Multiple choice questions (MCQs) based on William Wordsworth's life and literary career, tailored for the UP TGT English exam:

 Multiple choice questions (MCQs) based on William Wordsworth's life and literary career, tailored for the UP TGT English exam:

1. William Wordsworth was born in which year?

A. 1770
B. 1757
C. 1789
D. 1802
Answer: A. 1770

2. Wordsworth was born in which town?
A. Grasmere
B. Cockermouth
C. Rydal
D. Keswick
Answer: B. Cockermouth

3. Wordsworth’s poetry is associated with which movement?
A. Victorian
B. Romantic
C. Modernist
D. Realist
Answer: B. Romantic

4. Who was Wordsworth’s close friend and collaborator?
A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B. Percy Shelley
C. Lord Byron
D. John Keats
Answer: A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

5. "Lyrical Ballads" was first published in:
A. 1802
B. 1798
C. 1815
D. 1785
Answer: B. 1798

6. Which poem by Wordsworth begins with the line “I wandered lonely as a cloud”?
A. The Solitary Reaper
B. Tintern Abbey
C. Daffodils
D. Prelude
Answer: C. Daffodils

7. Wordsworth attended which university?
A. Oxford
B. Cambridge
C. Edinburgh
D. London
Answer: B. Cambridge

8. What is the full title of Wordsworth’s autobiographical poem?
A. The Prelude
B. The Excursion
C. The Recluse
D. Intimations of Immortality
Answer: A. The Prelude

9. Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laureate in:
A. 1807
B. 1820
C. 1843
D. 1850
Answer: C. 1843

10. Wordsworth's sister, who played a significant role in his life and writing, was:
A. Dorothy Wordsworth
B. Mary Wordsworth
C. Lucy Wordsworth
D. Anne Wordsworth
Answer: A. Dorothy Wordsworth

11. The second edition of Lyrical Ballads in 1800 included:
A. Additional poems by Keats
B. A Preface by Wordsworth
C. Introduction by Byron
D. Coleridge’s autobiography
Answer: B. A Preface by Wordsworth

12. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads is considered a manifesto of:
A. Neoclassicism
B. Realism
C. Romanticism
D. Gothic Literature
Answer: C. Romanticism

13. Wordsworth defined poetry as:
A. “A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”
B. “Measured language of thought”
C. “Verse with rhyme and meter”
D. “A mirror of society”
Answer: A. “A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”

14. Wordsworth married:
A. Mary Hutchinson
B. Dorothy Wordsworth
C. Sarah Coleridge
D. Jane Austen
Answer: A. Mary Hutchinson

15. Wordsworth’s only daughter was:
A. Caroline
B. Dora
C. Mary
D. Emily
Answer: B. Dora

16. What is the theme of "Tintern Abbey"?
A. Death and decay
B. Memory and nature
C. Industrial progress
D. War and peace
Answer: B. Memory and nature

17. In which year did Wordsworth die?
A. 1840
B. 1850
C. 1832
D. 1825
Answer: B. 1850

18. Wordsworth was deeply inspired by the philosophy of:
A. Rousseau
B. Hobbes
C. Bacon
D. Locke
Answer: A. Rousseau

19. Wordsworth’s first published work was:
A. Descriptive Sketches
B. Lyrical Ballads
C. The Excursion
D. Daffodils
Answer: A. Descriptive Sketches

20. What natural object is central to Wordsworth’s poem “Daffodils”?
A. Trees
B. Flowers
C. Mountains
D. Rivers
Answer: B. Flowers

21. Wordsworth was a poet of:
A. Revolution
B. Court life
C. Nature
D. Urban culture
Answer: C. Nature

22. Wordsworth's grave is located in:
A. Westminster Abbey
B. Cockermouth
C. Grasmere
D. London
Answer: C. Grasmere

23. Wordsworth believed that poetry should be written in:
A. Archaic language
B. Everyday speech
C. Formal diction
D. Latin and Greek
Answer: B. Everyday speech

24. Which poem is known for the line: "The child is father of the man"?
A. My Heart Leaps Up
B. Ode to Duty
C. The Prelude
D. Resolution and Independence
Answer: A. My Heart Leaps Up

25. Wordsworth’s concept of “spots of time” relates to:
A. Political events
B. Nature’s terror
C. Powerful memories
D. Travel experiences
Answer: C. Powerful memories

