This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is known for their symbolist art and spiritual visions? A) William Blake. B) John Constable. C) Eugene Delacroix. D) Caspar David Friedrich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Blake. 2. The American and French revolutions were a direct result of this emotional reaction against the ..... A) Established order. B) Religion. C) Government. D) Monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Established order. 3. Who is an example of a Transcendentalist writer? A) Emily Dickinson (wrote over 1, 000 poems). B) Walt Whitman (wrote "Song of Myself"). C) Edgar Allen Poe (wrote "The Black Cat"). D) Ralph Waldo Emerson (wrote "Self Reliance"). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ralph Waldo Emerson (wrote "Self Reliance"). 4. Romanticism stemmed because people wanted to focus on how to interpret life on their own. This was opposite to what those believed in during A) The Age of Reason. B) The reason age. C) Revolutionary war. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Age of Reason. 5. The American Fireside Poets are best known for their A) Comfortable subjects appealing to families. B) Hotheaded, passionate ideas and messages. C) Disdain for American subjects and settings. D) Humorous approach to important issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comfortable subjects appealing to families. 6. Who is often considered the father of English Romanticism? A) William Blake. B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. C) Percy Bysshe Shelley. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Wordsworth. 7. Which of these operas was composed by G. Rossini? A) The Valkyrie. B) Bohemian. C) Tosca. D) The Barber of Seville. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Barber of Seville. 8. True or false:Romanticism is a movement that focuses on sentimental heroes, medieval themes in romance, the classical past, exotic places, and peoples ..... ESCAPISM A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. The story of a woman who goes for a hike in the woods behind her house, meets a wayward hiker, and falls in love is an example of A) Romanticism. B) Dark Romanticism. C) Either of the above. D) Neither of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neither of the above. 10. Who composed the Sorcerer's Apprentice? A) Sour cream. B) Table cloths. C) Saint-Saens. D) Berlioz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table cloths. 11. According to Romantics, where can we find the Absolute Truth? A) In nature around us and within us. B) In society and its institutions. C) In poetry. D) In the Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In nature around us and within us. 12. What are the elements that the litle bird fights against? A) Heard, storm. B) Heard, gargantuan storm and the chillest land. C) Gargantuan storms, coldest land and strange sea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gargantuan storms, coldest land and strange sea. 13. Was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. A) Edouard Manet. B) Paul Cezanne. C) Edgar Degas. D) Claude Monet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claude Monet. 14. When did the era of romanticism end? A) 1800. B) 1863. C) 1822. D) 1876. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1863. 15. Which of the following composition types did Chopin often write? A) Minuet and trio. B) Symphony. C) Concerto. D) Nocturne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nocturne. 16. Having a bad reputation; infamous A) Consequence. B) Notorious. C) Meager. D) Zeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notorious. 17. The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on ..... A) Landscapes, rivers, countrysides. B) Factories, industry, machines. C) Shipbuilders of the northeast. D) Slavery in the south. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landscapes, rivers, countrysides. 18. The Romantic view of man focused on ..... ? A) The Church. B) Society. C) The Individual. D) Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Individual. 19. Which of the following is a common topic in Dark Romanticism? A) Fear. B) Guilt/Sin. C) Good vs. Evil. D) Madness. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these. 20. Why did Haydn write the "Surprise" Symphony? A) He was tired of ladies falling asleep during his symphonies so he played a joke on them. B) He liked jack-in-the-boxes. C) Prince Esterhazy asked him to. D) He hated surprises. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was tired of ladies falling asleep during his symphonies so he played a joke on them. 21. Which Influential romantic poet has written this quote? I wandered lonely as a CloudThat floats on high o'er vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden Daffodils. A) William Wordsworth. B) Samuel Taylor. C) Percy Bysshe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Wordsworth. 22. Success lied in trusting what? A) Your Gut. B) Your heart. C) Your blood. D) Your brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your Gut. 23. "Tom consoled himself for the loss of his property with the loss of his wife, " indicates that ..... A) He misses his wife event though they fought. B) He is grateful that his wife is gone even though he lost his possessions. C) He isn't worried about his wife or his possessions, just his deal with "Old Scratch" . D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is grateful that his wife is gone even though he lost his possessions. 24. Passage from "Civil Disobedience": "I heartily accept the motto, 'That government is best which governs least'; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe-'That government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have."Which phrase in the passage emphasizes Thoreau's viewpoint on government? A) "prepared for it". B) "kind of government". C) "government is best". D) "governs least". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "governs least". 25. Which of the following historical details did NOT aid in the development of the Romantic movement in America? A) Westward expansion. B) The Civil War. C) The Jacksonian era. D) The close of the Civil War. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The close of the Civil War. 26. ..... is a relatively short piece of writing that attempts to grapple with an idea, explain something, or argue a point A) The Dark Romantics. B) Unitarianism. C) Free verse. D) Essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Essay. 27. Who is known for his engravings and illustrations based on biblical themes? A) John Constable. B) Caspar David Friedrich. C) William Blake. D) Eugene Delacroix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Blake. 28. The same letter or sound at the beginning of words close to each other: A) Rhyming. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 29. In "Into the Wild, " Chris McCandless is said to be a modern day adherent to ..... A) Hawthorne. B) Washington Irving. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Thoreau and Emerson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoreau and Emerson. 