This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Poetry that does not rhyme and does not have regular meter A) Free verse. B) Allegory. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 2. Which author spent most of their life to make women equal members of society? A) James Russell Lowell. B) John Greenleaf Whittier. C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. D) Margaret Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Margaret Fuller. 3. The steamboat and ..... revolutionized transportation A) Railroad. B) Automobile. C) Cruisehips. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Railroad. 4. According to Finney, how could an individual prove his/her faith? A) By spreading the word of God. B) By doing good deeds. C) By going regularly to Church. D) By being Christian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By doing good deeds. 5. What is the tone of "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" ? A) Joy. B) Sadness. C) Fearful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fearful. 6. Who with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets? A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. B) Percy Bysshe Shelley. C) John Keats. D) Lord Byron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 7. True or false:Romantics believed that truth could be found through pure, raw emotion. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. The section of a story where the author introduces the characters and setting, sets the tone or mood, and gives background information A) Exposition. B) Conflict. C) Plot. D) Short Story. E) Gothic Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 9. ..... is an acknowledgement of the accuracy of a particular point made by the opposing side A) Counter argument. B) Rebuttal. C) Concession. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concession. 10. Writers like Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne were referred to as all EXCEPT? A) Dark Romantics. B) American Gothic. C) Transcendentalists. D) Anti Transcendentalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcendentalists. 11. Wagner called this way his musical theatre, emphasizing the idea of a continuous action that put together all the elements of opera. A) Drama. B) Leitmotif. C) Opera. D) Operetta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 12. The Prelude was written in 1806 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. The antagonist in the story is ..... A) Judith. B) Lady Van Winkle. C) Nicholas Vedder. D) Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Van Winkle. 14. What was the Hudson River School? A) The First American School. B) The First to admit Native Americans into their school. C) A school where paintings reflected national pride and an appreciation of American landscape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A school where paintings reflected national pride and an appreciation of American landscape. 15. Program music consists of the description of a program or plot (usually literary) and its main representatives were Berlioz and Liszt (and nationalist composers). A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What huge economic change occurred during the 1700s? A) Invention of trains. B) Industrial revolution. C) Great Awakening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial revolution. 17. Who wrote A Psalm of Life? A) Henry David Thoreau. B) James Russell Lowell. C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. D) Washington Irving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 18. When was Romanticism at its most prominent? A) 1555-1602. B) 1994-2007. C) 1789-1850. D) 1312-1500. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1789-1850. 19. What did the poet mean when she wrote "And sweetest-in the Gale-is heard-''? A) The difficult times have to be incredibly difficult indeed to make ineffective or to cause it to disappear. B) Hope is the best emotion to feel during difficult times. C) Hope is a positive feeling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hope is the best emotion to feel during difficult times. 20. Ages of Western Visual Art:Modern A) CA. 1800-Present. B) CA. 1900-Present. C) CA. 1750-Present. D) CA. 1850-Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CA. 1850-Present. 21. Beethoven's symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are performed in concert and on radio more than those of any other classical composer. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Sentimental fictions not only aimed to arouse pity for the oppressed but also offered a natural form for novelists writing about the evils of slavery. True or false? A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 23. Which author was NOT a Romanticism Author? A) J.K. Rowling. B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. C) William Blake. D) Flight johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.K. Rowling. 24. Clara Schumann wrote over 60 art songs for piano. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. The Romantic journey is characterized by A) Surrounding oneself with manufacturing and progress. B) Traveling across the ocean to unknown places. C) Going into the largest city. D) Going to the countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going to the countryside. 26. What technique is used in the opening line of tShe Walks in Beauty:'She walks in beauty, like the night'? A) Simile. B) Cesura. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. The revival of a past, the love of ruins and the interest in what was irregular, wild, supernatural etc. were A) At the basis of the Gothic novel. B) At the basis of the Romantic Age novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the basis of the Gothic novel. 28. Which of the following is NOT one of the five "I's" of Romantic beliefs? A) Intuition. B) Institution. C) Inspiration. D) Imagination. E) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Institution. 29. Comparison of Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism:Compare and contrast the themes of nature in Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism. A) Nature is portrayed as joyful and harmonious in Dark Romanticism, while in Transcendentalism it is seen as chaotic and destructive. B) Nature is depicted as insignificant and unimportant in Dark Romanticism, while in Transcendentalism it is seen as the center of human existence. C) Nature is presented as artificial and man-made in Dark Romanticism, while in Transcendentalism it is seen as wild and untamed. D) Nature is portrayed as dark and mysterious in Dark Romanticism, while in Transcendentalism it is seen as a source of spiritual insight and a reflection of the divine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature is portrayed as dark and mysterious in Dark Romanticism, while in Transcendentalism it is seen as a source of spiritual insight and a reflection of the divine. 30. What is the raven's only answer to the narrator's questions? A) Quoth. B) Evermore. C) Nevermore. D) Eat my shorts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nevermore. 