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The Prelude - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the full title of the poem known as The Prelude?
A) The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem
B) The Recluse: An Autobiographical Journey
C) The Life of William Wordsworth
D) Growth of the Mind: A Study in Nature
  • 2. What poetic form is The Prelude written in?
A) Sonnets
B) Blank verse
C) Rhymed couplets
D) Free verse
  • 3. At what age did William Wordsworth begin writing The Prelude?
A) 25
B) 35
C) 28
D) 30
  • 4. Who gave The Prelude its present title after the poet's death?
A) Dorothy Wordsworth
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) Ernest de Sélincourt
D) Mary, his widow
  • 5. How many versions of The Prelude are identified in the text?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 6. When was the 1850 version of The Prelude published?
A) Immediately upon his death
B) Three months after Wordsworth's death
C) During his lifetime
D) Ten years after his death
  • 7. The Prelude was intended as an introduction to which larger, unfinished project?
A) The Excursion
B) The Growth of the Mind
C) The Recluse
D) Paradise Lost
  • 8. Who published the 1805 version of The Prelude in 1926?
A) Ernest de Sélincourt
B) Dorothy Wordsworth
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D) Mary Wordsworth
  • 9. How many books are in the 1850 version of The Prelude?
A) 10
B) 2
C) 14
D) 13
  • 10. How many books are in the 1805 version of The Prelude?
A) 14
B) 12
C) 2
D) 13
  • 11. What was the 1799 version of The Prelude commonly called?
A) The Coleridge Draft
B) The Preliminary Version
C) The Two-Part Prelude
D) The Early Fragments
  • 12. With which poet did Wordsworth originally plan to write The Recluse?
A) Dorothy Wordsworth
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) John Milton
D) Ernest de Sélincourt
  • 13. Which existing epic poem did Wordsworth and Coleridge hope to surpass?
A) The Divine Comedy
B) Paradise Lost
C) The Odyssey
D) The Faerie Queene
  • 14. How old was Wordsworth when he died?
A) 80
B) 28
C) 75
D) 85
  • 15. What did Wordsworth do to the later parts of The Prelude during the end of his life?
A) Translated it into French
B) Polished the style and qualified radical statements
C) Added thousands of new lines
D) Destroyed all early manuscripts
  • 16. What was the initial working title Wordsworth used in letters to his sister?
A) The Recluse
B) The Prelude
C) Poem (title not yet fixed upon) to Coleridge
D) The Growth of a Poet's Mind
  • 17. Besides The Prelude, what was the only other part of The Recluse that Wordsworth finished?
A) The Autobiographical Poem
B) Paradise Lost
C) The Excursion
D) Fragments of Nature
  • 18. What is the primary subject of The Recluse according to Wordsworth's introduction?
A) A critique of John Milton's work
B) The history of the French Revolution
C) The sensations and opinions of a poet living in retirement
D) The divine nature of the afterlife
  • 19. What event caused many people to lose hope in the amelioration of mankind, according to Coleridge?
A) The Napoleonic Wars
B) The failure of the French Revolution
C) The death of John Milton
D) The industrial revolution
  • 20. How long would The Recluse have been compared to Paradise Lost?
A) Twice as long
B) Exactly the same length
C) About three times as long
D) Half the length
  • 21. Which poet does the text mention by name in line 181 of Book One?
A) Milton
B) Blake
C) Coleridge
D) T. S. Eliot
  • 22. Which book of The Prelude features the crossing of the Alps?
A) Book I
B) Book X
C) Book XIV
D) Book VI
  • 23. In the context of the poem, what do literal journeys become?
A) A critique of modern travel
B) A guide for political reform
C) A metaphorical vehicle for a spiritual journey
D) An account of historical geography
  • 24. What is the climactic ascent mentioned at the beginning of the final book?
A) The Alps
B) The Vale of Grasmere
C) Snowdon
D) Cambridge Hill
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