Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

1. The poem ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’ was written by-

1. John Keats
2. P. B. Shelley
3. William Wordsworth
4. S. T. Coleridge

2. The poet thinks that a person who could pass by the sight without being moved would be-

1. blind
2. in a hurry
3. dull of soul
4. a city-dweller

3. The time of the day described in the poem is-

1. early morning
2. midday
3. evening
4. midnight

4. The city, in the morning, wears the beauty like a-

1. crown
2. jewel
3. garment
4. veil

5. The air is described as ‘smokeless’ because-

1. it was a holiday
2. it was early morning and factories had not started
3. London had no factories
4. it had just rained

6. The river that ‘glideth at his own sweet will’ is the-

1. Nile
2. Thames
3. Tiber
4. Danube

7. The literary device used in “The river glideth at his own sweet will” is-

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Hyperbole

8. The ‘mighty heart’ in the last line refers to-

1. the poet’s heart
2. the sleeping people of London
3. the city of London itself
4. the river Thames

9. The poet feels a _____ that he has never felt before.

1. joy
2. sadness
3. calm
4. fear

10. The poem is a/an-

1. Ode
2. Elegy
3. Ballad
4. Sonnet

11. What structures are mentioned as lying “Open unto the fields, and to the sky”?

1. Houses, streets, and parks
2. Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples
3. Bridges, roads, and monuments
4. Hills, valleys, and rocks

12. The sight from the bridge is described as “touching in its-“

1. beauty
2. silence
3. majesty
4. calmness

13. The sonnet form used by Wordsworth in this poem is-

1. Shakespearean
2. Spenserian
3. Petrarchan
4. Miltonic

14. The poet compares the beauty of the sunlit city to the sun shining on-

1. the ocean
2. a desert
3. valley, rock, or hill
4. a forest

15. In the morning light, the city appears-

1. dull and grey
2. noisy and chaotic
3. silent and bare
4. dark and mysterious

16. The “first splendour” refers to the-

1. beauty of the city
2. light of the rising sun
3. poet’s first feeling of joy
4. majesty of the buildings

17. The houses seem to be-

1. empty
2. asleep
3. new
4. old

18. The poem presents a view of London that is-

1. polluted and crowded
2. unfamiliar and strange
3. peaceful and beautiful
4. busy and commercial

19. “Earth has not anything to show more fair” is an example of-

1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Irony
4. Hyperbole

20. The dominant mood of the poem is one of-

1. sadness and nostalgia
2. anger and protest
3. wonder and admiration
4. fear and anxiety

21. The poem was composed on-

1. July 31, 1802
2. September 3, 1802
3. August 1, 1803
4. January 5, 1801

22. The poet was on his way to which country when he saw the sight?

1. Italy
2. Germany
3. France
4. Spain

23. What lies “All bright and glittering”?

1. The river
2. The sky
3. The city’s buildings
4. The poet’s thoughts

24. The poem celebrates the beauty of-

1. nature over city
2. the city in a natural state
3. the city’s architecture
4. the industrial progress

25. The rhyme scheme of the first eight lines (octave) is-

1. abab cdcd
2. abba abba
3. abab abab
4. aabb ccdd

26. The octave of the sonnet primarily describes-

1. the poet’s feelings
2. the physical appearance of the city
3. the movement of the river
4. a comparison with nature

27. The sestet (last six lines) of the sonnet focuses more on-

1. the details of the buildings
2. the poet’s personal emotional response
3. the history of London
4. the people of the city

28. Wordsworth is known as a poet of-

1. the city
2. war
3. nature
4. love

29. The word ‘glideth’ is an archaic form of-

1. glided
2. glides
3. gliding
4. glide

30. “Dear God!” is an exclamation of-

1. pain
2. fear
3. awe and wonder
4. prayer

31. The city is lying “Open unto the fields”. This suggests a harmony between-

1. rich and poor
2. past and present
3. city and nature
4. day and night

32. The word ‘bare’ in line 5 suggests that the city is-

1. naked, without its usual cloak of smoke and people
2. poor and without decoration
3. empty of buildings
4. unfashionable

33. The poet’s overall feeling towards the city in this poem is-

1. critical
2. indifferent
3. admiring
4. fearful

34. The sonnet is written in-

1. free verse
2. blank verse
3. iambic pentameter
4. trochaic tetrameter

35. The term ‘Westminster Bridge’ refers to a bridge over the-

1. River Severn
2. River Avon
3. River Thames
4. River Tyne

36. The poet personifies the houses as being-

1. awake
2. asleep
3. watching
4. talking

37. The phrase “dull of soul” suggests a lack of-

1. intelligence
2. money
3. aesthetic sensitivity
4. physical strength

38. What is the one thing that is moving in the silent city?

1. The sun
2. The clouds
3. The poet
4. The river

39. The poem challenges the Romantic idea that-

1. nature is always beautiful
2. cities are always ugly and evil
3. poetry should be simple
4. childhood is a golden period

