Which British poetry movement, prominent in the 19th century, celebrated the beauty of nature and the individual’s connection to it?
A) Romanticism
B) Metaphysical
C) Modernism
D) Beat
Answer: A) Romanticism
Which British poet, associated with the Romantic movement, wrote “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ozymandias?
A) John Keats
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) William Wordsworth
D) Lord Byron
Answer: A) John Keats
The Victorian era saw the rise of which poetry movement that often dealt with themes of moral and social issues?
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Imagism
D) Surrealism
Answer: B) Victorian
Who is known for her Victorian-era poem “Goblin Market,” which explores themes of temptation and sisterhood?
A) Christina Rossetti
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Sylvia Plath
D) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Answer: A) Christina Rossetti
Which British poetry movement, known for its use of wit and metaphysical conceits, featured poets like John Donne and Andrew Marvell?
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Metaphysical
D) Modernism
Answer: C) Metaphysical
Who wrote the metaphysical poem “To His Coy Mistress,” which is known for its argumentative and persuasive tone?
A) John Donne
B) Andrew Marvell
C) Robert Browning
D) William Blake
Answer: B) Andrew Marvell
The 20th-century poetry movement known for its focus on sensory experiences and concise imagery is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Imagism
D) Symbolism
Answer: C) Imagism
Who is known for her Imagist poem “In a Station of the Metro,” which consists of just two lines?
A) Emily Dickinson
B) Sylvia Plath
C) H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
D) W.B. Yeats
Answer: C) H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
The poetry movement characterized by disillusionment, fragmentation, and a response to the horrors of World War I is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Modernism
D) Beat
Answer: C) Modernism
Who is known for his modernist poem “The Waste Land,” which is considered one of the most important works of 20th-century poetry?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Ezra Pound
C) W.H. Auden
D) Langston Hughes
Answer: A) T.S. Eliot
Which British poetry movement, influenced by Eastern spirituality and characterized by free verse and spontaneity, includes poets like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Imagism
D) Beat
Answer: D) Beat
Who is known for his Beat poem “Howl,” which is a powerful critique of mainstream American society?
A) Allen Ginsberg
B) Jack Kerouac
C) Lawrence Ferlinghetti
D) Gary Snyder
Answer: A) Allen Ginsberg
The poetry movement characterized by introspection, often exploring themes of love and loss, is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Confessional
D) Symbolism
Answer: C) Confessional
Who is known for her confessional poetry, particularly the collection “Ariel?
A) Anne Sexton
B) Maya Angelou
C) Sylvia Plath
D) Gwendolyn Brooks
Answer: C) Sylvia Plath
The British poetry movement characterized by a rejection of conventional forms and an emphasis on spontaneity and individualism is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Imagism
D) The Liverpool Poets
Answer: D) The Liverpool Poets
Who is known for his association with The Liverpool Poets and his poem “Adrian Henri’s Party”?
A) Roger McGough
B) Brian Patten
C) Adrian Henri
D) John Cooper Clarke
Answer: C) Adrian Henri
The poetry movement known for its exploration of the unconscious mind, dreams, and symbolism is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Imagism
D) Symbolism
Answer: D) Symbolism
Who is known for his symbolist poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?
A) William Blake
B) Percy Bysshe Shelley
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D) Lord Byron
Answer: C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The poetry movement associated with avant-garde and experimental techniques, often incorporating visual elements, is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Concrete Poetry
D) Surrealism
Answer: C) Concrete Poetry
Who is known for his concrete poem “The Mouse’s Tale,” which is shaped like a mouse’s tail?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) E.E. Cummings
C) Dylan Thomas
D) Lewis Carroll
Answer: D) Lewis Carroll
The British poetry movement known for its exploration of absurdity, non sequiturs, and dreamlike imagery is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Dadaism
D) Surrealism
Answer: D) Surrealism
Who is known for his surrealist poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) E.E. Cummings
C) Dylan Thomas
D) Lewis Carroll
Answer: A) T.S. Eliot
The British poetry movement known for its rejection of romanticism and its focus on everyday life and language is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Realism
D) Modernism
Answer: C) Realism
Who is known for his realist and anti-romantic poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) E.E. Cummings
C) Dylan Thomas
D) W.B. Yeats
Answer: A) T.S. Eliot
The poetry movement characterized by a return to traditional forms and a rejection of modernist experimentation is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Neoclassicism
D) Postmodernism
Answer: C) Neoclassicism
Who is known for his neoclassical poem “An Essay on Criticism,” which includes the famous line “To err is human, to forgive divine”?
A) Alexander Pope
B) John Dryden
C) Samuel Johnson
D) Jonathan Swift
Answer: A) Alexander Pope
The British poetry movement known for its focus on the countryside, rural life, and nostalgia for simpler times is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Georgian
D) Metaphysical
Answer: C) Georgian
Who is known for his Georgian-era poem “The Lark Ascending,” which evokes the beauty of the English countryside?
