This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The Fall of the House of Usher":Where did the narrator first meet Roderick? A) Family friends. B) They're related. C) Friend from childhood. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friend from childhood. 2. "The Devil and Tom Walker":What is the main lesson of the story? A) Greed leads to misery. B) Money = happiness. C) Isolation leads to madness. D) Marriage is sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greed leads to misery. 3. What does the literal raven represent in the "Raven" A) Represents loss and instigation. B) Represents integrity and greed. C) Represents purity and gracefulness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Represents loss and instigation. 4. Romantic literature themes included what? A) Evocation of the past. B) Respect for nature. C) Isolation of the artist/narrator. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Which war influenced Romanticism? A) The french revolution. B) The vietnam war. C) Napoleonic war?. D) Anglo-french french war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The french revolution. 6. Often regarded as Greatest Romantic composer A) Brauner. B) Beethoven. C) Brahms. D) Bach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beethoven. 7. What LITERARY DEVICE is here? High walls make not a palace; full purses make not a king. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 8. What did romanticism show deep interest in? A) Nature and thoughts/feelings of a person. B) Art and ideas/creation of a person. C) Animals and what they thought/did. D) Plants and what they do/make. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature and thoughts/feelings of a person. 9. When was the Romantic period? A) The late 18th centure through 19th century. B) The late 1700s. C) The early 1600s. D) The mid-2000s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The late 18th centure through 19th century. 10. Opera was one of the favorite performances of the Romanticism. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The Industrial Revolution was actually a miserable time for slaves, women, and workers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. What art movement came after the Romantic art period? A) Baroque. B) Impressionist. C) Cubism. D) Realism. E) Expressionist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Realism. 13. Which of the following would be a setting in Dark Romantic works? A) A graveyard. B) Catacombs. C) The woods at night. D) A haunted house. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these. 14. "Are we content to sit idly by, allowing injustice to prevail? Will we remain silent in the face of oppression, or will we rise and speak out against the forces that seek to divide us?"Question:What rhetorical device is used in the passage, where the speaker poses questions not necessarily expecting direct answers, but rather to provoke thought and engage the audience? A) Rhetorical question. B) Repetition. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 15. What theory states that some organisms are more adaptable than others? A) Realism. B) Romanticism. C) Natural selection. D) Secularization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural selection. 16. In the Romantic view of the TRUTH, intuition and ..... guided man to understanding? A) Imagination. B) Hard Work. C) Favor. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagination. 17. Which of the following is NOT an example of civil disobedience throughout history? A) Martin Luther King leading peaceful marches and boycotts for Civil Rights in The United States. B) Nelson Mandela leading nonviolent marches against apartheid in South Africa. C) Gandhi leading nonviolent resistance against British rule in India. D) Early American settlers unjustly taking land from Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Early American settlers unjustly taking land from Native Americans. 18. Romanticism in American replaced the ..... view of urban life? A) Legendary. B) Rationalistic. C) Logical. D) Irrational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rationalistic. 19. According to Emerson, when is a person content? A) When he has put his heart into his work. B) When he has done his best. C) When he has trusted the iron string. D) All of the above. E) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both A and B. 20. How does Romanticism differ from Rationalism (the movement before it)? A) Rationalists believed that everything had a rational answer, but Romantics did not. B) Rationalists believed the country-a place of independence-was superior to the city, but Romantics felt the city was better. C) Rationalists believed the city-a place of independence-was superior to the country, but Romantics felt the country was better. D) Rationalists believed the most important emotion was fear, but the romantics thought it was love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rationalists believed the city-a place of independence-was superior to the country, but Romantics felt the country was better. 21. His ordinary voice sounded like a whisper after the harsh note of the conch. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Frederick Douglas was a black abolitionist. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Berlioz called this way the melody that represented the obsessive idea of his loved one. A) Motif. B) Fixed. C) Poem. D) Leitmotif. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed. 24. Who wrote "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art" ? A) Lord Byron. B) John Keats. C) William Wordsworth. D) Christina Rossetti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Keats. 25. The main characteristic of Classicism style was ..... A) All composers follow patterns to write their music. B) All composers wanted to express their own feelings. C) Music had a lot of ornaments and contrasts. D) Music was thought for rich people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All composers follow patterns to write their music. 26. The Scarlet Letter by, Nathaniel Hawthorne was written during the romantic time period. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. A Byronic hero is an antihero. What is an antihero? A) A hero with negative qualities like disobedience or arrogance. B) A hero that becomes villain at a later story. C) A hero that decides to end his life at the end of the story. D) A hero who realizes that he is his own enemy all along. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hero with negative qualities like disobedience or arrogance. 28. Washington Irving A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 29. What is the main difference between romanticism and transcendentalism? A) Romanticism explores the supernatural, while transcendentalism explores the natural world. B) Romanticism emphasizes external forces, while transcendentalism emphasizes personal intuition. C) Romanticism focuses on physical beauty, while transcendentalism focuses on spiritual connections. D) Romanticism is based on established doctrine, while transcendentalism is based on individual interpretation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism emphasizes external forces, while transcendentalism emphasizes personal intuition. 