40. The poet’s feeling of “a calm so deep” contrasts with the usual-

1. silence of the countryside
2. hustle and bustle of the city
3. beauty of the sunrise
4. coldness of the morning

41. The word ‘steep’ in the line “Never did sun more beautifully steep” means-

1. to climb
2. to bathe or soak in light
3. to be sharp
4. to fall suddenly

42. The beauty of the morning lies on the city like a-

1. blanket of peace
2. garment
3. shroud of mist
4. golden crown

43. The sonnet is divided into two parts:

1. a quatrain and a couplet
2. an octave and a sestet
3. two stanzas of seven lines each
4. three quatrains and a couplet

44. The poem describes a scene of-

1. urban decay
2. natural disaster
3. urban tranquility
4. rural beauty

45. Who was accompanying Wordsworth during this experience?

1. His wife, Mary Hutchinson
2. His friend, S. T. Coleridge
3. His sister, Dorothy Wordsworth
4. He was alone

46. The word ‘splendour’ suggests-

1. speed
2. sound
3. magnificence and brightness
4. warmth

47. The state of the ‘mighty heart’ is-

1. beating fast
2. lying still
3. broken
4. joyful

48. The city of London is viewed from-

1. a tower
2. a hill
3. a bridge
4. a ship

49. The poet finds the beauty of the city superior to that of-

1. any other city
2. the sea
3. any natural landscape he has seen
4. the sky at night

50. The poem creates an image of London that is almost-

1. unreal or dreamlike
2. ugly and repulsive
3. historically accurate
4. noisy and vibrant

1. A sight so touching in its majesty. This is the sight. (Make it a complex sentence)

1. This is a sight so touching in its majesty.
2. This sight is touching and majestic.
3. This is a sight which is so touching in its majesty.
4. Touching in its majesty, this is the sight.

2. He would be dull of soul. He could pass by. (Join into a complex sentence with ‘who’)

1. He who could pass by would be dull of soul.
2. He would be dull of soul and could pass by.
3. Passing by, he would be dull of soul.
4. He could pass by because he was dull of soul.

3. The sun shines on the city. It makes everything bright. (Join using an adverbial clause)

1. The shining sun makes everything bright.
2. When the sun shines on the city, it makes everything bright.
3. The sun shines on the city and makes everything bright.
4. The sun, shining on the city, makes everything bright.

4. The river glides. It follows its own will. (Join into a complex sentence)

1. The river glides as it follows its own will.
2. The river glides and follows its own will.
3. The gliding river follows its own will.
4. The river, which follows its own will, glides.

5. The mighty heart is lying still. It is the city. (Join with a noun clause in apposition)

1. The city, which is a mighty heart, is lying still.
2. The city, the mighty heart, is lying still.
3. The fact that the city is a mighty heart is that it is lying still.
4. The city is a mighty heart which is lying still.

6. Earth has not anything to show more fair. (Change the voice)

1. Anything more fair has not been shown by Earth.
2. Nothing fairer has been shown by Earth.
3. Nothing fairer is there to be shown by Earth.
4. Earth is not shown anything more fair.

7. I never felt a calm so deep. (Change the voice)

1. A calm so deep was never felt by me.
2. A calm so deep has never been felt by me.
3. Never was a calm so deep felt by me.
4. A calm so deep is never felt by me.

8. The City doth wear the beauty of the morning. (Change the voice)

1. The beauty of the morning is worn by the City.
2. The beauty of the morning was worn by the City.
3. The beauty of the morning has been worn by the City.
4. Let the beauty of the morning be worn by the City.

9. Never did sun more beautifully steep the valley. (Change the voice)

1. The valley was never more beautifully steeped by the sun.
2. The valley has never been more beautifully steeped by the sun.
3. The sun never steeped the valley more beautifully. (This is active voice)
4. The valley is never steeped more beautifully by the sun.

10. All the houses seem asleep. (Change the voice)

1. It seems that all the houses are asleep.
2. All the houses are seemed to be asleep.
3. It is seemed that all the houses are asleep.
4. This sentence cannot be changed into passive voice.

11. The poem is composed ___ Westminster Bridge.

1. on
2. at
3. over
4. upon

12. Dull would he be ___ soul who could pass by.

1. of
2. in
3. with
4. from

13. The buildings lie open ___ the fields.

1. to
2. for
3. unto
4. in

14. The river glideth ___ his own sweet will.

1. with
2. by
3. at
4. on

15. A sight so touching ___ its majesty.

1. with
2. of
3. for
4. in

16. Earth has not anything to show more fair. (Change to Superlative Degree)

1. This sight is the fairest that Earth has to show.
2. No other sight on Earth is as fair as this.
3. This sight is fairer than any other sight on Earth.
4. This is a very fair sight.

