Questions › Chapter 4: A modern, thriving society
What mainly inspired the poems of Sir Walter Scott?
- AThe beauty of nature
- BHis Protestant religious views
- CScotland and the songs of the border areaRight answer
- DHis time fighting in the First World War
Answer: Scotland and the songs of the border area
Scott's poems drew on Scotland and the old stories and songs of the Scottish-English border. Owen and Sassoon wrote about the war, Milton about faith, and Wordsworth about nature.
From chapter 4 of the handbook, "A modern, thriving society", section "Arts and culture". Practice question 414 of 651, written in our own words.