Part One:  Dates:  In what year did each of the following events occur?  (Pick five (5): 2 points each)

1.  Publication of Lyrical Ballads

2.  Fall of the Bastille

3.  Battle of Waterloo

4.  Abolition of British Slave Trade

5.  Abolition of Slavery in all British territories

6.  Passage of the Reform Bill
 

Part Two: Essay

Select two of the following questions to respond to in well-organized and fully-developed essays that include a clear thesis supported with specific quotes and other direct evidence from the texts being discussed. (50 points each)

1.  Present a comparison of the portrayal of the figure of the poet in Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads, Byron's Dedication to Don Juan, and Percy Shelley's "Defence of Poetry."  (Bonus points could be earned by also referring to Coleridge's Biographia Literaria, a work mentioned a couple of times though not officially assigned for our class).  In what ways are these writers' views the same or different?  Be as specific as possible in your answer.

2.  Describe the portrayal of women in three of the following works in terms of the theories regarding women presented in Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In what ways do the female characters in these works exemplify the problems and/or alternatives discussed in Wollstonecraft's work?  Again, be as specific as possible in your response.  Wollstonecraft, Maria;  Austen, Emma; Hemans's poems; Shelley, Frankenstein.

3.  Describe the relationship between the speaker and nature in three of the following works:  Wordsworth's "Lines Written in Early Spring," Coleridge's "Dejection:  An Ode," Shelley's "To a Sky-Lark," and Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale."  In what ways and to what degree are the speakers' views "Romantic"?  Explain, being as specific as possible.

4.  Compare the representation of the major political figures of the period, including Robespierre and Napoleon in France and George III and George IV and others in England, as found in the poetry of William Wordsworth, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.  To what degree are these views "revolutionary" or conservative, if at all?  Explain, using specific references to at least three works.