PREGUNTAS DE POESÍA INGLESA s. XIX Y XX.

Autor: Rubén Paz Simeón.

5 Questions about “Victorianism”.

1) Which of these social movements had more relevance in Victorianism?:

a) French Revolution.

b) Industrial Revolution.

c) Renaissance.

d) The three are false.

2) What created the Industrial Revolution?:

a) Social but no economic changes.

b) Only economic changes.

c) Profound economic and social changes.

d) It didn’t create any change.

3) Which three controversies concerned the Victorians?:

a) Industrialism, socialisation and evolution.

b) Evolution, industrialism and “The woman question”.

c) Evolution, christianise and “The woman question”.

d) The Victorians didn’t had controversies.

4) Thanks to “The woman question”...:

a) Women were more discriminated.

b) Women played a major role.

c) Women didn’t change his position against men.

d) The three are false.

5) In which century did the Industrial Revolution took radical changes?:

a) At the late eighteenth century.

b) At the first- and mid-nineteenth century.

c) At the beginning of the nineteenth century.

d) In mid- and late-nineteenth century.

10 Questions about “Victorian Poets”.

6) Which of these Romantic authors had more influence on Robert Browning?:

a) Keats.

b) Shelley.

c) Lord Byron.

d) William Blake.

7) Was Elizabeth Browning also a poet?:

a) Yes.

b) No she was only Robert Browning’s wife.

c) No, and she wasn’t Robert Browning’s wife.

d) The three are false.

8) When became famous Robert Browning?:

a) In his childhood.

b) In his late life.

c) In his middle age.

d) The three are false.

9) Where lived Robert Browning most of his life?:

a) In Greece.

b) In Italy.

c) In Spain.

d) In Germany.

10) In which year did Robert Browning died?:

a) 1869.

b) 1812.

c) 1889.

d) 1846.

11) In which century did Robert Browning lived?:

a) In the eighteenth.

b) In the nineteenth.

c) In the twentieth.

d) The three are false.

12) By the , changing ideas about women had gained sufficient currency that writers began to represent the modern women as a new type:

a) 1860’s.

b) 1960’s.

c) 1750’s.

d) The three are false.

13) Which of the Victorian authors is considered the “father” of the dramatic monologue?:

a) Robert Browning.

b) Dante Rossetti.

c) A. C. Swinburne.

d) Alfred Tennison..

14) In which year was formed the “Browning Society” for the appreciation of his works?:

a) 1705.

b) 1881.

c) 1945.

d) 2007.

15) Had Robert Browning any Romantic influences?:

a) Yes, Shelley influenced him.

b) No, he hadn’t.

c) In his childhood, but he quickly.

d) The three are false.

5 Questions about “Victorian Poems”.

16) Which of the following, it isn’t a dramatic monologue requirement?:

a) The speaker uses a case-making, argumentative tone.

b) The speaker takes the part of the listener.

c) Complete the dramatic scene with inference and imagination.

d) The reader takes part of the listener.

17) Which are the Victorian authors that used more fluent the Victorian Long Poem?:

a) Dante Rossetti-Cristina Rossetti.

b) Alfred Tennison-A. C. Swinburne.

c) Robert Browning-Alfred Tennison.

d) Robert Browning-Elisabeth Browning.

18) Which of these four it isn’t an Epic Style element?:

a) Repetition: directions and reports are repeated.

b) Epic machinery includes bardic recapitulations.

c) The poem has national interest and has a national bias.

d) The three are false.

19) Which of these four characteristics isn’t included in the General Characteristics?:

a) Primary Epics were originally intended to be sung or recited to music.

b) The principal characters are larger-than-life heroes of immense stature and strength.

c) Repetition: directions and reports are repeated.

d) The poem often has national interest and has a national bias.

20) In which year was “Porphyria’s Lover” published?:

a) 1750.

b) 1889.

c) 1920.

d) 1836.

21) Who is the author of “Porphyria’s Lover”:

e) Robert Browning.

f) Dante Rossetti.

g) A. C. Swinburne.

h) Alfred Tennison..

22) Who is the author of “My Last Duchess”?:

a) Dante Rossetti.

b) A. C. Swinburne.

c) Robert Browning.

d) Elisabeth Browning.

23) In which movement was the dramatic monologue created?:

a) Romanticism.

b) Victorianism.

c) Classicism.

d) The three are false.

24) Did the Victorian editions of poetry had illustrations?:

e) Yes.

f) No.

g) Yes, but only in the front page.

h) Yes, but only in the back page.

25) Which author painted companion pictures to his own poems?:

a) Elisabeth Browning.

b) Dante Rossetti.

c) Alfred Tennison.

d) A. C. Swinburne.