30. Who of the following poets was a "Lord" ? A) Byron. B) Keats. C) Coleridge. D) Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Byron. 31. Identify the fictitious Dutch historian and "author" of "Rip Van Winkle." A) Washington Irving. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Diedrich Knickerbocker. D) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diedrich Knickerbocker. 32. Select a country that Britain did not expand its trade connection to. A) India. B) South Africa. C) China. D) Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Korea. 33. "TMBV":Hooper decides to take the veil off just before he dies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. The marking of "rubato" in music is in regards to A) Tone color. B) Dynamics. C) Rhythm. D) Tempo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tempo. 35. What does Dr. Heidegger bring back to life as proof to his guests that the water has magical qualities? A) The pepper plant he has sitting in his window which wilted and died long ago. B) A beat and battered moth he finds on the floor. C) A dead rose that has been pressed between the pages of a large book. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dead rose that has been pressed between the pages of a large book. 36. The first edition of The Lyrical Ballads was published in A) 1790. B) 1789. C) 1792. D) 1791. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1789. 37. Artists whose work celebrated the power and beauty of untouched and untamed nature were known as what? A) The Antebellum School. B) The Hudson River School. C) The Kaaterskill School. D) The Native American School. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Hudson River School. 38. What aspect of Romanticism is present that would make this a good place to bury treasure? "a thickly wooded swamp ..... One side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove; on the opposite side the land rises abruptly from the water's edge into a high ridge ..... Under one of these gigantic trees ..... there was a great amount of treasure buried by Kidd the pirate." A) Nature. B) The supernatural. C) Isolated from civilization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isolated from civilization. 39. Match the following characteristic to its proper age.Cities are cultural centers A) Puritanism. B) Age of Reason. C) Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Age of Reason. 40. And our hearts/Still, like muffled drums, are beating A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 41. In "Young Goodman Brown, " as Goodman Brown walks into the forest, he meets A) An older man with a staff in the shape of a serpent. B) A devilish Indian with a bow. C) A man with a staff in the shape of a rope. D) A ghost with a walking cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An older man with a staff in the shape of a serpent. 42. Thoreau began to live alone near Walden Pond on A) His 30th birthday. B) Christmas Eve 1845. C) July 4th 1845. D) New Years Day 1845. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) July 4th 1845. 43. Contrast romanticism with the Age of Reason A) It is better to be a Romanticist than the Age of Reason. B) Romanticism is more focused on human emotion and entertainment, whereas the Age of Reason is focused on strict attention to reasoning. C) Romanticism is about flowers; whereas the Age of Reason is more wise. D) Romanticism focuses on truth; whereas Reason focuses on Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism is more focused on human emotion and entertainment, whereas the Age of Reason is focused on strict attention to reasoning. 44. True or False:The Novel was a concept that the Americans borrowed from British Romanticism A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 45. Why is Beethoven considered a Romantic composer? A) Most of his symphonies are about love. B) Napoleon declared it to be so. C) He did not use classical techniques and forms. D) His music was passionate and dramatically expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His music was passionate and dramatically expressive. 46. What device does the poet Wordsworth use in "Lines Written in Early Spring" when he says "every flower enjoys the air it breathes" ? A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 47. How would you define the rhythm in 'The Tiger'? A) Lulling. B) Hammering. C) Slow. D) Fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hammering. 48. The realist novels of Flaubert and Dickens A) Portrayed the world by using the author's imaginations and emotions. B) Criticized aspects of 19th century life. C) Argued for "survival of the fittest". D) Condemned Darwin as "godless". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Criticized aspects of 19th century life. 49. Gothic/Dark Romantics believe that humans are born: A) Romantic. B) In Nature. C) Evil. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evil. 50. T or F:Like the Romantics, the Dark Romantics value emotion and intuition over reason. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 51. The main innovations that defined Romantic ballet were technical virtuosity, pointe dancing and white muslin tutu. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. What did Montresor do when Fortunato went into the vault? A) He gave him some Amontillado. B) He chained Fortunato to the wall. C) He gave him a lot of money. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He chained Fortunato to the wall. 53. Which composer was NOT from the Romantic period? A) Schubert. B) Brahms. C) Tchaikovsky. D) Haydn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haydn. 54. During this time, there was an emphasis on the power of the ordinary or common man A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. The Fireside Poets were known for a simple, consistent rhyme scheme. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 56. Who has published Lyrical Ballads (1798)? A) John Keats with Lord Byron. B) Percy Bysshe Shelley with his wife. C) William Wordsworth with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Wordsworth with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 57. Someone who is a "nonconformist" would likely follow the beliefs of Romanticism and Transcendentalism. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. The following refers to Romanticism, except A) Imagination. B) Logical. C) Emotional sensitivity. D) Individual subjectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logical. 59. It is the most important and expressive musical element of Romantic compositions. A) Melody. B) Harmony. C) Texture. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melody. 60. Who were the members of group of five? A) Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui and Borodin. B) Glinka, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui and Mussorgsky. C) Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Mussorgsy and Borodin. D) Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Cui and Mussorgsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Mussorgsy and Borodin. ← 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