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6. (Metaphysical 1921): What do intelligent poets have?

  • ambition
  • interests
  • personality
  • feelings

7. (Tradition 1919): What should a new work do to an existing body of work?

  • fits in and radically changes it
  • fits in and alters it all slightly
  • fits in and doesn't alter it at all

8. (Tradition 1919): 'The past should be altered by the present as much as .....'

  • ...the present is delineated by the past'
  • ....the present is directed by the past'
  • ...the present is determined by the past'

9. (Metaphysical 1921): Where should the poet look for their inspiration?

  • nerves
  • heart
  • whole body
  • brain

10. (Tradition 1919): What don't poets express?

  • voice
  • personality
  • emotions
  • self

11. (Tradition 1919): What sort of emotions should poets look to express?

  • new ones in unusual ways
  • existing ones in typical ways
  • existing ones in unusual ways
  • new ones in typical ways

12. (Tradition 1919): What is poetry an escape from?

  • feeling and personality
  • emotion and personality
  • personality and tranquillity
  • emotion and feeling

13. (Tradition 1919): Why does Eliot disagree with Wordsworth's tranquillity theory?

  • a poet can't use emotions he hasn't experienced and it happens consciously
  • a poet can't use emotions he hasn't experienced and it doesn't happen consciously
  • a poet can use emotions he hasn't experienced and it doesn't happen consciously
  • a poet can use emotions he hasn't experienced and it happens consciously

14. (Tradition 1919): If a poet is a 'catalyst' what are the 'elements'?

  • emotions and feelings
  • language and metre
  • voices and personalities