Top 50+ Solved Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - William WordsWorth MCQ Questions Answer
Q. To Wordsworth, poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, emotionsrecollected in
a. images
b. tranquility
c. simple life
d. sensation
Q. The function of poetry is both to instruct and delight, but for Wordsworth it is to give
a. exaltation
b. pleasure
c. dictation
d. purgation
Q. The dominant theme of Wordsworth’s preface is
a. poetic diction
b. poetic argument
c. poetic criticism
d. poetic license
Q. Wordsworth’s preface declares the dawn of
a. English Romantic Movement
b. British Romantic Movement
c. European Romantic Movement
d. Anglo-saxon Romantic Movement
Q. Wordsworth’s preface can be seen as a forceful plea for simplicity both in
a. idea and feeling
b. sentiment an d exposition
c. expression and elucidation
d. theme and treatment
Q. The Principal object in the Lyrical Ballads was to choose incidents and situations from
a. urban life
b. agrarian life
c. common life
d. genteel life
Q. Poems of value are produced by a man who possess more than usual organicsensibility and had also thought
a. in tranquility
b. long and deep
c. passionately
d. calmly
Q. In the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth's purpose was to imitate and adopt the very language of
a. the neoclassics
b. metre
c. men
d. the classics
Q. Which of the following is not true?
a. Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of the Romantic Age
b. Wordsworth believed that simple language creates better poems than complicated language
c. Nature is a savage force that needs to be conquered by technology
d. Lyrical Ballads received mixed reviews when it was originally published in1798
Q. In what ways is the Lyrical Ballads different from much of the poetry that was popular when it was published?
a. It features poems that focus on nature and rural community
b. It calls for rigid poetic forms
c. It sought for poems that are more complicated
d. It sought to stimulate the reasoning mind rather than produce an emotional response
Q. Wordsworth justifies the use of metre and denounces the ____________ of the NeoClassical poets for their artificiality.
a. verse
b. rhyme
c. poetic diction
d. tradition