Love’s Philosophy by P.

B Shelley
Multiple-choice questions:

1) What type of poet was Shelley?

a) Romantic b) Emotive c) War d) Gothic
2) Who is the narrator addressing in the poem?
a) His wife b) His lover c) God d) A woman
3) What does he describe as being God’s law?
a) Nature is connected in an intimate and loving way c) Nature is uncounted
b) Nature is connected in a unloving way d) Nature is Random
4) What is the rhyme scheme of love’s philosophy?
a) AABB b) ABBA c) ABAB d) BABA
5) Why the poem Love’s philosophy is tightly structured?
a) To be shorter b) To rhyme c) To be supportive d) To be persuasive
6) What does each stanza ask in love’s philosophy?
a) A rhetorical question b) An ultimate question c) An open question d) A closed question
7) What does the narrator use to describe nature?
a) Similes b) Adjectives c) Personification d) Repetition
8) Shelley suggested that love is not just natural but it is also what?
a) Heavenly b) Godly c) Normal d) Unnatural
9) Why is the narrator frustrated in Love’s philosophy?
a) Because his love isn’t returned c) Because his love is intense
b) Because he doesn’t understand nature
10) What narrator has done with the link between nature and relationships?
a) Complicated it b) Misunderstood it c) Oversimplified it d) Collapsed it
11) Who did Shelley write love’s philosophy for?
a) Mary Shelley b) Frankenstein c) Elizabeth d) Lady France
12) What theme does the poem have running throughout it?
a) Couples b) Threes c) Rhyming couplets d) Breakups
13) What does Shelley say the fountains mingle with?
a) The ocean b) The river c) The mountain d) The sky
14) What does the river join?
a) The fountain b) The ocean c) The mountain d) The sky
15) What weather is described as coming from heaven?
a) The wind b) The rain c) The sun d) The clouds
16) Complete the quote: “Nothing in the world is ………….. “
a) Simple b) Single c) Alone d) Sinful
17) “All things by a law divine” means that things should be in couples because …….?
a) It is common law b) It is god’s law c) It is state’s law d) it is generally accepted
18) What do the mountains kiss?
a) Each other b) High heaven c) The sky d) The rivers
19) What relationship does Shelley claim that flowers are to them?
a) Brothers b) Sisters c) Cousins d) Lovers
20) What does the sunlight do to the earth?
a) Kisses it b) Clasps it c) Drowns it d) Burns
21) What does the moon beams do to earth?
a) Kisses it b) Clasps it c) Drowns it d) Burns
22) Shelley describes all the pairings in nature as what?
a) Sweet work b) Good work c) Hard work d) Only natural
23) What does Shelley finally ask Mary for in the last lines?
a) A Kiss b) A Hug c) A date d) A night together
24) What kind of rhymes included in the poem to emphasize the theme of coupling?
a) Half rhyme b) Full rhyme c) Slant rhyme d) Masculine & Feminine rhyme