TEST SERIES - 14 - THE PRELUDE, ODE TO DEJECTION & KUBLAKHAN

In The Prelude, who is the speaker addressing when he says, “Was it for this / That one, the fairest of all Rivers, loved / To blend his murmurs with my Nurse's song”?

• His mother
• The River Derwent
• Nature
• A schoolteacher

Which emotion is evoked in these lines from The Prelude: “A meditation rose in me that night / Upon the lonely forest where he walked”?

• Elation
• Fear
• Sublimity
• Regret

“Troubled pleasure” in The Prelude best reflects which Romantic theme?

• Childhood trauma
• Duality of nature’s beauty and fear
• Religious devotion
• Alienation

Which event is described in these lines from The Prelude: “I heeded not the summons: happy time / It was indeed for all of us”?

• School bell ringing
• Church bells on Sunday
• Call to dinner
• Call to return from a game

In The Prelude, the line “The mind of man is framed even like the breath / And harmony of music” suggests Wordsworth’s belief in—

• Rationalism
• Mechanical learning
• Imagination and inner harmony
• Human depravity

Identify the emotion conveyed in The Prelude: “When from behind that craggy steep, till then / The horizon’s bound, a huge peak, black and huge...”

• Awe and dread
• Joy and curiosity
• Melancholy and grief
• Hope and reverence

“A trouble to my dreams” in The Prelude refers to—

• Guilt after stealing a boat
• Anxiety over failing school
• A nightmare about war
• Depression after losing a friend

The image of a "naked lake" in The Prelude is an example of—

• Personification
• Metaphor for vulnerability
• A literal description
• Hyperbole

In The Prelude, the “glad animal movements” refers to—

• Domestic pets
• The liveliness of childhood
• Hunting in the woods
• Horses running freely

In the following line from The Prelude, what causes the speaker’s fear? “Heaving through the water like a swan; / When from behind that craggy steep...”

• The boat’s speed
• The sight of a looming mountain peak
• A sudden storm
• A voice from the forest