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Romanticism Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?
2. Which 2 works did Henry David Thoreau write?
3. Composers of the Romantic period
4. True or False?Emily Dickinson married late in life and had two children, both of whom died in infancy.
5. Although it is written as two words, it is the beautiful singing of an opera style that allows the singer to shine.
6. Religious movement that perceived God as a singular being and had an optimistic view of human nature
7. What is optimism?
8. The flying fox is not really a fox at all, rather, it is a kind of bat whose head resembles that of a fox.
9. Which Reform movement was not prevalent during this period?
10. What do the occupations of a Usurer, Slave Trader, and Buccaneer in "The Devil and Tom Walker" have in common?
11. This composer was nicknamed "Father of the Symphony" and wrote 107 symphonies.
12. Dr. Rappaccini cares more about ..... than humankind.
13. Select which is NOT a trait or quality that the new American Romantic hero would possess.
14. Tom's wife decides to go into the forest because she-
15. In the Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator claims he can hear the ..... which causes him to confess.
16. ..... was a Romantic composer who was a child prodigy born in Austria. By the time ..... was 10, he wrote his first full symphony. By age 14, he was writing operas ..... added to musical tradition by adding the advanced use of the clarinet and placing the trombone into the symphony for the first time. Despite his genius and musical accomplishments, he died a very poor man, at only 35 years old. In his short life, he composed 18 operas, 40 symphonies, 13 masses, 26 quartets among hundreds of other types. He lives on as being a great composer, but first a child prodigy.
17. Which does Romanticism prefer?
18. The series of events in a story and the motivation behind them
19. Read each short passage that follows. Determine which part is the fragment
20. Characteristic Feature:Nature as out of control
21. True or False:Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
22. Who joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire and died leading a campaign during that war?
23. The Dark Romantics (Melville, Poe, and Hawthorne) disagreed with the Transcendentalists about
24. What united the different parts of the elite class?
25. Who were the Fireside Poets?
26. True or False:Romantics viewed emotions as weak and did not see them as a priority in their writing.
27. In "My Heart Leaps Up, " how does the speaker believe nature should be viewed?
28. William Blake is critical of the A ..... effects of industrialisation on theB ..... and on people.
29. Which of the following Romantic period writers wrote "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" ?
30. Many Romantics possessed a passionate interest in
31. In 1833, Garrison, a group of Quaker reformers, free blacks, and evangelicals organized the .....
32. Synonym for enigma:
33. The Romanticism covered the 20th century it was the result of the new society that appeared from the French Revolution.
34. Which choice best summarizes "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
35. A common element of Romantic poems is the use of descriptive words to trigger the five senses. What is this called?
36. In Italy the operetta was born, even more popular than the opera comique.
37. What is childhood for the Romantics?
38. According to Henry David Thoreau, the majority rule cannot ever be:
39. Romanticism is DEAD.
40. What is the most common lit term used in "A Psalm of Life"
41. The Last of the Mohicans
42. According to most Romantic poets, nature .....
43. What needed to be expanded to give commoners more of a voice during the Victorian era?
44. Period of time that used as an inspiration the art of Ancient Rome and Greece:
45. Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"
46. What is "self-reliance?"
47. Who is the father of Romanticism?
48. What author is know for writing Gothic Romantic works such as The Masque of the Red Death and The Raven
49. ..... was a Romantic composer who a smooth flowing, poetic quality to his music that opened doors for the increased expression of the Romantic Period. He was born in Germany and was a child genius ..... would write whole pieces of music in just one afternoon ..... greatest known works are songs, voice with piano accompaniment ..... became ill during the composing of his 8th symphony which caused him to skip the completion of his 8th symphony, and move straight on to his 9th. His 8th symphony is now known as The Unfinished Symphony.
50. What is the main idea in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ?
51. Which of the following is a writing technique used by the Romantic writers/poets?
52. Which technique is uncharacteristic of Romanticism?
53. A major purpose of an "etude" is to .....
54. What is the definition of "transcend" ?
55. Chris liked Emma since the third-grade, but he had never found the nerve to tell her. But one sunny day, Chris said to Emma, "So ..... you want to go out with me?" Emma blushed and said, "Ok" Chris smiled. This is an example of:
56. What effect is achieved through repetitions in 'The Lamb'?
57. What are the main characteristics of Dark Romantics
58. Very thin; inadequate
59. Who were some of the leading people in the Romanticism movement?
60. How did the Westward Expansion in the U.S. influence Romanticism?
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