31. "The Devil and Tom Walker":In the story, Tom and his wife are described as "miserly." What does this most likely mean? A) Greedy. B) Intelligent. C) Lovely. D) Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greedy. 32. Which poem did Emily Dickinson write? A) Mother to Son. B) "Nature" is what We see . C) To James. D) The Sparrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Nature" is what We see . 33. Which author used his experience at sea as inspiration for his notable American romantic novel? A) Washington Irving. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herman Melville. 34. The Englightment movement is called as A) The age of reason. B) The age of beauty. C) The age of nature. D) The age of power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The age of reason. 35. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an American Romantic hero? A) Conformist. B) Resourceful. C) Heroic. D) Resourceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conformist. 36. Jill didn't really want to visit me, all she wanted was to borrow money. A) Correct. B) Comma splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma splice. 37. Interpretation of Dark Romanticism texts:How does the portrayal of the supernatural in Dark Romanticism reflect the anxieties and fears of the human condition? A) By emphasizing the rational and logical aspects of life. B) By promoting a sense of peace and tranquility. C) By focusing on the joy and happiness in life. D) By highlighting the unknown, the mysterious, and the uncontrollable aspects of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By highlighting the unknown, the mysterious, and the uncontrollable aspects of life. 38. The following passage (paragraph 3) mainly adds to the development of the text.When Romantic ideals reached America in the early nineteenth century, the nation was caught up in a massive westward expansion and was simultaneously trying to define what it was to be American, both to itself and to the world. As American cities and towns grew, people had more time for philosophical and creative endeavors and began to write original works of fiction and poetry, as well as contemplative essays. A) Describing the conditions under which Romanticism gained popularity in America. B) Showing that Romanticism resulted in happier and more creative individuals. C) Claiming that the Romantic movement inspired exploration and colonial expansion in America. D) Defining the basic concepts and beliefs held by Romantic artists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describing the conditions under which Romanticism gained popularity in America. 39. The Romantic Period of music wanted to ..... with the audience. A) Shout at. B) Communicate. C) Visualize. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communicate. 40. Class is not important to the realist writer. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 41. In "The Devil and Tom Walker" what do you learn about Tom and his wife? A) Tom is going to divorce his wife. B) Ms Walker blames Tom for their misfortunes. C) Mrs. Walker wants a divorce. D) Mrs. Walker verbally and physically picks on Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs. Walker verbally and physically picks on Tom. 42. Which of the following would a Romantic artist do best to avoid in their writing? A) Intuition. B) Individualism. C) Industrialism. D) Idealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrialism. 43. Which painting by Caspar David Friedrich is considered his most famous work? A) Wanderer above the sea of fog. B) Monaco facing the sea. C) The sea of ice. D) Abbey in the oak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanderer above the sea of fog. 44. Anti-Romantics, such as Hawthorne and Melville, focused on the ..... side of the human spirit. A) Lighter. B) Deeper. C) Darker. D) Oblivious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Darker. 45. The Hudson River School was stationed in? A) Massachusetts. B) New Jersey. C) New York. D) New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New York. 46. True or False:Romanticism emphasized imagination over "reason" . A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant A) Ambivalent. B) Individualism. C) Aesthetic. D) Frivolous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Individualism. 48. The rhyme scheme and meter of the poems in this time meant that they are easy to ....., which is why children frequently learned them. A) Parody. B) Forget. C) Write. D) Remember. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remember. 49. The ideals and tenets of Romanticism was in general the antithesis of which movement? A) Medievalism. B) Neo-Classicism. C) Existentialism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neo-Classicism. 50. Was a literary movement that originated in the late eighteenth century and ended around the mid-nineteenth century, though its impact can still be felt today. A) Rome. B) Romantic. C) Romance. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romanticism. 51. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience show opposite yet complementary states. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone A) Ambivalent. B) Whimsical. C) Aestheic. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambivalent. 53. The main opera composers were Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Offenbach, Bizet, Weber and Wagner. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. ..... refers to a group of authors who contemplated sin, the nature of human fallibility, and the intrinsic challenges of social reform A) Essay. B) Unitarianism. C) The Dark Romantics. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Dark Romantics. 55. What is an example of rationalism? A) Celebration of nature. B) Not believing in the supernatural. C) Focus on the individual and spirituality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not believing in the supernatural. 56. What does Weltschmerz mean? A) Whatever. B) World-excitment. C) Watermelon. D) World-weariness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World-weariness. 57. What poem longs to remember the memories shared with a lover? A) I wandered lonely as a cloud. B) Echo. C) Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art. D) She walks in beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Echo. 58. In the Raven, what question is most important to the narrator? A) Is there any way to remove his grief?. B) Will he ever see Lenore again?. C) Will the raven stay all night?. D) Will he ever see a rainbow unicorn?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will he ever see Lenore again?. 59. The snow had begun in the gloaming, /And busily all the night/Had been heaping field and highway A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Imagery. 60. What element of transcendentalism is here? A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; A) Unity of all people. B) Reverence for nature. C) Dislike of conformity. D) Reliance on intuition. 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