Romanticism Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. In what way were the Romantic authors different from their predecessors?
2. What did Emerson value?
3. In the Romantic Age Britain was under:
4. Alexander Pushkin was a Realistic
5. Which of the words in the following sentence should be capitalized?"who was the first roman catholic president of the united states?"
6. Time of the Industrial Revolution:
7. Writers after 1800 were not widely read.
8. "The gentle giant jumped in jubilation" is an example of which type of figurative language?
9. The use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean is called:
10. The most popular type of poetry was called
11. Blake saw the French Revolution as the denial of freedom since it provoked violence and terror.
12. The pieces of music created for piano during the romantic period were structured in
13. When did the Romanticism, Gothics, Dark Romanticism period end?
14. What is a symbol of hypocrisy and hidden evil?
15. How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
16. The Romantic period is called such because all the literature in this time period is
17. During which period did English Romantic poetry reach its zenith?
18. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is considered what type of poetry?
19. Romanticism took place during .....
20. Which of the following was NOT a value of Transcendentalism?
21. Based on "Walden, " which of the following ideas would Thoreau value most?
22. Large instrumental forms made use of the enlargement of the orchestra with a stronger use of wind and percussion instruments.
23. What was Thoreau's opinion about connecting to Nature and people?
24. William Blake was born in
25. Which of the following is an opinion held by American Romantic writers?
26. What does transitory mean in paragraph 2? Poetry is indeed something divine. It is at once the center and circumference of knowledge; it is that which comprehends all science, and that to which all science must be referred. It is at the same time the root and blossom of all other systems of thought ..... Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness; this power arises from within, like the color of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed, and the conscious portions of our natures areunprophetic either of its approach or its departure .....
27. Combination of old style and domestic Architecture.
28. In "Young Goodman Brown, " Goodman Brown is compelled to continue into the forest toward the devilish gathering when .....
29. Which one below did Romanticism not emphasize on?
30. The raven symbolizes
31. Name the movement that reflected deep interest both in nature and in the thoughts and feelings of the individual:
32. Our math teachers, Mr. Woock and Mr. Stamstad, would fit well into the American Romantic literary movement because of their rational and logical thinking?
33. In MLA format, where should the "Works Cited" page be placed in a research paper?
34. What is a famous structure that represents the architecture of engineers?
35. ..... are to poetry as paragraphs are to prose.
36. Which vocabulary word would characterize the Romantics feelings towards the growing industrialized cities?
37. Romanticism authors thought that people were better off following ..... than relying on .....
38. What is the moral of "The Devil and Tom Walker" ?
39. Who wrote Civil Disobedience?
40. What is the main subject matter of Romanticism?
41. Arts movement that had a deep interest in nature and the individual
42. And many an eye has danced to see/That banner in the sky
43. According to Emerson, what is the belief that drives great men to their accomplishments?
44. What did it encourage?
45. Prince Prospero survives to tell the tale of his party.
46. Bold and unconventional color schemes.
47. Neoclassicism was a reaction to what other art movement?
48. Consists of 5 metric units called "feet" which have an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
49. A grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or indentation
50. True or False:The Romantic period started in the United States.
51. The orchestra of the Romantic period became
52. Often, Romantics believed one needed to explore ideas through ..... because the ..... mind could not understand all of the important truths of life.
53. What are three words from the first stanza that help set the tone?
54. What is the definition of Extended Metaphor?
55. Why did Henry David Thoreau decide to go live alone in nature?
56. Ages of Western Visual Art:Baroque
57. What characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization during the Romantic Age?
58. What work does the following quotation highlight? " The little waves, with their soft white hands, efface the footprints in the sand."
59. As proof of the truth of his statements, the Devil .....
60. Thoreau asserts that a government which governs ..... is best.