Quiz on Percy Bysshe Shelley

In which year was Percy Bysshe Shelley born?

• 1792

• 1820

• 1800

• 1810

Where did Percy Bysshe Shelley go to college?

• Harvard University

• Oxford University

• Cambridge University

• Eton College

Which of the following is NOT a novel written by Percy Bysshe Shelley?

• Endymion

• Zastrozzi

• Queen Mab

• Saint Irvine

What is the central idea of Shelley's prose work 'A Defence of Poetry'?

• Promotion of Free Love

• Advocacy for Vegetarianism

• Critique of Romanticism

• Poetry brings about moral good

Which Romantic poet is known for his poem 'Ode to the West Wind'?

• William Wordsworth

• John Keats

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Lord Byron

What is the meaning of 'blythe' in Shelley's poem 'To a Skylark'?

• Happy

• Sad

• Melancholic

• Mysterious

Which Romantic poet is criticized by Matthew Arnold as 'a beautiful and ineffectual angel'?

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Lord Byron

• John Keats

• William Wordsworth

What is the form of Shelley's poem 'The Cloud'?

• Sonnet

• Quatrain

• Quintain

• Haiku

Which of the following is NOT a work by Percy Bysshe Shelley?

• The Mask of Anarchy

• Ozymandias

• Endymion

• Prometheus Unbound

What is the main theme of Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias'?

• Power and Decay

• Love and Loss

• Nature's Beauty

• Spiritual Enlightenment