Lord Alfred Tennyson

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Lord Alfred Tennyson

• Quiz

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• 1. Which of the following mythic figures is
  presented by Tennyson as wanting to die?
• Marianna
• Ulysses
• Tithonus
• King Arthur

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2. Choose the right one

• Release me, and restore me to the ground Thou
  seest all things, thou wilt see my grave Thou
  wilt renew thy beauty _____ I earth in earth
  forget these empty courts, And thee returning on
  thy silver wheels.

• 1. day and night
• 2. day by day
• 3. morn by morn
• 4. ever and ever

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3. Why is the protagonist sensitive to the sound
in Mariana? (choose the wrong answer)1. she is
all alone. 2. she is not used to noises. 3. she
is going mad. 4. she is waiting for her fiancé.

Illustration by William Britten..
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Tears, Idle Tears

• 4. Which of the following is wrong about the
  poem?
• 1) The poem is inspired by Tennysons visit to
  Tintern Abbey.
• 2) Like Wordsworth, the past is seen by Tennyson
  as Death in Life.
• 3) Tears are idle because they are shed over
  the past that cannot be changed (the days that
  are no more).
• 4) The past is described with paradoxes such as
  sad and strange and a variety of adjectives
  such as dear, sweet, deep and wild.

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Lady of Shalott

• Who is this? and what is here? And in the
  lighted palace near Died the sound of royal
  cheer And they crossd themselves for fear,
  All the knights at Camelot But Lancelot mused
  a little space He said, She has ____ God in
  his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.

1. a lovely face
2. A lovely voice
3. A lovely body
4. A lovely poem.

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Stanzas 54-56 of In Memoriam questions

• Choose the wrong one.
• 1) Natures benevolence.
• 2) Everything will end well.
• 3) His ability to express himself.
• 4) Humans can love and suffer.