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WorksheetsPercy Bysshe Shelley
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 3mins
WHAT WORD DESCRIBES PERCY B. SHELLEY'S WORK BEST?
cheerful
complex
sad
romantic
What was his relationship with George Byron?
partner
best friend
brother
tutor
What was his family status?
labourers
intelligent artisan
middle class
nobility
What was his biggest challenge at school?
classmates
school subjects
teachers
writing
Why was Dr. James Lind a strong influence in his adolescence?
Dr. Lind was...
wealthy
expert writer and reader
free spirit
protector
What had he published by the age 18?
2 romantic novels
2 science fiction books
2 comedy books and 2 volumes of poetry
2 novels and 2 volumes of poetry
Why did he leave Oxford University?
got expelled
graduated
change University
got married
Why did he marry Harriet?
was in love
she got pregnant
for her money
to go against his father's plans
Who was Percy's true love?
Jane Godwin
Mary Godwin
Harriet Westbrook
Claire Clairmont
How did he die?
was drowned
killed in a fight
for pneumonia
poisoned
What historical event does the poem refer to?
Napoleonic War
Hundred days
Anglo-Russian War
Peterloo Massacre
Whom does the poem criticize?
War
English society
The King
Religion
What kind of meter does "England in 1819" show?
Iambic Trimeter
octameter
Iambic Pentameter
What kind of rhyme scheme does this poem present in the beginning?
AABB
ABAB
ABCB
ABCA
What literary device is used in "But leechlike to their fainting country cling"?
personification
metaphor
assonance
simile
What literary device is used in "Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay"
Personification
Metaphor
Alliteration
Oxymoron
