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The Romantic Age

TEST Fila A

NOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLASSE ...................... DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

George Gordon Byron TEST

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LIFE AND WORKS
1 DECIDE whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1 George Gordon Byron was born into the aristocracy.  T F
2 He had a perfect physique and excelled in sport.  T F
3 His first volume of lyric poems, Hours of Idleness, was universally praised.  T F
4 The four cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage were all inspired by his Grand Tour of Europe
and published on his return.  T F
5 Byron became a famous celebrity and married his half-sister Augusta Leigh.  T F
6 He fled from England because of a scandal and spent the rest of his life abroad.  T F
7 He spent several years in Italy where his friend Percy Bysshe Shelley lived.  T F
8 He died of battle wounds in Missolonghi while fighting for Greek independence.  T F

Marks: …… / 8
(1 mark for each answer)

2 ANSWER the following questions.

1 What kind of personality did Byron have? What did he believe in?
2 What typical features of the Byronic hero did he personify? Tick as appropriate.
A. Moody, loner, mysterious, handsome, restless, passionate.
B. Cold-blooded, conventional, sensitive, relaxed.
3 What role did nature have in his works?
4 What poetic influence was present in his style?

Marks: …… / 4
(1 mark for each answer)

Test 41 Fila A
MANFRED

TESTS
3 CHOOSE the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
1 Byron described his work as because it explored cosmic relationships.
A.‘Romantic’
B.‘metaphysical’
C.‘sublime’
2 The hero is a who is tormented by remorse for an unexplained action.
A.nobleman
B.Romantic
C.magician
3 The seven spirits Manfred invokes .
A . help him forget his past
B . have no command over the past
C . convince him to seek salvation
4 Manfred dies .
A . jumping from the mountains
B . in the Hall of Arimanes
C . in his castle

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 4. The Romantic Age
TEST Fila A

NOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLASSE ...................... DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 The story is set in .

TEST
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A. a tower on top of the mountains
B. a castle and in the mountains
Fila A C. a monastery in the mountains
6 Byron manipulates the narrative by .
A. not concluding the description of events
B. using the same narrator all through the poem
C. always giving Manfred’s perspectives

Marks: …… / 6
(1 mark for each answer)

TEXT
T54 Manfred’s torment
4 COMPLETE the following sentences.
1 At the beginning of the play Manfred’s emotional state is .
2 The setting and time are .
3 Manfred claims that grief should be and sorrow is
because .
4 He is disillusioned because .
5 He is calling on .
6 The ‘curse’ he mentions in line 25 is that .
Test 41 Fila A
TESTS

Marks: …… / 12
(2 marks for each sentence)

CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE

5 COMPLETE the paragraph with the words from the box.

Albania • knighthood • Nature • four • nobleman • Italy • protagonist •

sublime • vitality • cantos • past • landscapes

The poem is written in (1) independent cantos with a unifying (2) ,

Harold. He is a young (3) who travels while waiting to be accepted into the
(4) . Feeling bored and disillusioned with life, Harold goes abroad, and the first two
(5) , which were published together, are set in Spain, Portugal, (6)
and Greece. These two cantos evoke a glorious (7) , as well as describing monuments
and (8) of these countries. In the third canto Byron finds a new (9)
in imaginative creativity and the natural world, whereas in the fourth and final canto, which is set in
(10) , nature is described with images of the (11) and eternity.
(12) is used to reflect the poet’s emotion.

Marks: …… / 6
(0.5 marks for each answer)

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TEST Fila A

NOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLASSE ...................... DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TEXT TEST
T55 Harold’s journey
6 ANSWER the following questions.
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1 Which similes are used in stanza II?
2 What are the hero’s emotions on leaving his country?
3 What does Harold compare himself to and what image does this create?
4 What structure does Byron use for the stanzas?

Marks: …… / 4
(1 mark for each answer)

WRITING
7 CHOOSE one of the following topics and write a paragraph of about 10 lines.
1 What are the typical features of a Byronic hero? With reference to your own reading, name heroes who are
examples of Byronic heroes.
2 Comment on Byron’s view of nature and compare it to that of other poets you have studied.
3 Journeys and foreign settings give the opportunity to describe more exotic emotions and realities.
Comment on this statement with reference to Byron and other Romantic authors.

Marks: …… / 10

Total marks: …… / 50

Test 41 Fila A
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