30. Romantic writing moved away from political matters and revolutionary governmental ideas and began to focus on all except: A) Emotions. B) Individualism. C) Religious enlightenment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious enlightenment. 31. What is the major theme in the "Tide Rises, Tide Falls" A) Nature is a constant cycle and it does not care about you. B) Everyone has secrets that they hide from everyone. C) Self Isolation will drive you insane. D) All humans are the same as every living thing on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature is a constant cycle and it does not care about you. 32. Great enthusiasm; passion A) Indifference. B) Zeal. C) Strenuous. D) Notorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeal. 33. James Russell Lowell and John Greenleaf Whitter show nature as what in their poems? A) Beautiful and meaningful. B) Scary and meaningful. C) Beautiful and unworthy. D) Beautiful and unfamiliar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful and meaningful. 34. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of American Romanticism? A) Glorification of nature. B) Realism. C) Emphasis on emotion and individualism. D) Supernatural elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realism. 35. What us Assonance A) Repetition of similar vowel sounds. B) Repetition of similar consonants sounds. C) The louder sound in a poem is stressed first. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of similar vowel sounds. 36. Emily Dickinson was born in December 10, 1830. T or F? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 37. Match the following characteristic to its proper age.Education leads to self-improvement A) Puritanism. B) Age of Reason. C) Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Age of Reason. 38. Why was Mozart's hair white? A) Mozart's hair was white because white powdered wigs were the style at the time. B) Mozart's hair was white because he was an old man. C) Mozart's hair was white because he liked to play in the snow. D) Mozart's hair was white because he dyed it to match his dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mozart's hair was white because white powdered wigs were the style at the time. 39. What was the place of origin of Romanticism? A) Italy. B) Spain. C) France. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany. 40. Which of the following are characteristics of the Romantic journey? A) Finding success and self-realization. B) Finding God's moral lessons. C) Finding independence, moral clarity, and healthful living. D) Finding prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finding independence, moral clarity, and healthful living. 41. Transcendentalism encourages: A) Following the rules. B) Being like everyone else. C) Joining the majority opinion. D) Not conforming to what others do and say. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not conforming to what others do and say. 42. Where did the Transcendentalists believe that you could find God? A) Inside yourself. B) At the flagpole. C) Nature. D) Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 43. Were writers very diverse in gender and race during Romanticism? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 44. Discretion, thoughtfulness A) Faux. B) Compliment. C) Tact. D) Spare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tact. 45. There was a rhetorical shift in Romanticism from persuasion and argument to what? A) Songs and dancing. B) Sermons and journals. C) Narration and description. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narration and description. 46. She had him at bay and he was going to pay for his belligerent behavior. "Belligerent" means A) Hostile, aggressive, or combative. B) Happy, jolly, exciting. C) Sarcastic. D) Sad, melancholy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hostile, aggressive, or combative. 47. Early English Romantic poets were insterested in ..... cultures A) Scandinavian. B) Greek. C) Roman. D) Celtic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celtic. 48. What was the opinion of State governments towards the native territory? A) They wanted to take it over. B) They wanted to ignore it. C) They wanted the indigenous people to keep it. D) They wanted to build new factories on the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They wanted to take it over. 49. The juxtaposition in Burial at Ornans A) High-ranking members of the church shown disinterested in ordinary people. B) The dog and the realist cross shown together in the same painting. C) Artist showing connection to prior revolutionary events. D) After the invention of the camera, the artists wanted to show reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High-ranking members of the church shown disinterested in ordinary people. 50. They viewed poetry as the simplistic expression of the imagination. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. In "The Soul selects her own society" on page 425, which of the following is the best translation of Stanza 1? A) The soul ignores everyone. B) The soul chooses who she wants in her life, and then doesn't care about anyone else. C) The soul stays inside all the time. D) The soul has a lot of friends and throws social parties in her home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The soul chooses who she wants in her life, and then doesn't care about anyone else. 52. What do Poe's letters to John Allan reveal about himself? A) Poe was a wealthy man upon publication of his poetry and short stories. B) Poe had a healthy, close relationship with his stepfather, John Allan. C) The self-expression and logic in Poe's letters is also evident in his literature. D) Poe was dishonorably discharged from the military. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The self-expression and logic in Poe's letters is also evident in his literature. 53. Who was the first woman actress? A) Mr. Bonsu. B) Nell Gwgn. C) Marty Pulzer. D) Scarlet Twaty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nell Gwgn. 54. When thoughts/Of the last bitter hour come like a blight/Over they spirit. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 55. How did Blake produce his poems? A) Painted on canvas. B) With a quill. C) Engraved on copper plates. D) High on opium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Engraved on copper plates. 56. Freedom-fighter in Greece and leading romantic poet A) Emile. B) Dickens. C) Lord Byron. D) Herone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Byron. 57. American Romanticism was all about sappy love stories, hearts, hugs, kisses, and all things romance. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. Romantic poets believe ..... can nourish the soul. A) Social relationships. B) Technology. C) Nature. D) Romantic relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 59. Which poet married Mary Shelley? A) Percy Shelley. B) Lord Byron. C) John Keats. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Percy Shelley. 60. Includes supernatural elements or beings A) Transcendentalism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRomanticism Quiz 1Romanticism Quiz 2Romanticism Quiz 3Romanticism Quiz 4Romanticism Quiz 5Romanticism Quiz 6Romanticism Quiz 7Romanticism Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books