- Who is the author of Pied Beauty?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. Gerard Manley Hopkins
C. W.B. Yeats
D. Matthew Arnold
Answer: B. Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Pied Beauty was written in:
A. 1865
B. 1877
C. 1889
D. 1910
Answer: B. 1877
- Pied Beauty belongs to which poetic form?
A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Curtal Sonnet
D. Ballad
Answer: C. Curtal Sonnet
- The central theme of Pied Beauty is:
A. Love of humanity
B. Praise of God for diversity in nature
C. Industrialization
D. Nationalism
Answer: B. Praise of God for diversity in nature
- The opening words of the poem are:
A. “Praise Him”
B. “Glory be to God”
C. “God’s Grandeur”
D. “The world is charged”
Answer: B. “Glory be to God”
- The word “pied” means:
A. Dark-colored
B. Colorless
C. Multi-colored or variegated
D. Golden
Answer: C. Multi-colored or variegated
- Hopkins was a:
A. Anglican Priest
B. Jesuit Priest
C. Methodist Preacher
D. Puritan Minister
Answer: B. Jesuit Priest
- Which bird is mentioned in Pied Beauty?
A. Eagle
B. Nightingale
C. Finch
D. Falcon
Answer: C. Finch
- Which fruit is referred to in the poem?
A. Apple
B. Pear
C. Chestnut
D. Orange
Answer: C. Chestnut
- “Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls” is an example of:
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Compound diction
D. Irony
Answer: C. Compound diction
- The poem celebrates:
A. Uniformity
B. Diversity
C. Chaos
D. Isolation
Answer: B. Diversity
- According to Hopkins, all “counter, original, spare, strange” things are created by:
A. Nature
B. Man
C. God
D. Time
Answer: C. God
- Which pair of opposites appears in the poem?
A. Life and Death
B. Sweet and Sour
C. Love and Hate
D. Joy and Sorrow
Answer: B. Sweet and Sour
- The phrase “whose beauty is past change” refers to:
A. Nature
B. Humanity
C. God
D. Art
Answer: C. God
- Hopkins’ concept of unique individuality in objects is called:
A. Objective Correlative
B. Inscape
C. Negative Capability
D. Dissociation of Sensibility
Answer: B. Inscape
- The force that enables one to perceive inscape is called:
A. Instress
B. Insight
C. Inspiration
D. Imagination
Answer: A. Instress
- Pied Beauty is primarily:
A. A political poem
B. A dramatic monologue
C. A devotional lyric
D. A satirical poem
Answer: C. A devotional lyric
- Which literary movement is Hopkins generally associated with?
A. Romanticism
B. Victorian Poetry
C. Modernism
D. Neoclassicism
Answer: B. Victorian Poetry
- The final words of the poem are:
A. “Glory be to God”
B. “Praise him”
C. “Amen”
D. “Forevermore”
Answer: B. “Praise him”
- Pied Beauty is best described as:
A. A lament for lost faith
B. A hymn of praise celebrating God’s creation
C. A narrative poem
D. A pastoral elegy
Answer: B. A hymn of praise celebrating God’s creation
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