17. Never did sun more beautifully steep the valley. (Change to Positive Degree)

1. The sun never steeped the valley as beautifully as this.
2. The sun steeped the valley very beautifully.
3. The sun steeped the valley in the most beautiful way.
4. The valley was steeped beautifully by the sun.

18. I never felt a calm so deep. (Change to Comparative Degree)

1. I have felt deeper calms than this.
2. I never felt a deeper calm than this.
3. This is the deepest calm I have ever felt.
4. This calm is very deep.

19. This is the fairest sight. (Change to Positive Degree)

1. This sight is fairer than any other sight.
2. This is a very fair sight.
3. No other sight is as fair as this.
4. Few other sights are as fair as this.

20. This calm is the deepest. (Change to Comparative Degree)

1. This calm is deeper than any other calm.
2. No other calm is as deep as this.
3. This calm is very deep.
4. This calm is deeper.

21. A sight so touching in its majesty. (Use the adjective form of ‘majesty’)

1. A majestic sight is touching.
2. A sight so majestic and touching.
3. It is a majestically touching sight.
4. The sight has majesty and is touching.

22. The city wears the beauty of the morning. (Use the adjective form of ‘beauty’)

1. The city wears the beautiful morning.
2. The beautiful city wears the morning.
3. The city looks beautiful in the morning.
4. The city’s morning is beautiful.

23. The air was smokeless. (Use the noun form of ‘smokeless’)

1. There was no smoke in the air.
2. The air smoked less.
3. The air had a lack of smoke.
4. The smokiness was not in the air.

24. I never felt a calm so deep. (Use the noun form of ‘deep’)

1. I never felt the depth of the calm.
2. The calm’s depth was never felt by me.
3. I never felt such depth in a calm.
4. The deepness of the calm was never felt.

25. The river glideth. (Use the noun form of ‘glideth’)

1. The river is in a glide.
2. The river makes a glide.
3. The glide of the river is seen.
4. The river has a gliding motion.

26. (Complex) All is bright and glittering. The air is smokeless.

1. All is bright and glittering because the air is smokeless.
2. All is bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
3. The air is smokeless, so all is bright and glittering.
4. All that is in the smokeless air is bright and glittering.

27. (Voice) One can see ships, towers, and domes.

1. Ships, towers, and domes are seen.
2. Ships, towers, and domes could be seen.
3. Ships, towers, and domes can be seen.
4. Seeing ships, towers, and domes is possible.

28. (Preposition) The sun steeped the valley ___ his splendour.

1. with
2. by
3. in
4. on

29. (Degree) The city is the most beautiful thing on Earth. (Change to Comparative)

1. The city is more beautiful than any other thing on Earth.
2. No other thing on Earth is as beautiful as the city.
3. The city is very beautiful.
4. The city is more beautiful than most other things.

30. (Parts of Speech) The city is silent. (Use the noun form of ‘silent’)

1. There is silence in the city.
2. The city keeps silence.
3. The city has silence.
4. All of the above.

31. (Complex) The city is still. Its heart is mighty.

1. The city, whose heart is mighty, is still.
2. The city is still and its heart is mighty.
3. The mighty heart of the city is still.
4. The city has a mighty heart which is still.

32. (Voice) The sight touches my heart.

1. My heart is touched by the sight.
2. My heart was touched by the sight.
3. Let my heart be touched by the sight.
4. My heart has been touched by the sight.

33. (Preposition) He was filled ___ a deep calm.

1. by
2. of
3. with
4. in

34. (Degree) The city’s beauty is greater than nature’s. (Change to Positive)

1. Nature’s beauty is not as great as the city’s.
2. The city’s beauty is the greatest.
3. Nature is not so beautiful as the city.
4. Both a and c are correct.

35. (Parts of Speech) The river flows freely. (Use the noun form of ‘freely’)

1. The river flows with freedom.
2. The river’s flow has freedom.
3. The river is free in its flow.
4. The freedom of the river’s flow is evident.

36. (Complex) I saw this sight. I felt a deep calm.

1. When I saw this sight, I felt a deep calm.
2. Seeing this sight, I felt a deep calm.
3. I saw this sight and felt a deep calm.
4. This sight made me feel a deep calm.

37. (Voice) Let me see the sight.

1. Let the sight be seen by me.
2. The sight may be seen by me.
3. I should see the sight.
4. I might be allowed to see the sight.

38. (Preposition) He looked ___ the city with wonder.

1. at
2. on
3. to
4. over

39. (Degree) London is one of the busiest cities. (Change to Positive)

1. Very few cities are as busy as London.
2. No other city is as busy as London.
3. London is busier than most other cities.
4. London is a very busy city.

40. (Parts of Speech) The houses seem asleep. (Use the noun form of ‘asleep’)

1. The houses seem to be in a state of sleep.
2. The houses are sleeping.
3. The sleeping houses are seen.
4. The sleep of the houses is apparent.