26. William Wordsworth is primarily known as a poet of:

A) The Renaissance
B) The Romantic Age
C) The Victorian Age
D) The Modern Age
Answer: B) The Romantic Age

27. Who was Wordsworth’s close friend and collaborator in Lyrical Ballads?

A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) Lord Byron
C) Percy Shelley
D) John Keats
Answer: A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

28. Lyrical Ballads was first published in:

A) 1789
B) 1798
C) 1805
D) 1815
Answer: B) 1798

29. Wordsworth was appointed as the Poet Laureate in:

A) 1813
B) 1839
C) 1843
D) 1850
Answer: C) 1843

30. The Prelude is a:

A) Drama
B) Short lyric
C) Long autobiographical poem
D) Satirical poem
Answer: C) Long autobiographical poem

31. What is the main theme of Tintern Abbey?

A) Patriotism
B) Childhood memories and nature
C) Political revolution
D) Urban life
Answer: B) Childhood memories and nature

32. Wordsworth’s poetry often focuses on:

A) Industrial development
B) Historical wars
C) Common people and rural life
D) Aristocratic society
Answer: C) Common people and rural life

33. Wordsworth’s famous ode Intimations of Immortality deals with:

A) Religious salvation
B) War and peace
C) The loss of childhood innocence
D) The value of education
Answer: C) The loss of childhood innocence

34. Who inspired many of Wordsworth’s early poems?

A) Annette Vallon
B) Dorothy Wordsworth
C) Mary Shelley
D) Fanny Brawne
Answer: B) Dorothy Wordsworth

35. What natural object is central to the poem Daffodils?

A) A tree
B) A mountain
C) A flower
D) A stream
Answer: C) A flower

36. Which poetic form did Wordsworth frequently use?

A) Sonnet
B) Villanelle
C) Haiku
D) Limerick
Answer: A) Sonnet

37. Michael is an example of:

A) Satire
B) Epic poetry
C) Pastoral narrative
D) Allegory
Answer: C) Pastoral narrative

38. Wordsworth's early political views were influenced by:A) The English Civil War

B) The American Revolution
C) The French Revolution
D) The Industrial Revolution
Answer: C) The French Revolution

39. In Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth revisits the Wye after how many years?

A) Five
B) Seven
C) Ten
D) Twelve
Answer: A) Five

40. Wordsworth’s philosophy of nature can best be described as:

A) Scientific
B) Superficial
C) Pantheistic
D) Pessimistic
Answer: C) Pantheistic

41. Which of these poems was NOT written by Wordsworth?

A) Lucy Gray
B) La Belle Dame sans Merci
C) The Solitary Reaper
D) Resolution and Independence
Answer: B) La Belle Dame sans Merci

42. Wordsworth’s poem The Solitary Reaper is set in:

A) England
B) Wales
C) Scotland
D) Ireland
Answer: C) Scotland

43. Wordsworth’s poems are known for their use of:

A) Complex imagery
B) Classical allusions
C) Simple language
D) Political satire
Answer: C) Simple language

44. Which poem by Wordsworth expresses his reaction to the beauty of London in the early morning?

A) London, 1802
B) Lines Written in Early Spring
C) Composed upon Westminster Bridge
D) Nutting
Answer: C) Composed upon Westminster Bridge

45. Wordsworth believed that the poet should be:

A) A prophet
B) A courtier
C) A recluse
D) A revolutionary
Answer: A) A prophet

46. “Lucy” poems by Wordsworth are:

A) Political
B) Based on mythology
C) Romantic elegies
D) Comedic sketches
Answer: C) Romantic elegies

47. Lyrical Ballads marked the beginning of:

A) The Renaissance
B) Romanticism in English poetry
C) Neoclassicism
D) Modernism
Answer: B) Romanticism in English poetry

48. Wordsworth died in:

A) 1840
B) 1850
C) 1860
D) 1870
Answer: B) 1850

49. Which poem by Wordsworth begins with the line, “I wandered lonely as a cloud”?

A) Tintern Abbey
B) The Prelude
C) Daffodils
D) Michael
Answer: C) Daffodils

50. Wordsworth defined poetry as:

A) A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
B) The best words in the best order
C) An expression of intellectual ideas
D) A mirror of society
Answer: A) A spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings