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British Poetry MCQs with Answers

Who is often regarded as one of the greatest English poets and playwrights, known for works like “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Milton
c) William Shakespeare
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: c) William Shakespeare

Which British Romantic poet wrote the famous poem “Ode to a Nightingale?
a) John Keats
b) Lord Byron
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) William Blake
Answer: a) John Keats

Which British poet is known for his epic poem “Paradise Lost?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Milton
c) William Shakespeare
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: b) John Milton

Who wrote the famous poem “Daffodils” (also known as “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”)?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: a) William Wordsworth

Which British poet wrote the long narrative poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
c) John Keats
d) Lord Byron
Answer: b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Who is known for his collection of poems “Songs of Innocence and Experience?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) William Blake

Which British poet is associated with the “Lake Poets” group and wrote the “Lyrical Ballads” with William Wordsworth?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Who is known for his poems “Ode to the West Wind” and “Ozymandias”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Which British poet is associated with the “Byronic hero” and wrote the narrative poem “Don Juan”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: d) Lord Byron

Who is known for his collection “Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience,” as well as “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) William Blake

Which British poet wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias” and the “Ode to the West Wind”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Who is known for his collection “The Prelude” and is considered a central figure in the Romantic movement?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: a) William Wordsworth

Which British poet wrote the elegy “In Memoriam A.H.H.” and the narrative poem “Ulysses”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Who is known for his “The Divine Comedy” and is considered one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages?
a) Dante Alighieri
b) John Milton
c) William Shakespeare
d) Geoffrey Chaucer
Answer: a) Dante Alighieri

Which British poet wrote the poem “If—” and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Rudyard Kipling
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) Rudyard Kipling

Who is known for his collection “The Waste Land” and is considered one of the most significant poets of the 20th century?
a) T.S. Eliot
b) W.B. Yeats
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: a) T.S. Eliot

Which British poet wrote the famous poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Dylan Thomas
Answer: d) Dylan Thomas

Who is known for his collection “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Four Quartets”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: b) T.S. Eliot

Which British poet is associated with the “Cavalier poets” and wrote “To His Coy Mistress”?
a) Andrew Marvell
b) John Donne
c) Ben Jonson
d) Christopher Marlowe
Answer: a) Andrew Marvell

Who is known for his collection “The Tower” and “The Winding Stair and Other Poems”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: a) W.B. Yeats

Which British poet wrote the epic poem “Paradise Lost”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Milton
c) William Shakespeare
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: b) John Milton

Who wrote the famous poem “Daffodils” (also known as “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”)?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: a) William Wordsworth

Which British Romantic poet wrote the famous sonnet “Ode to a Nightingale”?
a) John Keats
b) Lord Byron
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) William Blake
Answer: a) John Keats

Who is known for his collection of poems “Songs of Innocence and Experience”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) William Blake

Which British poet is associated with the “Lake Poets” group and wrote the “Lyrical Ballads” with William Wordsworth?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Who is known for his poems “Ode to the West Wind” and “Ozymandias”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Which British poet is associated with the “Byronic hero” and wrote the narrative poem “Don Juan”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: d) Lord Byron

Who is known for his collection “Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience,” as well as “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) William Blake

Which British poet wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias” and the “Ode to the West Wind”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Who is known for his collection “The Prelude” and is considered a central figure in the Romantic movement?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: a) William Wordsworth

Which British poet wrote the elegy “In Memoriam A.H.H.” and the narrative poem “Ulysses”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Who is known for his collection “The Waste Land” and is considered one of the most significant poets of the 20th century?
a) T.S. Eliot
b) W.B. Yeats
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: a) T.S. Eliot

Which British poet wrote the famous poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Dylan Thomas
Answer: d) Dylan Thomas

Who is known for his collection “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Four Quartets”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: b) T.S. Eliot

Which British poet is associated with the “Cavalier poets” and wrote “To His Coy Mistress”?
a) Andrew Marvell
b) John Donne
c) Ben Jonson
d) Christopher Marlowe
Answer: a) Andrew Marvell

Who is known for his collection “The Tower” and “The Winding Stair and Other Poems”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: a) W.B. Yeats

Which British poet wrote the epic poem “Paradise Lost”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Milton
c) William Shakespeare
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: b) John Milton

Who wrote the famous poem “Daffodils” (also known as “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”)?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: a) William Wordsworth

Which British Romantic poet wrote the famous sonnet “Ode to a Nightingale”?
a) John Keats
b) Lord Byron
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) William Blake
Answer: a) John Keats

Who is known for his collection of poems “Songs of Innocence and Experience”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) William Blake

Which British poet is associated with the “Lake Poets” group and wrote the “Lyrical Ballads” with William Wordsworth?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Who is known for his poems “Ode to the West Wind” and “Ozymandias”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Which British poet is associated with the “Byronic hero” and wrote the narrative poem “Don Juan”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: d) Lord Byron

Who is known for his collection “Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience,” as well as “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Answer: c) William Blake

Which British poet wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias” and the “Ode to the West Wind”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Who is known for his collection “The Prelude” and is considered a central figure in the Romantic movement?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) William Blake
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: a) William Wordsworth

Which British poet wrote the elegy “In Memoriam A.H.H.” and the narrative poem “Ulysses”?
a) William Wordsworth
b) John Keats
c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Who is known for his collection “The Waste Land” and is considered one of the most significant poets of the 20th century?
a) T.S. Eliot
b) W.B. Yeats
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: a) T.S. Eliot

Which British poet wrote the famous poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Dylan Thomas
Answer: d) Dylan Thomas

Who is known for his collection “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Four Quartets”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Frost
d) Ezra Pound
Answer: b) T.S. Eliot

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