An Introduction to Romanticism: Mastery Test.

According to this excerpt from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, what does the speaker do when he is in a reflective mood? The waves beside them danced, but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils. A. He gets melancholy about his life situation. B. He thinks of the scene described in the poem. C. He reads to escape from the din of city life. D. He writes as a release from his worries and fears.

B. He thinks of the scene described in the poem.

Which of the following statements describes the relationship of William Blake and Thomas Gray to William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge? A. The first pair were the first to identify themselves as romantics. The second pair critiqued the first and ushered in a new form of romanticism. B. The first pair were the first to identify themselves as Enlightenment authors. The second pair were the first to identify themselves as romantics. C. The first pair were transitional authors with romantic and neoclasssical characteristics. The second pair were the first to identify themselves as romantics. D. The first pair were the first to identify themselves as romantics. The second pair compiled the works of the first pair.

C. The first pair were transitional authors with romantic and neoclasssical characteristics. The second pair were the first to identify themselves as romantics.

Based on this excerpt from the poem "The Solitary Reaper" by William Wordsworth, what can be determined about the speaker and the singing solitary reaper? No Nightingale did ever chaunt1More welcome notes to weary bandsOf travellers in some shady haunt,Among Arabian sands:A voice so thrilling ne'er was heardIn spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird,Breaking the silence of the seasAmong the farthest Hebrides2. Will no one tell me what she sings?--Perhaps the plaintive numbers flowFor old, unhappy, far-off things,And battles long ago:Or is it some more humble lay,Familiar matter of to-day?Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,That has been, and may be again? 1 sing2 a large archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, composed of the oldest rocks in the British Isles A. They are lovers who are meeting in secret. B. They are both lost and confused. C. They do not speak the same language. D. They are enemies who hate each other.

C. They do not speak the same language.

Match the central idea or aspect of God described by William Blake to the lines of the poems "The Tyger" and "The Lamb."

God as caretaker - "Gave thee clothing of delight," God as artist - "Did he smile his work to see?" God as powerful - "Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" God as creator - "Gave thee life, and bid thee feed,"

Match the characteristics of nature as expressed by William Wordsworth to the lines quoted from his poems.

Nature is a source of joy. - "My heart leaps up when I behold / A rainbow in the sky:" Nature is a source of comfort in hard times. - "Nature never did betray / The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege," Nature possesses the attributes of a deity. - "A motion and a spirit, that impels / All thinking things, all objects of all thought,"