Quiz on John Keats

Where was John Keats born?

• 1795

• America

• Enfield

• Harrow

What was the profession of John Keats' father?

• Surgeon

• Manager of livery stables

• Poet

• Painter

Which of the following poets inspired John Keats?

• Byron

• Milton

• Shakespeare

• Spenser

What is the subtitle of Keats' poem 'Endymion'?

• An Epic Tale

• A Gothic Story

• A Tragic Ballad

• A Poetic Romance

Which of the following is NOT one of the Great Odes by Keats?

• Ode to Psyche

• Ode to Joy

• Ode to a Nightingale

• Ode on a Grecian Urn

What is the famous opening line of Keats' poem 'Endymion'?

• A thing of beauty is a joy forever

• Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter

• Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art

• My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

Which poem by Keats is a narrative about a pair of star-crossed lovers?

• Isabella

• Lamia

• Hyperion

• La Belle Dame Sans Merci

What is the theme of Keats' poem 'Ode to Autumn'?

• Autumn

• Summer

• Spring

• Winter

Who wrote an elegy commemorating the death of John Keats?

• William Wordsworth

• Lord Byron

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

What is the epitaph on John Keats' tombstone?

• Here lies one whose name was written in water

• Gone but not forgotten

• In the arms of the angel

• Forever in our hearts