NAME THAT POET
1. Which poet was a ladies man?
a) Blake
b) Coleridge
c) Byron
d) Wordsworth
2. Which poet was the Poet Laureate of England from 1843-1850?
a) Blake
b) Wordsworth
c) Shelley
d) Coleridge
3. Which poet claimed to see and talk with angels?
a) Byron
b) Blake
c) Wordsworth
d) Keats
4. Which poet believed in open marriages?
a) Shelley
b) Coleridge
c) Keats
d) Blake
5. Which poet was embarrassed because of his height (5ft)?
a) Blake
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Wordsworth
6. Which poet was Wordsworth’s best friend?
a) Coleridge
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Shelley
7. Which poet suffered from anosmia (an inability to smell)?
a) Coleridge
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Wordsworth
8. Which poet died of tuberculosis?
a) Keats
b) Byron
c) Coleridge
d) Shelley
9. Which poet had an opium addiction?
a) Wordsworth
b) Blake
c) Coleridge
d) Keats
10. Which poet was considered somewhat insane?
a) Wordsworth
b) Coleridge
c) Keats
d) Blake
11. Which poet was embarrassed by his clubfoot?
a) Shelley
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Blake
12. Which poet was a vegetarian?
a) Wordsworth
b) Coleridge
c) Keats
d) Shelley
Answer Key: 1.c 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.c 6.a 7.d 8.a 9.c 10.d 11.b 12.d
a) Blake
b) Coleridge
c) Byron
d) Wordsworth
2. Which poet was the Poet Laureate of England from 1843-1850?
a) Blake
b) Wordsworth
c) Shelley
d) Coleridge
3. Which poet claimed to see and talk with angels?
a) Byron
b) Blake
c) Wordsworth
d) Keats
4. Which poet believed in open marriages?
a) Shelley
b) Coleridge
c) Keats
d) Blake
5. Which poet was embarrassed because of his height (5ft)?
a) Blake
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Wordsworth
6. Which poet was Wordsworth’s best friend?
a) Coleridge
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Shelley
7. Which poet suffered from anosmia (an inability to smell)?
a) Coleridge
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Wordsworth
8. Which poet died of tuberculosis?
a) Keats
b) Byron
c) Coleridge
d) Shelley
9. Which poet had an opium addiction?
a) Wordsworth
b) Blake
c) Coleridge
d) Keats
10. Which poet was considered somewhat insane?
a) Wordsworth
b) Coleridge
c) Keats
d) Blake
11. Which poet was embarrassed by his clubfoot?
a) Shelley
b) Byron
c) Keats
d) Blake
12. Which poet was a vegetarian?
a) Wordsworth
b) Coleridge
c) Keats
d) Shelley
Answer Key: 1.c 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.c 6.a 7.d 8.a 9.c 10.d 11.b 12.d