UEG-401 British Literature: 19th Century

Which literary device is used in “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

From which poem are the lines “Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way”?

• The Solitary Reaper

•  Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

• I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

• Ode to a Nightingale

Which event is considered the starting point of the Romantic Age in England?

•  The Glorious Revolution

• The publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge 

• The Russian Revolution

• The death of Queen Victoria

The Romantic Age in literature primarily emphasized the individual’s connection to:

• Social Duties

• The natural world

• The community

• Tradition and Convention

In The Solitary Reaper, the poet compares the reaper's song to the song of which bird?

• Swan

• Nightingale

• Eagle

• Dove

What is the name of Mr. Darcy’s estate?

• Longbourn

• Netherfield

• Rosings Park

• Pemberley

What is the first impression Elizabeth forms of Mr. Darcy?

• He is shy but kind

• He is proud and arrogant

• He is humorous and lively

• He is modest and generous

Which of the following is not a novel written by Jane Austen?

• Wuthering Heights

• Emma

• Persuasion

• Sense and Sensibility

Who says, “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine”?

• Jane Bennet

• Elizabeth Bennet

• Lydia Bennet

• Charlotte Lucas

Complete the quotation: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a ___.”

• title

• family

• wife

• social circle