A) John Keats
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) William Wordsworth
D) Ralph Vaughan Williams
Answer: D) Ralph Vaughan Williams
The British poetry movement associated with World War I poets and their vivid, often anti-war, poetry is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Georgians
D) War Poets
Answer: D) War Poets
Who is known for his World War I poem “Dulce et Decorum Est,” which portrays the horrors of gas warfare?
A) Wilfred Owen
B) Siegfried Sassoon
C) Rupert Brooke
D) Robert Graves
Answer: A) Wilfred Owen
The British poetry movement known for its emphasis on socialist and political themes, often focusing on the working class, is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Georgians
D) Marxist Poetry
Answer: D) Marxist Poetry
Who is known for his Marxist poem “The Road to Wigan Pier,” which documents the harsh living conditions of industrial workers?
A) George Orwell
B) D.H. Lawrence
C) E.M. Forster
D) H.G. Wells
Answer: A) George Orwell
The British poetry movement that emerged in the 1950s and focused on everyday life, language, and the “kitchen sink” realism is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) The Movement
D) Angry Young Men
Answer: C) The Movement
Who is known for his poem “Toads,” which reflects the frustration of working in a mundane job and the desire for creative freedom?
A) Philip Larkin
B) Ted Hughes
C) John Betjeman
D) W.H. Auden
Answer: A) Philip Larkin
The British poetry movement known for its interest in science fiction, technology, and the future is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Futurism
D) Cyberpunk
Answer: C) Futurism
Who is known for his futurist poem “The City,” which celebrates the modern urban landscape and industrialization?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) E.E. Cummings
C) Dylan Thomas
D) Roy Campbell
Answer: D) Roy Campbell
The British poetry movement that emerged in the 1960s and was characterized by social and political activism is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) The Movement
D) Angry Young Men
Answer: D) Angry Young Men
Who is known for his poem “To Whom It May Concern (Tell Me Lies About Vietnam),” which protested the Vietnam War?
A) Philip Larkin
B) Ted Hughes
C) John Betjeman
D) Adrian Mitchell
Answer: D) Adrian Mitchell
The British poetry movement that emerged in the 1970s and explored themes of identity, race, and cultural heritage is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) The Movement
D) Black British Poetry
Answer: D) Black British Poetry
Who is known for her Black British poem “Half-Caste,” which challenges stereotypes and prejudice?
A) Linton Kwesi Johnson
B) Benjamin Zephaniah
C) Grace Nichols
D) John Agard
Answer: D) John Agard
The British poetry movement known for its use of language and wordplay, often challenging traditional forms, is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) The Movement
D) Language Poetry
Answer: D) Language Poetry
Who is known for his Language Poetry work “In the American Tree,” which experiments with language and meaning?
A) Charles Bernstein
B) Susan Howe
C) Lyn Hejinian
D) Ron Silliman
Answer: A) Charles Bernstein
The British poetry movement known for its fusion of different cultural and linguistic influences, often exploring the immigrant experience, is called:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) The Movement
D) Postcolonial Poetry
Answer: D) Postcolonial Poetry
Who is known for his postcolonial poem “Half of a Yellow Sun,” which deals with the Biafran War in Nigeria?
A) Chinua Achebe
B) Wole Soyinka
C) Ben Okri
D) Teju Cole
Answer: C) Ben Okri
The British poetry movement that emerged in the late 20th century and focused on the environment, ecology, and the impact of human activities is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) The Movement
D) Eco-poetry
Answer: D) Eco-poetry
Who is known for her eco-poem “The End of the World” and her activism for environmental causes?
A) Carol Ann Duffy
B) Seamus Heaney
C) Alice Oswald
D) Jo Shapcott
Answer: C) Alice Oswald
The British poetry movement characterized by its exploration of LGBTQ+ themes and identities is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Queer Poetry
D) Postmodernism
Answer: C) Queer Poetry
Who is known for his queer poetry collection “The Sun’s Diary,” which celebrates LGBTQ+ experiences and love?
A) Thom Gunn
B) Derek Walcott
C) Mark Doty
D) Ocean Vuong
Answer: A) Thom Gunn
The British poetry movement characterized by its use of pop culture references, colloquial language, and everyday experiences is known as:
A) Romanticism
B) Victorian
C) Pop Poetry
D) Slam Poetry
Answer: C) Pop Poetry
Who is known for his pop poetry collection “The Rottweiler’s Guide to the Dog Owner,” which combines humor and social commentary?
A) Simon Armitage
B) Roger McGough
C) John Cooper Clarke
D) Carol Ann Duffy
Answer: A) Simon Armitage
