This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the mood of James Russell Lowell's poem "The First Snowfall" ? A) Solemn/sad. B) Warmth vs. cold. C) Happy. D) Feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solemn/sad. 2. What is the only word that the raven utters? A) Quoth. B) Nevermore. C) Nothing. D) Lenore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nevermore. 3. Who drives the carriage in "Because I could not stop for death" ? A) Prince Charming. B) The white knight. C) Death. D) Her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 4. Which of the following is NOT part of the "5 I's" of the Romantic Period? A) Inclusion. B) Intuition. C) Idealism. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inclusion. 5. True or False:In Romanticism, nature has good and bad power and should be respected. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. What does Tom find in the woods when he goes to look for his wife? A) A skull with a tomahawk in it. B) His wife's apron with a heart and liver inside. C) The devil. D) The devil's hair in his wife's apron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His wife's apron with a heart and liver inside. 7. Romantics value education over intuition. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. "TMBV":Which statement expresses a central theme of the story? A) People are attracted by unsolved mysteries. B) People who sin should not be forgiven. C) People with faith can overcome any hardship. D) People are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves. 9. His most famous works include "Dedham Vale, " "The Hay Wain, " and "Wivenhoe Park." A) Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins. B) Caspar David Friedrich. C) Francisco Goya. D) Adolph Von Menzel. E) John Constable. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) John Constable. 10. Which aspect of life was NOT a focus of Romantic era writers? A) Emotions. B) Revolutionary governmental ideas. C) Possibilities. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolutionary governmental ideas. 11. A/an ..... is a literary device in which there are two layers:the literal plot and the symbolism of all characters, places, and/or events within the text. A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Satire. D) Anastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 12. The essence of transcendentalism was the philosophy known as realism. For idealists, reality is not "out there" in material objects but instead exists in our ideas about those objects A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. What were Thoreau's thoughts on his cabin? A) Thoreau thought that people should live simply and move away from a materialistic lifestyle. B) Thoreau reasoned that reading books were better than listening to others. C) Thoreau moved away to learn many things about Science. D) Thoreau liked to talk about himself and how to make things by hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoreau thought that people should live simply and move away from a materialistic lifestyle. 14. Blake's poetry is based on dichotomies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What is intuition? Did the Romantics value intuition? A) Feeling and instincts, over reason:NO. B) Reason over feelings and instincts:YES. C) Feeling and instincts, over reason. YES. D) Reason over feelings and instincts:NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling and instincts, over reason. YES. 16. When readers must infer the thoughts and feelings of a character based on actions or dialogue, it is called: A) 3rd Person Omniscient. B) 3rd Person Limited. C) 3rd Person Narrative. D) 3rd Person Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd Person Objective. 17. Which line from The Devil and Tom Walker reveals that he has sold his soul to the devil? A) Tom prayed loudly. B) He regretted the bargain he made with his black friend. C) Carried a small Bible in his pocket. D) Tom began to feel anxious about the next world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He regretted the bargain he made with his black friend. 18. Dark Romantics had much in common with whom? A) Native Americans. B) Rationalists. C) Puritans. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puritans. 19. The repetition of vowel sounds or other similar sounds within words (internal rhyme): A) Allegory. B) Foreshadowing. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 20. What is unique about the Baroque style? A) Classical influences Clean, Crisp, hard edged style. B) Overly emotional & dramatic lighting. C) About great adventures & heroism emotional. D) Portrayed only what they could see & experience featuring the working class & common everyday world. E) Whimsical, elaborate, & pastel colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overly emotional & dramatic lighting. 21. Rejects conformity A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Dark Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 22. How can an artist use size to create the illusion of space in a work of art? A) Objects that are large seem close-up, objects that are smaller will appear to be further away. B) Objects that are small seem close-up, objects that are larger will appear to be further away. C) All objects are the same size within the artwork. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objects that are large seem close-up, objects that are smaller will appear to be further away. 23. The Arts in the Romantic period were an emotional reaction against established order, especially the religious and political order of the time. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. The Romantic movement was a reaction against A) The Great Awakening/Puritanism. B) The Transcendentalists/Gothic literature. C) The Industrial Revolution/Enlightenment. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Industrial Revolution/Enlightenment. 25. Rip Van Winkle is characteristic of the American Romantic hero in that he A) Loves nature. B) Has an uneasy relationship with his wife. C) Has appealing childlike qualities. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. What is Social Reform? A) The ability to act at one's own discretion. B) Idea that God decides the fate of a person's soul even before birth. C) Organized attempts to improve conditions of life. D) The idea that the U.S. must claim more land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organized attempts to improve conditions of life. 27. Excerpt from "The Raven":Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor, " I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-Only this and nothing more." From whose perspective is the poem "The Raven" narrated? A) Someone who is in mourning. B) A lost lover. C) The Raven. D) An omniscient narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who is in mourning. 28. What does "Thanatopsis" mean? A) "insanity". B) "the horror of death". C) "snap". D) "meditation on death". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "meditation on death". 29. A synonym for picturing music is A) Programme music. B) Absolute music. C) Choral music. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Programme music. 30. The picture "Wanderer above the sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich is about ..... A) Drama in the action. B) Impossible love. C) Visual drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visual drama. 