Brit Lit: Victorian Poetry

The Lady of Shalott’s “Snowy white” clothing and Dead-pale” demeanor are in opposition to

• the shadowy figures she sees in her mirror

• the storm that occurs as the Lady of Shalott sets out foe Camelot

• Lancelot’s brilliant appearance as he travels to Camelot

• the shepherd traveling to Camelot

What feeling overcomes the Duke throughout the poem, in "My Last Duchess"?

• tolerance

• jealousy

• sorrow

In " My Last Duchess," the Duke suggests that talking to his wife about how her behavior upset him would be

• degrading to him

• time-consuming

• pointless

• rude

Tennyson’s primary purpose in “The Lady of Shalott” is to portray the:

• beauty of romantic love

• danger of social isolation, especially in artists

• danger of romantic love

• sinister aspects of the unknown

What does she use the triadic structure 'breath, smiles, tears' to show?

• She likes to smile with him

• Their love is complicated

• She loves him through everything - the good and the bad

• She can't breathe without him

Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess' explores Victorian concerns with

• Life after death

• How women were objectified and manipulated

• The role of art in society

• The corrupting nature of commerce

The Lady of Shalott dies while

• destroying her tapestry

• floating down the river in a boat

• attempting to tell Sir Lancelot she loves him

• singing angry love songs about betrayal

Read these lines from Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.”

“A heart – how shall I say? – too soon made glad,/Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er/She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.”

How is the poem’s speaker describing its subject?

• as loving and fearful

• as flirtatious and naive

• as beloved and flawless

• as beautiful and cunning

In 'To an Athlete Dying Young', what does the 'stiller town' refer to?

• The athlete's hometown

• The cemetery

• The stadium

• The marketplace

In “Porphyria’s Lover,” what is the weather like at the beginning of the poem?

• Foggy and damp

• Snowy and cold

• Calm and sunny

• Stormy and windy