Mock Test Set 1 from the poem The world is too much with us by william Wordsworth for SLST 9-10.

 Mock Test Set 1 

1) In the poem, 'lea' refers to

a) A body of water 

b) A religious site 

c) A meadow 

d) A valley

2) What does the word "boon" in a sordid boon" mean?

(a) Curse 

 b) Burden

 c) Blessing

 d) Trap

3)  What is the meaning of the phrase "lay waste our powers"?

(a) Destroy our creativity and spiritual insight

b)  Preserve our talents

c) Use our strength effectively

(d) Channel energy positively

4)  The word "creed" in a creed outworn" refers to:

(a) law

(b) faith or belief system

(c) war

(d) poetic device

5)  The word “forlorn" suggests:

(a) proud

(b) angry

(c) joyful

(d) lonely or hopeless

6) Proteus is a symbol of : 

a) Fire 

b) Change and prophecy 

c) Violence 

d) Death 

7) The poem belongs to which literary movement? 

a) Neoclassicism 

b) Romanticism 

c) Realism 

d) Modernism

8) "Sleeping flowers" is an example of: 

a) Hyperbole 

b) Metaphor 

c) Simile 

d) Personification

9) What socio-economic change does the poem implicitly criticise? 

a) Colonial expansion 

b) Industrial Revolution and its effects 

c) Feudalism 

d) Postmodern art 

10) "The winds that will be howling at all hours" is an example of: 

a) Simile 

b) Alliteration

c) irony

d) Onomatopoeia and Personification 

11) In what period was this poem written? 

a) Victorian 

b) Renaissance 

c) Romantic

d) Modern

12) The phrase "we are out of tune"  implies :

a) musical discord

b)  poor communication 

c) a metaphor for spiritual disconnection from nature

d)   Misunderstanding of literature 

13) "Late and soon" refers to : 

a) Morning and night 

b) Past and future

c) Life and death 

d) Time and memory 

14) What poetic device is used in "Proteus rising from the sea"? 

a) Metaphor 

b) Alliteration 

c) Mythological allusion 

d) Pun 

15) The mood created by the line "It moves us not" is one of : 

a) Peace and satisfaction 

b) Celebration 

c) Despair and alienation 

d) Nostalgia 

16) The main conflict in the poem can be summarised as: 

a) Paganism vs Christianity 

b) Emotion vs intellect 

c) Materialism vs nature/spirituality 

d) Modernity vs antiquity 

17) " We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" uses which device? 

a) Oxymoron 

b) Enjambment 

c) Synecdoche

d) Allusion 

18) "Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn" shows the speaker's : 

a) Wish for hope through imagination 

b) Belief in Pagan rituals 

c) Desire to return to London 

d) Joy in material success 

19) Triton's horn is Symbolic of : 

a) Industrial noise 

b) Mythical knowledge 

c) Nature's lost voice 

d) War signals 

20) " The sea that bares her bosom to the moon " uses : 

a) Metaphor and personification

b) Simile and irony 

c) Hyperbole 

d) Onomatopoeia 

Answer key : 

1) c  2) c  3)  a  4)  b  5) d   6) b  7)  b  8)  d   9)  b  10) d   11)  c  12)  c  13) b  14) c 15)  c  16)  c  17) a   18) a  19) c  20) a