31. To the Romantic mind ..... was/were the highest embodiment of the imagination. A) Music. B) Philosophy. C) Art. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 32. What elements of romanticism are found here? Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; A) Reverence for nature. B) Faith in the power of one's imagination. C) Optimism about human nature. D) Faith in one's inner emotions, experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverence for nature. 33. Fill in the Blank:Dark Romantics and Puritans saw signs and symbols in ..... events. A) Random. B) Divine. C) Natural. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural. 34. How did architecture change in this Era? A) The design of buildings was influenced by Native American culture. B) Buildings had a greek and roman style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buildings had a greek and roman style. 35. Exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect. A) Metaphor. B) Antithesis. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 36. Which is an art song? A) A song with high musical aspirations accompanied by piano. B) The repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience. C) The concluding fast aria of a two or three section opera. D) A song that teaches you how to draw a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A song with high musical aspirations accompanied by piano. 37. What was the subject matter of Romantic art? A) Noble people. B) The harsh side of life. C) Industry. D) Landscapes & peaceful beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Landscapes & peaceful beauty. 38. What two works did Edgar Allen Poe write? A) The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher. B) The Ravenand the Ministers Black Veil. C) The Ministers Black Veiland The Fall of the House of Usher. D) A Psalm of Lifeand Tide Rises, Tide Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher. 39. Which of the following Romantic period writers wrote "Les Miserables" ? A) Alexandre Dumas. B) Victor Hugo. C) Mary Shelley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Victor Hugo. 40. Romantics valued the individual. Which movement was taking root during this time? A) Prohibition. B) Women's Rights. C) Civil Rights Movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women's Rights. 41. Which of the following words means "pale, or without color?" A) Tremulous. B) Pallid. C) Enshrouded. D) Sullen. E) Emaciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallid. 42. True or False:Romanticism is often about writers inner feelings and life experiences A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 43. The pattern of sounds at the end of lines of poetry A) Imagery. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Parallel structure. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 44. The roots of Romanticism can be found in the German movement ..... A) Stocking. B) Zeitgeist. C) Storm and stress. D) Construction and house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storm and stress. 45. What character does "The Devil and Tom Walker" and "Young Goodman Brown" have in common? A) A naive, but insightful child. B) A devil figure. C) A witch. D) A difficult wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A devil figure. 46. Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 7? A) . "It is not surprising that free-verse poetry rose to popularity during the American Romantic period when artists sought to reject the restrictive customs of the past in order to embrace liberation, individualism, imagination, intuition, and spiritual transcendence.". B) "According to Emerson, the highest form of language was the language of nature, which incorporated symbols related to the natural world as well as synecdoche, or the use of a part to represent the whole or vice versa.". C) "Walt Whitman popularized the use of free verse, which has become one of the most frequently used forms of poetry in American literature and has been practiced, either on the whole or in part, by many American poets ". D) "Whitman's poetry did not rhyme and did not fit into any formal category; it followed the free and energetic path of Whitman's own mind and emotions. Today we call this informal structure free verse.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . "It is not surprising that free-verse poetry rose to popularity during the American Romantic period when artists sought to reject the restrictive customs of the past in order to embrace liberation, individualism, imagination, intuition, and spiritual transcendence.". 47. What happened to Tom Walker's money at the end of the story? A) It is shared among the townspeople. B) The townspeople steal it. C) It goes to Mrs. Walker. D) It turns to cinder and ash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It turns to cinder and ash. 48. Since ancient times, the human being has avoided seeking and innovating the different forms of artistic expression with the aim of not transcending A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 49. True/False:American Transcendentalists liked organized religion? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 50. Montressor (a) Fortunato to return home, but he proceeded into the catacombs. A) Writhed. B) Discussed. C) Enshrouded. D) A implored. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A implored. 51. ..... is a non-metrical, non-rhyming form of poetry that tends to follow the natural cadence of speech A) Essay. B) The Dark Romantics. C) Free verse. D) Unitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 52. Fill in the blanks:Unlike ....., who focused on reason and intellect, ..... stressed the imagination and experiences of the individual. A) Neoclassicists/Romantics. B) Romantics/Neoclassicists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neoclassicists/Romantics. 53. The story of a man who is battling his inner demons, which tell him to leave his family and voyage into nature and the unknown would be considered an example of "Dark Romanticism" . A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. A) Percy Bysshe Shelley. B) William Wordsworth. C) John Keats. D) Lord Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Keats. 55. Which of the following is a characteristic of the Romantic Art movement? A) Emotions. B) Imagination. C) Loose brushwork. D) All of the above. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. What does the narrator conclude happened to Ichabod Crane? A) Ichabod ran away from being scared. B) Ichabod was killed by the Headless Horseman. C) There isn't an absolute answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There isn't an absolute answer. 57. True or false:Most scholars believe that Twain was a racist due to his portrayal of Jim. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. William Wordsworth is considered the Father of British Romanticism. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. Due to the invention of the valve system, the following instruments could play higher and lower pitches A) Violin, cello. B) Trombone, trumpet. C) Tambourine, chime-bells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trombone, trumpet. 60. Transcendentalists believed that all people were basically good. A) False. B) True. 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