Politics and Romanticism

Which literary figure wrote a poem attacking the Tory government after the Napoleonic Wars?

• Byron
• Blake
• Coleridge
• Shelley

Which literary figure expressed disillusionment with politics in the poem 'Fears in Solitude'?

• Coleridge
• Shelley
• Blake
• Byron

Who expressed disillusionment with the state of the nation in the poem 'The Mask of Anarchy'?

• Blake
• Byron
• Shelley
• Coleridge

Which document clarified the limitations of royal power and the rights of citizens in England in 1689?

• Bill of Rights of 1689
• Restoration of Charles II
• French Revolution
• Execution of Charles I

Which literary figure expressed the view that England should build 'Jerusalem' in the poem 'Milton: A Poem in Two Books'?

• Coleridge
• Byron
• Shelley
• Blake

Who described England as a 'green and pleasant land' in their poem?

• Shelley
• Byron
• Blake
• Coleridge

Which political party gained power in England after the Napoleonic Wars?

• Labour
• Conservative
• Tory
• Whig

Which literary figure expressed love for England in the poem 'Milton: A Poem in Two Books'?

• Coleridge
• Byron
• Blake
• Shelley

What event changed the minds of many English supporters of political reform towards the end of the 18th century?

• Glorious Revolution
• French Revolution
• American Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

Who was the spokesman of the aristocratic Tory government during the period of the French Revolution?

• Edmund Burke
• William Shakespeare
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes