IS IT A ROMANTIC POET
OR
A 1960’S ROCK STAR?
1. What two creative partners forged a close bond when they both lost their mothers during adolescence?
a. Lennon and McCartney b. Percy Shelley and John Keats
2. What artist created one of his most famous works under the haze of opium?
a. Jim Morrison b. Samuel Taylor Coleridge c. Lord Byron
3. Who abandoned his wife and child for an avant-garde artist?
a. John Lennon b. Lord Byron c. Percy Bysshe Shelley
4. Who became a political activist, journeyed to a foreign country to help in its struggle for independence, contracted a disease while traveling to the country and subsequently died, and whose death was met by cries of anguish from hordes of distraught women?
a. John Lennon b. Percy Bysshe Shelley c. Lord Byron
5. Which artist scandalized society by abandoning his pregnant wife and child to run off with a sixteen year old girl?
a. Jerry Lee Lewis b. Percy Bysshe Shelley c. John Keats
6. After being voted "ugliest man on campus", what humiliated artist left a small town to seek fame and fortune in a large glittering metropolis?
a. William Wordsworth b. Janis Joplin c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
7. What artist was later excoriated by another artist for his rejecting of radical politics and embracing of conservatism later in life?
a. William Wordsworth b. John Lennon c. John Keats
8. What artist was disowned by his prominent family, died in Paris at the age of twenty-eight from a heart attack induced by hard, short years of drinking and drugs, and was buried in a cemetery in Paris where his grave is still covered with graffiti by his fans?
a. John Keats b. Jim Morrison c. Samuel Taylor
9. Which two artists formed one of the most powerful alliances in history, producing a work of power and majesty that revolutionized the art form?
a. Wordsworth and Coleridge b. Lennon and McCartney c. Snoop Dog and Lil Bow Wow d. Both a and b
10. Which artist, plagued by extreme poverty, produced his own works and whose eccentricities were so pronounced (even claiming to see angels in trees) that many of his staunchest admirers couldn’t say if he was a genius or a madman or a little of both?
a. Kurt Cobain b. William Blake c. Jimi Hendrix
11. Which artist, battling his own demons of drugs and depression, committed suicide at the height of his career, yet many are convinced that he was murdered by his ambitious wife?
a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. Kurt Cobain c. John Keats
12. Which artist perfected his astounding technique while in military service, found fame in his own country only after becoming successful in another, and died of a drug overdose at the age of twenty seven?
a. Jimi Hendrix b. William Blake c. Lord Byron
13. Which artist did not die in his/her twenties?
a. Jimi Hendrix b. John Keats c. Lord Byron d. Janis Joplin e. Jim Morrison f. Percy Bysshe Shelley
14. Which artist was the sole support of his younger siblings after the early deaths of his parents, and who, realizing his own imminent death while caring for his terminally ill brother, produced some of the most beautiful poetry in the English language in a blaze of feverish creativity just months before he died?
a. John Keats b. Kurt Cobain c. William Blake
15. Which artist drowned in a boating accident and whose body washed ashore ten days later with a copy of his friend’s works in his pocket? His body was burned in a funeral pyre on the shore while another artist who, in a few short years would also be dead, swam out to sea to watch and pay homage to his friend?
a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. Lord Byron c. Jimi Hendrix
16. Which artist was picked on at school?
a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. Janis Joplin c. Both Shelley and Joplin
17. Which artist was inspired in his own art by the hallucinogenic beauty of William Blake’s poetry and art?
a. John Lennon b. Jim Morrison c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
OR
A 1960’S ROCK STAR?
1. What two creative partners forged a close bond when they both lost their mothers during adolescence?
a. Lennon and McCartney b. Percy Shelley and John Keats
2. What artist created one of his most famous works under the haze of opium?
a. Jim Morrison b. Samuel Taylor Coleridge c. Lord Byron
3. Who abandoned his wife and child for an avant-garde artist?
a. John Lennon b. Lord Byron c. Percy Bysshe Shelley
4. Who became a political activist, journeyed to a foreign country to help in its struggle for independence, contracted a disease while traveling to the country and subsequently died, and whose death was met by cries of anguish from hordes of distraught women?
a. John Lennon b. Percy Bysshe Shelley c. Lord Byron
5. Which artist scandalized society by abandoning his pregnant wife and child to run off with a sixteen year old girl?
a. Jerry Lee Lewis b. Percy Bysshe Shelley c. John Keats
6. After being voted "ugliest man on campus", what humiliated artist left a small town to seek fame and fortune in a large glittering metropolis?
a. William Wordsworth b. Janis Joplin c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
7. What artist was later excoriated by another artist for his rejecting of radical politics and embracing of conservatism later in life?
a. William Wordsworth b. John Lennon c. John Keats
8. What artist was disowned by his prominent family, died in Paris at the age of twenty-eight from a heart attack induced by hard, short years of drinking and drugs, and was buried in a cemetery in Paris where his grave is still covered with graffiti by his fans?
a. John Keats b. Jim Morrison c. Samuel Taylor
9. Which two artists formed one of the most powerful alliances in history, producing a work of power and majesty that revolutionized the art form?
a. Wordsworth and Coleridge b. Lennon and McCartney c. Snoop Dog and Lil Bow Wow d. Both a and b
10. Which artist, plagued by extreme poverty, produced his own works and whose eccentricities were so pronounced (even claiming to see angels in trees) that many of his staunchest admirers couldn’t say if he was a genius or a madman or a little of both?
a. Kurt Cobain b. William Blake c. Jimi Hendrix
11. Which artist, battling his own demons of drugs and depression, committed suicide at the height of his career, yet many are convinced that he was murdered by his ambitious wife?
a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. Kurt Cobain c. John Keats
12. Which artist perfected his astounding technique while in military service, found fame in his own country only after becoming successful in another, and died of a drug overdose at the age of twenty seven?
a. Jimi Hendrix b. William Blake c. Lord Byron
13. Which artist did not die in his/her twenties?
a. Jimi Hendrix b. John Keats c. Lord Byron d. Janis Joplin e. Jim Morrison f. Percy Bysshe Shelley
14. Which artist was the sole support of his younger siblings after the early deaths of his parents, and who, realizing his own imminent death while caring for his terminally ill brother, produced some of the most beautiful poetry in the English language in a blaze of feverish creativity just months before he died?
a. John Keats b. Kurt Cobain c. William Blake
15. Which artist drowned in a boating accident and whose body washed ashore ten days later with a copy of his friend’s works in his pocket? His body was burned in a funeral pyre on the shore while another artist who, in a few short years would also be dead, swam out to sea to watch and pay homage to his friend?
a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. Lord Byron c. Jimi Hendrix
16. Which artist was picked on at school?
a. Percy Bysshe Shelley b. Janis Joplin c. Both Shelley and Joplin
17. Which artist was inspired in his own art by the hallucinogenic beauty of William Blake’s poetry and art?
a. John Lennon b. Jim Morrison c. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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