This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the dates of American Romanticism? A) 1898-1840. B) 1812-1865. C) 1802-1861. D) 1889-1837. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1812-1865. 2. True or false. One of the popular themes of Romanticism was the aristocracy. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. Which author was not known as a Dark Romantic? A) Poe. B) Hawthorne. C) Melville. D) Irving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irving. 4. The ..... of the Sleepy Hollow was notorious for supernatural existence, the whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spot A) River. B) Vicinity. C) Square. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vicinity. 5. What were the main reason Fire Side Poems were written? A) To give moral lessons to kids. B) Focusing on the behaviors of human nature. C) Social justice. D) Focusing on the rebirth of intellectual thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give moral lessons to kids. 6. Which of the following best describes "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau? A) He lived simply in nature for two years and wrote about what he thought about during that time. B) He is a fraud and he never lived in the woods at all. C) He wrote about how nature can teach you transcendent lessons about God. D) He wrote about how you should stand up for what you believe is morally right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He lived simply in nature for two years and wrote about what he thought about during that time. 7. But the sea in darkness calls A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. Who wrote The Chambered Nautilus? A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) Walt Whitman. C) Oliver Wendell Holmes. D) John Greenleaf Whittier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oliver Wendell Holmes. 9. Characteristic Features:Was used to describe the softer versions of the Baroque style. A) Neoclassism. B) Revival. C) Romanticism. D) Rococo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rococo. 10. How did Charles Finney challenge traditional Protestant beliefs? A) By allowing women to be Ministers. B) By allowing Native Americans to become Ministers. C) By telling congregations that each person was responsible for their own salvation. D) By writing an Essay titled "Common Sense". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By telling congregations that each person was responsible for their own salvation. 11. All of the following are Romanticism characteristics except: A) Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folk culture. B) Looks backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress. C) Used writing to explore their inner and outer lives for signs of the workings of God. D) Champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used writing to explore their inner and outer lives for signs of the workings of God. 12. What personal adversity did Beethoven struggle to overcome during his adult life? A) Alcoholism. B) Drug addiction. C) Deafness. D) Blindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deafness. 13. Dark Romantics focused on ..... A) Emotions, imagination, the supernatural. B) Real life occurrences and the harshness of nature. C) War and its difficulties. D) Women's rights and the need for new laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotions, imagination, the supernatural. 14. Who invented the leitmotiv? A) Tchaikovsky. B) Mozart. C) Wagner. D) Verdi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wagner. 15. Repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence A) Alliteration. B) Antithesis. C) Ethos. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 16. Which of the following words means "deathly thin?" A) Pallid. B) Sullen. C) Enshrouded. D) Tremulous. E) Emaciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Emaciated. 17. The American Revolution provided popular subjects for American historical fiction. True or False? A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 18. True or False:spiritualtity and connection with nature grew during this time period A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Musical features of Romanticism A) Break of form rules, use of dissonances, expansion of instrumentation, no recycling of compositions. B) Strict rules in form, use of central tonality and modulation to related keys, limited instrumental groups. C) Use of ritornello form, string instruments and harpsichord, discovery of major/minor system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break of form rules, use of dissonances, expansion of instrumentation, no recycling of compositions. 20. Read this Dickinson poem and use it to answer this question:Fame is a fickle food / Upon a shifting plate / Whose table once a / Guest but not / The second time is set / Whose crumbs the crows inspect / And with ironic caw / Flap past it to the / Farmer's corn / Men eat of it and die Question:What is the main reason that the crows flap past the "fickle food" of fame? A) Fame is terrifying. B) Fame creates jealousy and bitterness. C) Fame is poisonous. D) Fame speaks insincerely and lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fame is poisonous. 21. Why would the devil steal treasures? A) Because he is mean. B) Because it was "ill obtained". C) Because he wanted to. D) Because he did not like the pirate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was "ill obtained". 22. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism? A) Emphasis on individualism. B) Celebration of nature. C) Rationality and logic. D) Focus on the imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rationality and logic. 23. The core principles of the Romanticism movement were outlined by A) W.Wordsworth. B) S. Coleridge. C) W. Turner. D) R.Southey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) W.Wordsworth. 24. In "Thanatopsis, " Bryant makes reference to "one mighty sepulcher." To what is he referring? A) The underworld where all reside after death. B) Eternal life in heaven. C) The earth-the final resting place. D) The grave where his parents were buried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The earth-the final resting place. 25. Which author was a founding member of the Republican party and the American Anti-Slavery Society? A) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. B) James Russell Lowell. C) John Greenleaf Whittier. D) Margaret Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Greenleaf Whittier. 26. Which elements of romanticism are found here? Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who believe that in all ages Every human heart is human, A) Optimism about human nature. B) Equality of all people. C) Reverence for nature. D) Fascination with Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equality of all people. 27. True or False:Romanticism began as a revolt against the literary voice of Europe to find a truly American voice. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. The art of the Roman Empire was totally different from that of Ancient Greece. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 29. These writers followed formal rules and diction in poetry. A) Neoclassical. B) Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neoclassical. 30. In a "Frame story, " A) A narrator introduces and tells or presents the main tale, as a story-within-a-story. B) The story is "framed" as being true when really it isn't. C) The narrative is built on a structure like that of a house. D) This isn't a thing, Larkin is just messign with us. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A narrator introduces and tells or presents the main tale, as a story-within-a-story. 31. Romantic philosophers believed that ..... had the largest influence on how individuals perceive the world. A) Imagination. B) Logic. C) Reason. D) The senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The senses. 32. What does "romanticize" mean? A) Create a realistic image. B) Focus on the positive aspects. C) Change the meaning of something completely. D) Act in a loving manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus on the positive aspects. 33. Romanticism found beauty and truth in all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) The supernatural realm. B) The inner world of the imagination. C) Exotic locales. D) The complex life of large cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The complex life of large cities. 34. Which statement does not apply to Beethoven Symphony Number 9? A) The four movements convey a sesnse of psychological progression. B) The initial motive dominates the first movement. C) It is the first symphony to use them and variation form as one of its movements. D) Beethoven is said to have described the motive as Fate knocking at the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is the first symphony to use them and variation form as one of its movements. 35. What is Mirroring in Gothic Lit? A) The alter ego or identical double of a protagonist who seems to be either a victim of an identity theft perpetrated by a mimicking supernatural presence or subject to a paranoid hallucination. B) When two or more characters parallel each other in action or personality. C) The projection of one's fears, desires and anxieties onto the other. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The projection of one's fears, desires and anxieties onto the other. 36. True or false? The Romantic art period marked the first time that landscapes became a significant subject por painting? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. What are the main themes of the "Raven" and the "Fall of the House of Usher?" A) Self-Isolation is problematic. B) Self-Isolation is good for you as long as it's a short period of time. C) Conformity to society is bad. D) Trusting yourself and your thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-Isolation is problematic. 38. Who wrote Because I could not stop for Death A) Emily Dickinson. B) William Cullen Bryant. C) Oliver Wendell Holmes. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emily Dickinson. 39. Which of the following words means "nervous or shaky?" A) Emaciated. B) Pallid. C) Enshrouded. D) Tremulous. E) Sullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tremulous. 40. This composer is known as the "poet of the piano" and considered a national hero in Poland. A) Berlioz. B) Chopin. C) Liszt. D) Schubert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chopin. 41. Romanticism was influenced by the ..... movement called "Sturm und Drang" . A) Sculpture. B) Theater. C) Literature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literature. 42. Which of the following writers was not a "Fireside Poet" ? A) Herman Melville. B) Oliver Wendell Holmes. C) James Russell Lowell. D) William Cullen Bryant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herman Melville. 43. The Transcendentalists were intensely concerned with fitting in with what society dictates to be "correct" behavior. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. Some Romantic literature uses ....., ....., and ..... to explore the mind. A) Geography, dialect, language. B) Psychology, science, history. C) Symbolism, psychology, intuition. D) Legends, folklore, the supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legends, folklore, the supernatural. 45. Why were the Fireside Poets so popular? A) They wrote in an elevated and difficult style. B) They wrote about topics that were common to everyday people. C) They were British poets. D) They wrote short poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wrote about topics that were common to everyday people. 46. "The Fall of the House of Usher":This word means extreme sadness and is a favorite word in gothic literature or scary stories. A) Emaciated. B) Cataleptical. C) Melancholy. D) Hideous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melancholy. 47. T or F:Romanticism stresses community over individuality A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. Which poet wrote the poem 'When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer'? A) Emily Dickinson. B) Walt Whitman. C) Both Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. D) Unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walt Whitman. 49. Blake devoted some of his works to the theme of Revolution. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. Transcendentalists believed that nature is separate from spiritual truth. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 51. In "Rappaccini's Daughter" the use of ..... tells the reader early on that Beatrice is poisonous. A) Imagery. B) Plot. C) Dialogue. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 52. Romanticism has ..... proponent(s) A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 53. Which Romantic artist was known for his illustrations and poems? A) Caspar David Friedrich. B) Eugene Delacroix. C) William Blake. D) John Constable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Blake. 54. What do Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common? A) They all started schools for African-American children. B) They all published newspapers supporting voting rights for women. C) They were all factory owners during the Industrial Revolution. D) They were all slaves who escaped and worked to end slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were all slaves who escaped and worked to end slavery. 55. The basis of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" ? A) Leave your mark on the world. B) The weather can revive memories of a loved one. C) You can easily be forgotten by the world. D) Expectations of women in society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You can easily be forgotten by the world. 56. The feeling of fear and wonder at the sight of nature is called ..... A) Vast. B) Awe. C) Sublime. D) Grandiosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sublime. 57. Prince Prospero's guests seem happy and carefree, but they stop celebrating and get very quiet every time the clock chimes. What does this tell you about how they are really feeling? A) While they are quiet, they think about how much they dislike Prospero. B) They worry about time passing. C) Under their happy exterior, they are still worried about the Red Death. D) They are happy about their flawless escape fromthe Red Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under their happy exterior, they are still worried about the Red Death. 58. ..... was a Romantic composer who was considered a bridge between the Baroque and Romantic Periods. He is best known for his reform of Opera. Ever since Monteverdi's time opera had become a singer's showcase. His mission was to return to the original ideal of opera as a story told through music. Thus, he is known as the "father of modern Opera" . A) Ludwig van Beethoven. B) Franz Schubert. C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. D) Cristoph Gluck. E) Franz Joseph Haydn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cristoph Gluck. 59. By the late 19th Century, what had developed into an important form of mass leisure? A) Team sports. B) Surfing. C) Cart racing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Team sports. 60. The Romantic hero typically has unreliable morals and is easily corrupted. A) True. B) False. 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