AMLI QUIZ MIDTERM

In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," what is the speaker comparing himself to?

• a bird

• a cloud

• a tree

• a river

In "I wandered lonely as a cloud," how does the sight of the daffodils affect the speaker's mood?

• it makes him sad

• it makes him feel lonely

• it makes him feel anxious

• it fills him with joy

Which of the following poets wrote the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?

• William Wordsworth

• John Keats

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

Who is the author of "A Tale of Two Cities"?

• Charles Dickens

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

In " A Tale of Two cities," which cities does the majority of the novel's action take place?

• New York and Boston

• London and Boston

• London and Paris

• Paris and New York

What is the historical backdrop against which "A Tale of Two Cities" is set?

• American Civil War

• World War I

• French Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

Which character famously utters the line, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?

• Charles Darnay

• Sydney Carton

• Madame Defarge

• None of these

What is the fate of Sydney Carton at the end of the novel?

• He becomes a successful businessman.

• He marries Lucie Manette.

• He is executed by guillotine

• He joins the French Revolutionaries

Who is Madame Defarge in "A Tale of Two Cities"?

• A noblewoman sympathetic to the revolution

• A leader of the revolutionaries plotting revenge

• The wife of a French aristocrat

• An English spy

Who is the author of the poem "Ode to the West Wind"?

• John Keats

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Wordsworth

• None of these