth’s Poetical Works Quizzes

Wordsworth's Poetical Works Quiz 1

1 Where does "The Solitary Reaper" take place?
Scotland

Ireland

France

England
2 Who is singing in "The Solitary Reaper"?
A muse

A circle of temptresses

A goddess

A beautiful girl
3 How will the speaker of "The Solitary Reaper" remember the young girl?
He will keep a small painting of her with him

The two will correspond through letters

He forgets her the second he leaves her

He will carry her song in his heart
4 What is rare about "The Soiltary Reaper"?
It takes place in Scotland

It does not come from Wordsworth's own experiences

It is about a beautiful girl

It is broken into four stanzas
5 Who is "London, 1802" addressed to?
God

Mother Nature

John Milton

Dorothy Wordsworth
6 Why does Wordsworth want Milton to come back in "London, 1802"?
He wants to know where Milton has gone

He wants Milton to show England how to be virtuous again

He feels that Milton owes his life to the English people

He wants Milton to save himself by saving others
7 What form is "London, 1802" written in?
Haiku

Sestina

Sonnet

Pantoum
8 What meter is a typical sonnet written in?
Iambic Tetrameter

Iambic Pentameter

Iambic Trimeter

Spondaic Tetrameter
9 What kind of imagery does Wordsworth use to describe Milton?
Clothing imagery

Natural imagery

Animal imagery

Religious imagery
10 What is Wordsworth looking at in "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"?
A harbor

A city

A field

A building
11 What time of day does "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" take place during?
Early morning

Night

Late Evening

Afternoon
12 Who was Wordsworth traveling with when he was inspired to write "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"?
His wife

His sister

His college professor

His mother
13 In which poem does Wordsworth write "Come forth into the light of things, / Let Nature be your Teacher"?
"The world is too much with us"

"I wandered lonely as a cloud"

"The Tables Turned"

"The Solitary Reaper"
14 What does Wordsworth tell his friend to stop doing in "The Tables Turned"?
Reading

Dancing

Horseback riding

Complaining
15 What does Wordsworth tell his friend to do in "The Tables Turned"?
Go to college

Go outside

Dance

Read more
16 The following is from which poem? "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours."
"Elegaic Stanzas"

"Ode to Duty"

"Nutting"

"The world is too much with us"
17 Why does the speaker think the little girl in "We Are Seven" only has five siblings?
He knows her mother

He thinks she's a liar

Two of her siblings are dead

He only sees five brothers and sisters
18 Who did Wordsworth write "We Are Seven" with?
Dorothy Wordsworth

Samuel Coleridge

John Milton

William Blake
19 What does the girl in "We Are Seven" like to do near her dead siblings?
Make flower necklaces

Sew, sing and eat her dinner

Dance with her other siblings

Sleep in the grass
20 Why is the speaker sad in "Lines Written in Early Spring?"
Because humans don't enjoy nature

Because nature seems to exclude him

Because nature's music is discordant

Because he can't become a plant
21 Where is "Lines Written in Early Spring" set?
In a field

On a cliff

In a grove

On the shore
22 How many stanzas are in "A slumber did my spirit seal"?
Eight

Six

Two

Ten
23 What form is "A slumber did my spirit seal" written in?
Ballad

Couplets

Sestina

Sonnet
24 Which of the following poems is a sonnet?
"A slumber did my spirit seal"

"The Solitary Reaper"

"We Are Seven"

"The world is too much with us"
25 In what part of "A slumber did my spirit seal" does the death occur?
In the last stanza

Between the two stanzas

In the first stanza

In the last line