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William Wordsworth

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

William Wordsworth was born in...

a)

the English Lake District

b)

London

c)

Cambridge

d)

Grasmere

2.

How did the French Revolution inspire Wordsworth?

a)

It offered a "glorious renovation" of society.

b)

He hoped to see similar revolution in England.

c)

It offered a new perspective into an outdated social structure.

d)

It inspired his poetic creativity.

3.

Who is William Wordsworth?

a)

He is best known for Lyrical Ballads.

b)

He was an American poet.

c)

He was much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England.

d)

He was an English playwright, poet, and actor.

4.

Wordsworth was born in the Lake District of northern England.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Wordsworth studied at

a)

Oxford

b)

Cambridge

6.

Poems in Two Volumes was published in

a)

1807

b)

1803

7.

In the Lyrical Ballads, Coleridge composed

a)

4 poems

b)

2 poems

8.

He saw Nature as

a)

under men's power

b)

an uncontrollable force

9.

Nature is the main source of

a)

tranquillity

b)

joy

10.

The genuine feeling has to be refined through

a)

memory

b)

reason

11.

Wordsworth spent most of his life in the

a)

Scottish Highlands

b)

Lake District

12.

The re-creation of an emotion must be done in

a)

tranquillity

b)

in nature