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Question 1

What was the societal event during William Blake’s lifetime?

Answer 1

Industrial Revolution

Question 2

What was Blake’s special ability?

Answer 2

Visionary = saw energy bodies

Question 3

What inspired Blake?

Answer 3

The French Revolution

Question 4

How was the economy shifting during Blake’s era?

Answer 4

From farming to manufacturing

Question 5

What did Blake think of industrial life?

Answer 5

Physical and mental enslavement

Question 6

What is the form of The Schoolboy?

Answer 6

Dramatic Monologue of 18th century Schoolboy

Question 7

How did education vary during Blake’s era?

Answer 7

Opportunity depended on class

Question 8

Whose ideas about childhood did Blake support?

Answer 8

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Question 9

How was Lord Byron described?

Answer 9

“Mad, bad, and dangerous to know”

Question 10

What were Byron’s personal relationships like?

Answer 10

Stormy

Question 11

What is the subject of She Walks In Beauty supposedly in?

Answer 11

Mourning

Question 12

What structural aspects are there in She Walks In Beauty?

Answer 12

Blazon

Question 13

Who is referenced in She Walks In Beauty?

Answer 13

Stella Maris = Blessed Virgin Mary who guided sailors with her light

Question 14

Who did Byron fall in love with and how did they influence his works?

Answer 14

His cousin Mary Chaworth
“fables about the celestial nature of women”

Question 15

What form is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ozymandias?

Answer 15

Sonnet

Question 16

Who is the pharaoh in Ozymandias?

Answer 16

Ramses 2

Question 17

What did Shelley want to bring an end to?

Answer 17

Tyranny

Question 18

In which work did Shelley discuss empires crumbling over time?

Answer 18

A Philosophical View of Reform

Question 19

What was the inscription on Ozymandias’ statue?

Answer 19

Challenging someone to surpass his works

Question 20

What sort of things did Ramses 2 create?

Answer 20

Ramesseum
Tombs
Temples

Question 21

How did Shelley and his friend find the statue?

Answer 21

The British Museum acquired the large statue head

Question 22

What was Ozymandias a potential response to?

Answer 22

Rise and fall of Napoleon

Question 23

What were aristocrats like in England 1819?

Answer 23

Out of touch

Question 24

What was society like in England 1819?

Answer 24

Oppressed and starving

Question 25

How was the Church viewed in England 1819?

Answer 25

Corrupt and Christless

Question 26

Who was declining in England 1819?

Answer 26

King George 3

Question 27

What event happened during the England 1819 era?

Answer 27

Peterloo Massacre

Question 28

Who became the new monarch in England 1819 and what were they like?

Answer 28

The Prince Regent
Spoiled and indulgent

Question 29

What were Shelley’s religious beliefs?

Answer 29

Outspoken atheist

Question 30

What was Shelley’s life like in 1818

Answer 30

He left England for Italy to escape tyranny and for his health
Experiencing marital problems with Mary
Mourning two children’s deaths

Question 31

What ideas did Shelley sympathise with?

Answer 31

Democratic ideals of the French Revolution

Question 32

What structure is John Keats’ To Autumn?

Answer 32

Ode

Question 33

What age did Keats die and why?

Answer 33

25
Tuberculosis

Question 34

To Autumn was written 4 years after which battle?

Answer 34

Waterloo

Question 35

What were societal conditions like during Keats’ life?

Answer 35

Widespread unemployment, poverty, and famine

Question 36

What is To Autumn potentially a response to?

Answer 36

The Peterloo Massacre

Question 37

Why did Keats move to Italy?

Answer 37

Doctors ordered him to a warmer climate because of his declining health

Question 38

Who was Keats separated from?

Answer 38

His lover Fanny Brawne