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 When was Coleridge born? Ans. 1772 Q. Who is considered the pre-generator of American Transcendentalism? Ans. Coleridge Q. What is the most powerful of human senses according to Coleridge? Ans. Imagination Q. Who wrote Youth And Age? Ans. Coleridge Q. What did Coleridge write for himself in the epitaph? Ans. "Beneath this sod, a poet lies, or that which once was he" Q. Who wrote the poem "Poem To Coleridge"? Ans. Wordsworth Q. Coleridge helped to introduce _________ philosophy to English culture? Ans. German idealist Q. Who wrote Aids To Reflection? Ans. Coleridge Q. Coleridge was an associate of? Ans. Royal Society Of Literature Q. When did Coleridge write The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner? Ans. 1797 Q. Coleridge was? Ans. Poet, literary critic, philosopher, theologian Q. What was the middle name of Coleridge? Ans. Taylor (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Q. Who wrote The Nightingale? Ans. Coleridge Q. Coleridge himself calls his poem The Nightingale? Ans. "A Conversat...

 Q. The full name of Lord Byron was? Ans. Lord George Gordon Byron Q. Byron succeeded to the title of Lord after the death of? Ans. His uncle Q. Byron's parents were married in? Ans. 1785 Q. Byron was born in? Ans. 1788 Q. Byron's father was a? Ans. Guards Officer Q. Byron's father had? Ans. Eloped with his first wife Q. The earliest work of Byron was? Ans. Fugitive Pieces Q. Byron was married in? Ans. 1815 Q. The first two cantos of Don Juan by Byron were published in? Ans. 1819 Q. The Vision Of Judgement by Byron is? Ans. A satirical masterpiece Q. Byron died in? Ans. 1824 Q. Who wrote the poem I Would I Were A Careless Child? Ans. Byron Q. What did Byron join in Genoa? Ans. Terras Q. Complete the title of Byron's poem, So, We'll Go No More A______? Ans. Roving Q. The poem The Corsair has been written by? Ans. Byron Q. Byron completed The Corsair in? Ans. Ten days Q. How many copies of The Corsair were sold on the first day? Ans. Ten thousand Q. Who wrote A Select...

 When was Tennyson born? Ans. On August 6, 1809 Q. What name did the American poet Walt Whitman call Tennyson? Ans. The Boss Q. Tennyson's father was? Ans. A rector Q. Tennyson's two elder brothers were? Ans. Poets Q. Tennyson published with one of his brothers his volume of poems in? Ans. 1826 Q. What happened to Edward, one of Alfred Tennyson's brothers? Ans. Died in a private mental asylum Q. Tennyson attended? Ans. The Trinity College, Cambridge Q. At Trinity College, Tennyson became the center of? Ans. A group of intellectual friends Q. While at college, Tennyson won the chancellor's medal for his poem? Ans. Timbuctoo written in 1829 Q. Tennyson studied at the Youth Grammar School for? Ans. 5 years Q. Which book of Tennyson was received unfavorably? Ans. His third book entitled 'Poems' Q. Which two famous poems of Tennyson are there in the book entitled 'Poems'? Ans. Break, Break, Break and Ulysses Q. Whom did Tennyson marry? Ans. Emily Sellwood Q. ...

 Wordsworth was born at? Ans. Cockermouth in 1770 Q. Wordsworth's father's name was? Ans. John Wordsworth Q. Wordsworth spent his boyhood among? Ans. Shepherds Q. Wordsworth was the? Ans. Second son of his parents Q. When Wordsworth was eight years of age, his? Ans. Mother died Q. Wordsworth lost his father at the age of? Ans. 14 years Q. Wordsworth went to Cambridge to get his education at? Ans. St. John College Q. Wordsworth visited France? Ans. Twice Q. An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches were published by Wordsworth in? Ans. 1793 Q. In An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches Wordsworth used? Ans. Regular classic couplet Q. His poetic genius was stimulated by his friendship with? Ans. Coleridge Q. His friendship with Coleridge began in? Ans. 1796 Q. Lyrical Ballads were published in? Ans. 1798 Q. Lyrical Ballads were published with the help of? Ans. Coleridge Q. Wordsworth married in? Ans. 1802. He married Mary Hutchinson Q. Dorothy is? Ans. Wordsworth's sister Q. ...

 The full name of Walter Scott was? Ans. Walter Alva Scott Q. Which illness left Walter Scott lame in the right leg? Ans. Polio Q. Where did Walter Scott spend his early years? Ans. Sandyknowe Q. The first published work of Walter Scott was? Ans. "The Chase, and William and Helen" Q. Walter Scott’s last finished novel, The Siege of Malta, was first published in? Ans. 2008 Q. After _______Walter Scott wrote little poetry and turned to historical novel? Ans. 1815 Q. About whom did Walter Scott write, "What a pity such a gifted creature died so early"? Ans. Jane Austen Q. Walter Scott's literary interests were first formed by? Ans. Thomas Percy's Reliques Q. Who wrote the poem Marmion? Ans. Walter Scott Q. The full title of the poem Marmion by Walter Scott is? Ans. Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field Q. Which German ballad did Walter Scott translate? Ans. Lenore Q. Walter Scott was? Ans. Novelist, poet, historian, biographer and playwright Q. Walter Sc...