LITERARY SPHERE

25 MCQs on the Romantic Period in English Literature with short explanations 1. Which year is commonly associated with the beginning of the Romantic Age?   a) 1789   b) 1798   c) 1800   d) 1818   Answer: b) 1798   Explanation: The publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads in 1798 is seen as the start of English Romanticism. --- 2. Who wrote the Preface to Lyrical Ballads, often called the manifesto of Romanticism?   a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge   b) Percy Bysshe Shelley   c) William Wordsworth   d) John Keats   Answer: c) William Wordsworth   Explanation: Wordsworth emphasized the use of common language and subjects in poetry. --- 3. Which poem begins with the line "It is an ancient Mariner"?   a) Kubla Khan   b) Ode to the West Wind   c) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner   d) Tintern Abbey   Answer: c) The ...