MCQs – Empedocles on Etna by Matthew Arnold

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman Shamil | Last updated: February 11, 2025

1. Who is the central character in Empedocles on Etna?
a) Matthew Arnold
b) Socrates
c) Empedocles
d) Aristotle
✔ c) Empedocles

2. Empedocles on Etna is best described as:
a) A lyrical ballad
b) A dramatic poem
c) A philosophical essay
d) A historical novel
✔ b) A dramatic poem

3. What is the main theme of Empedocles on Etna?
a) Political revolution
b) Religious devotion
c) The conflict between human suffering and nature
d) Romantic love
✔ c) The conflict between human suffering and nature

4. Where does Empedocles meet his tragic end in the poem?
a) In a battle
b) In a temple
c) On Mount Etna
d) By drowning in a river
✔ c) On Mount Etna

5. Which literary movement is Matthew Arnold associated with?
a) Romanticism
b) Victorian poetry
c) Modernism
d) Existentialism
✔ b) Victorian poetry

6. What philosophical ideas are reflected in Empedocles on Etna?
a) Nihilism and absurdity
b) Stoicism and existential despair
c) Hedonism and materialism
d) Scientific positivism
✔ b) Stoicism and existential despair

7. Why did Matthew Arnold initially exclude Empedocles on Etna from his published works?
a) He believed it lacked poetic value
b) He thought it was too pessimistic
c) The poem was incomplete
d) It was banned by the Victorian authorities
✔ b) He thought it was too pessimistic

8. What is the poetic structure of Empedocles on Etna?
a) Blank verse
b) Rhyming couplets
c) Free verse
d) Sonnet sequence
✔ a) Blank verse

9. How does Empedocles view the gods in the poem?
a) As merciful and kind
b) As indifferent to human suffering
c) As personal guides in life
d) As sources of divine punishment
✔ b) As indifferent to human suffering

10. What symbolic action does Empedocles take at the end of the poem?
a) He accepts a life of solitude
b) He leaps into Mount Etna’s crater
c) He becomes a wandering philosopher
d) He builds a temple for the gods
✔ b) He leaps into Mount Etna’s crater

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