"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be"
The poet that wrote "When I Have Fears I May Cease to Be"
Who is John Keats?
The poet that wrote "Ozymandias"
Who is Percy Shelley?
The poet that wrote "To a Skylark"
Who is Percy Shelley?
The poet that wrote "She Walks in Beauty"
Who is Lord Byron?
Avarice is a word that means:
a) generosity
b) cruelty
c) sorrow
d) greed
d) greed
"When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" is an example of this type of poetry
What is a sonnet?
Ozymandias is:
a) the speaker of the poem
b) a traveler that discovers a statue in the desert
c) the king of Egypt thousands of years before Shelley's lifetime
d) the king Egypt during Shelley's lifetime
c) the king of Egypt thousands of years before Shelley's lifetime
Shelley admires what about the skylark?
a) its wisdom and understanding
b) its passionate and intense emotions
c) its sad, melancholy song
d) its pure and simple joy
d) its pure and simple joy
The speaker admires the woman because:
a) she is gorgeous
b) she is kind and virtuous
c) she is loyal
d) she is always happy
b) she is kind and virtuous
Copious is a word that is synonymous with:
a) abundant
b) avoidance
c) occasional
d) careful
a) abundant
Which word means, "be full of or swarming with"?
a) requiem
b) vintage
c) teeming
d) gleaned
c) teeming
The lines "Round the decay/Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,/The lone and level sands stretch far away." suggest what?
a) Ozymandias' kingdom was endless
b) Ozymandias accomplished nothing during his reign
c) Nature wields far more power than human kings
d) statues cannot last in the extreme desert climate
True or False: Shelley would agree with the saying, "If you want the rainbow, you must have the rain," because unlike skylarks, human emotions and experiences are complicated and therefore happiness coexists with sorrow.
True
The speaker compares the woman to:
a) green fields and rolling pastures
b) the depths of the ocean
c) the night sky and stars
d) a desert oasis
c) the night sky and stars
What word is closest in meaning to antique?
a) teeming
b) gleaned
c) vintage
d) requiem
c) vintage
Which is a verb meaning "to extract information":
a) vintage
b) glean
c) requiem
d) teeming
b) glean
What is the political message of "Ozymandias"? Is it:
a) anarchy (no government at all) is best
b) democracy is best
c) dictators and tyrants don't have absolute power in comparison to nature
d) rulers should be kind and compassionate
c) dictators and tyrants don't have absolute power in comparison to nature
True or False: Skylarks sing while mid-flight and are therefore usually "invisible" while singing, something Shelley attempts to capture in his poem.
True
The lines, "Where thoughts serenely sweet express / How pure, how dear their dwelling place," contain an example of:
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) allusion
d) personification
d) personification
Which is the best use of the word requiem in context?
a) I put on an old requiem on the record player.
b) She asked him to requiem his car.
c) He wrote a moving requiem for his dear friend's funeral.
d) The child asked his mother if he could please have a new requiem to play with if he behaved himself.
c) He wrote a moving requiem for his dear friend's funeral.
The main idea behind the lines: "When I have fears that I may cease to be/Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain" is:
a) The speaker is afraid he's not skilled at writing
b) The speaker is afraid of dying before writing everything he wants to say
c) The speaker is afraid he has too many thoughts to write down
d) The speaker is afraid that he'll never learn to write well
One of the most important ideas of "Ozymandias" is:
a) that inscriptions can be glorious and poetic
b) that death is insignificant
c) sculptures are permanent
d) earthly power is meaningless
d) earthly power is meaningless
The line, "As from thy presence showers a rain of melody," suggests that:
a) the skylark's singing is hard to hear
b) the skylark is invisible to the naked eye
c) the skylark's song is all around the speaker
d) the skylark is extremely annoying
c) the skylark's song is all around the speaker
This poem was written about Lord Byron's:
a) sister
b) aunt
c) cousin
d) girlfriend
c) cousin
Colossal is a word that means...?
BIG