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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT WORD DESCRIBES PERCY B. SHELLEY'S WORK BEST?

a)

cheerful

b)

complex

c)

sad

d)

romantic

2.

What was his relationship with George Byron?

a)

partner

b)

best friend

c)

brother

d)

tutor

3.

What was his family status?

a)

labourers

b)

intelligent artisan

c)

middle class

d)

nobility

4.

What was his biggest challenge at school?

a)

classmates

b)

school subjects

c)

teachers

d)

writing

5.

Why was Dr. James Lind a strong influence in his adolescence?

Dr. Lind was...

a)

wealthy

b)

expert writer and reader

c)

free spirit

d)

protector

6.

What had he published by the age 18?

a)

2 romantic novels

b)

2 science fiction books

c)

2 comedy books and 2 volumes of poetry

d)

2 novels and 2 volumes of poetry

7.

Why did he leave Oxford University?

a)

got expelled

b)

graduated

c)

change University

d)

got married

8.

Why did he marry Harriet?

a)

was in love

b)

she got pregnant

c)

for her money

d)

to go against his father's plans

9.

Who was Percy's true love?

a)

Jane Godwin

b)

Mary Godwin

c)

Harriet Westbrook

d)

Claire Clairmont

10.

How did he die?

a)

was drowned

b)

killed in a fight

c)

for pneumonia

d)

poisoned

11.

What historical event does the poem refer to?

a)

Napoleonic War

b)

Hundred days

c)

Anglo-Russian War

d)

Peterloo Massacre

12.

Whom does the poem criticize?

a)

War

b)

English society

c)

The King

d)

Religion

13.

What kind of meter does "England in 1819" show?

a)

Iambic Trimeter

b)

octameter

c)

Iambic Pentameter

14.

What kind of rhyme scheme does this poem present in the beginning?

a)

AABB

b)

ABAB

c)

ABCB

d)

ABCA

15.

What literary device is used in "But leechlike to their fainting country cling"?

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

assonance

d)

simile

16.

What literary device is used in "Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay"

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron