Romanticism Quiz 25 (60 MCQs)

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1. Poetry that does not rhyme and does not have regular meter
2. Which author spent most of their life to make women equal members of society?
3. The steamboat and ..... revolutionized transportation
4. According to Finney, how could an individual prove his/her faith?
5. What is the tone of "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" ?
6. Who with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets?
7. True or false:Romantics believed that truth could be found through pure, raw emotion.
8. The section of a story where the author introduces the characters and setting, sets the tone or mood, and gives background information
9. ..... is an acknowledgement of the accuracy of a particular point made by the opposing side
10. Writers like Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne were referred to as all EXCEPT?
11. Wagner called this way his musical theatre, emphasizing the idea of a continuous action that put together all the elements of opera.
12. The Prelude was written in 1806
13. The antagonist in the story is .....
14. What was the Hudson River School?
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).
16. What huge economic change occurred during the 1700s?
17. Who wrote A Psalm of Life?
18. When was Romanticism at its most prominent?
19. What did the poet mean when she wrote "And sweetest-in the Gale-is heard-''?
20. Ages of Western Visual Art:Modern
21. Beethoven's symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are performed in concert and on radio more than those of any other classical composer.
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?
23. Which author was NOT a Romanticism Author?
24. Clara Schumann wrote over 60 art songs for piano.
25. The Romantic journey is characterized by
26. What technique is used in the opening line of tShe Walks in Beauty:'She walks in beauty, like the night'?
27. The revival of a past, the love of ruins and the interest in what was irregular, wild, supernatural etc. were
28. Which of the following is NOT one of the five "I's" of Romantic beliefs?
29. Comparison of Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism:Compare and contrast the themes of nature in Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism.
30. What is the raven's only answer to the narrator's questions?
31. "The Devil and Tom Walker":In the story, Tom and his wife are described as "miserly." What does this most likely mean?
32. Which poem did Emily Dickinson write?
33. Which author used his experience at sea as inspiration for his notable American romantic novel?
34. The Englightment movement is called as
35. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an American Romantic hero?
36. Jill didn't really want to visit me, all she wanted was to borrow money.
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?
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.
39. The Romantic Period of music wanted to ..... with the audience.
40. Class is not important to the realist writer.
41. In "The Devil and Tom Walker" what do you learn about Tom and his wife?
42. Which of the following would a Romantic artist do best to avoid in their writing?
43. Which painting by Caspar David Friedrich is considered his most famous work?
44. Anti-Romantics, such as Hawthorne and Melville, focused on the ..... side of the human spirit.
45. The Hudson River School was stationed in?
46. True or False:Romanticism emphasized imagination over "reason" .
47. The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant
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.
49. The ideals and tenets of Romanticism was in general the antithesis of which movement?
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.
51. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience show opposite yet complementary states.
52. Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
53. The main opera composers were Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Offenbach, Bizet, Weber and Wagner.
54. ..... refers to a group of authors who contemplated sin, the nature of human fallibility, and the intrinsic challenges of social reform
55. What is an example of rationalism?
56. What does Weltschmerz mean?
57. What poem longs to remember the memories shared with a lover?
58. In the Raven, what question is most important to the narrator?
59. The snow had begun in the gloaming, /And busily all the night/Had been heaping field and highway
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;