Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Which of these inferences concerning Wordsworth's beliefs about language is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 1)?
A. The language of men living a rural life is more valuable than that of other men.
First
A rustic life promotes contemplation.
Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 7?
A. "... the understanding of the being to whom we address ourselves, if he be in a healthful state of association, must necessarily be in some degree enlightened, his taste exalted, and his affections ameliorated."
Which quote from the Preface most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?
A. "For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings; but though this be true, Poems to which any value can be attached, were never produced on any variety of subjects but by a man who being possessed of more than usual organic sensibility had also thought long and deeply."
Which of the following inferences about Wordsworth's definition of good poetry is best supported by the excerpt?
B. Good poetry combines strong emotion with deep thought.
Which of the following statements best explains Wordsworth's choice to write about a "low and rustic life"?
B. He wanted his subject matter to be pure and simple.
Which of the following sentences from the excerpt best supports the idea that Wordsworth believed his poetry was different than others of his time?
C. "From such verses the Poems in these volumes will be found distinguished at least by one mark of difference, that each of them has a worthy purpose."
Which of the following best describes the effect Wordsworth hopes his poetry will have on his readers?
C. Wordsworth wants to illuminate his audience through his poetry.
The following passage from the first paragraph mainly shows that . Accordingly such a language arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings is a more permanent and a far more philosophical language than that which is frequently substituted for it by Poets, who think that they are conferring honour upon themselves and their art in proportion as they separate themselves from the sympathies of men, and indulge in arbitrary and capricious habits of expression in order to furnish food for fickle tastes and fickle appetites of their own creation.
C. poets of Wordsworth's time had a bad habit of replacing the simple language of the people with fanciful language
Third
Good poetry combines spontaneous feeling with contemplation.
rural synonym
rustic
Second
The language of feeling and experience is the most philosophical language.
Fourth
The process of thinking deeply about feelings can lead to an enlightened state.
improve synonym
amellorate
Unreasoned synonym
arbitrary
grant synonym
confer
indifferent synonym
insensible
