This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In "The Devil and Tom Walker" , what does Irving use to symbolize hypocrisy and hidden evil? A) The devil's deal with Tom. B) Mrs. Walker's heart and liver, wrapped in the checked apron. C) The flourishing trees that are rotten to the core. D) The Walkers' silver teapots and spoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The flourishing trees that are rotten to the core. 2. What is industrialization? A) Modernization through technology. B) Higher education among youth. C) Invention of agriculture. D) Spreading of Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernization through technology. 3. The Fireside Poets were so called because they wrote poetry together at the fireside. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Which of the following is NOT a Romantic's view of nature? A) Nature as a source of knowledge of the primitive. B) Nature as a refuge. C) Nature as a place to build new civilization. D) Nature as a connection to God and the self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature as a place to build new civilization. 5. Numerous showboats entertained up and down the ..... River during the Romantic period. A) Vermilion. B) Hudson. C) Mississippi. D) Nile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mississippi. 6. The American Romantic Hero possesses youthful qualities. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Done quickly and without thought or care. A) Cunning. B) Impetuous. C) Convention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impetuous. 8. "TMBV":A moral lesson of this story might be that A) Sinners always receive divine justice. B) If we wear a veil we should feel guilty. C) People are all basically innocent. D) Guilty secrets separate us from one another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guilty secrets separate us from one another. 9. One of the fine arts that uses pigments obtained from various natural and artificial sources, to aesthetically represent reality through color and shapes on canvas and other surfaces. A) Architecture. B) Illustration. C) Painting. D) Sculpture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painting. 10. The meteor of the ocean air A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. What happens to the last of the liquid from The Fountain of Youth in Dr. Heidegger's Experiment? A) Dr. Heidegger pours it out the window when his guests are not looking. B) Dr. Heidegger's guests drink it until it is gone. C) The vase falls off the table and the liquid spills on the floor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The vase falls off the table and the liquid spills on the floor. 12. Romantics were mistrustful of progress A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. Which word is most similar to the word efface? A) Fill. B) Build. C) Erase. D) Add. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erase. 14. What are the two main character's names in "The Cask of Amontillado" ? A) Montresor and Luchresi. B) Fortunato and Luchresi. C) Montresor and Fortunato. D) Allan and Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Montresor and Fortunato. 15. Why does the poet admire the country around Tintern Abbey? A) It's naturally beautiful. B) It has strong man-made structures. C) It has many churches. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's naturally beautiful. 16. Which of the following is true about Romanticism and Transcendentalism? A) They are mostly against spirituality. B) They are mostly about logic. C) They are mostly different. D) They are mostly similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are mostly similar. 17. Because of the financial backing from the ..... Church, Spanish and Italian Baroque artists had the opportunity to experiment. A) Orthodox. B) Catholic. C) Protestant. D) Atheist. E) Nondenominational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catholic. 18. "The Devil and Tom Walker":What does the destruction of Tom's wealth best symbolize? A) The impermanence of material wealth. B) The depravity of Tom's soul. C) The treasure was never real. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The impermanence of material wealth. 19. Transcendentalists believed that A) Nature reveals spiritual truth. B) The dark ideas of human nature must be acknowledged. C) Neither a nor b. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature reveals spiritual truth. 20. Which thought torments the speaker of "The Raven" ? A) He has wasted his life. B) He will never understand the meaning of life. C) He will never again see Lenore. D) He caused the death of Lenore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He will never again see Lenore. 21. One must go beyond everyday human experiences to determine reality A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 22. The main characteristic of Nationalism style was ..... A) Composers must write what politicians said. B) Composers wrote music using traditional melodies from their countries to express common feelings. C) Musicians played traditional instruments from their countries. D) All composers followed the rules of the classical patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composers wrote music using traditional melodies from their countries to express common feelings. 23. Until the devil got a hold of Tom's wife, Tom Walker and his wife had a loving marriage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. The theme of "Rip Van Winkle" involves the wish to escape ..... and to enjoy ..... A) Happiness; fear. B) Poverty; wealth. C) Domination; a life of freedom. D) People; solitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domination; a life of freedom. 25. Which author explored the symbolism and psychological implications of mortal sin, guilt, and retribution? A) Washington Irving. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 26. ..... is the author's, speaker's, or narrator's attitude toward a subject, evident through diction and other style elements A) Mood. B) Syntax. C) Diction. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 27. True or False:All poems have at least 2 stanzas A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 28. Ichabod Crane was the village ..... A) Barkeeper. B) Priest. C) Schoolmaster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schoolmaster. 29. Louis Pasteur proposed A) The germ theory of disease. B) The theory of electricity. C) The concept of atomic weight. D) That Darwin be excommunicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The germ theory of disease. 30. Sources of inspiration during the Romantic period A) Rewarded love, anatomy and machines. B) The joy and pain of love, death, The distant past and nature. C) Restraint of emotions, atheism and cityscapes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The joy and pain of love, death, The distant past and nature. 31. What literary device does Edgar Allen Poe love to use? A) Repetition. B) Imagery. C) Metaphors. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 32. What do Transcendentalism and Romanticism have in common? A) They both emphasize individualism, intuition, and the connection between humans and nature. B) They both reject the idea of individualism and emphasize conformity. C) They both prioritize reason and logic over intuition. D) They both believe that humans are separate from nature and should dominate it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both emphasize individualism, intuition, and the connection between humans and nature. 33. Ballets during the Romantic period became more poetic and appealed more directly and profoundly to the emotions of the audience. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. GA11RL6:Discuss the impact of Romanticism on the development of modern individualistic societies. A) Romanticism had no impact on the development of modern individualistic societies. B) Romanticism, with its emphasis on emotion, individualism, and the celebration of nature, played a significant role in shaping modern individualistic societies. C) Romanticism hindered the development of modern individualistic societies. D) Romanticism promoted group thinking and conformity, contrary to the principles of modern individualistic societies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism, with its emphasis on emotion, individualism, and the celebration of nature, played a significant role in shaping modern individualistic societies. 35. Composing was very easy for Beethoven, and he worked very rapidly. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. A transcendentalist would believe that the universe exists for humanity's benefit. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. What poem recollects a happy memory that the speaker goes back to when he wants to feel happy again? 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: A) I wandered lonely as a cloud. 38. Humorous writing or speech intended to point out human errors, falsehoods, foibles, or failings. It is written for the purpose of reforming human behavior or human institutions A) Couplet. B) Description. C) Meter. D) Satire. E) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. 39. Dark Romantics are characterized by all of the following except: A) Explored the conflict between good and evil. B) Valued science and logic to support the exploration of the mind. C) Examined madness and derangement in the human psyche. D) The psychological effects of guilt and sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valued science and logic to support the exploration of the mind. 40. Destroy, delete, eliminate A) Spare. B) Incompetent. C) Faux. D) Clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clear. 41. What is the theme to Margaret Fuller's essay "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" ? A) Expectations of society. B) Purpose in life. C) Antithesis. D) Women can easily be forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expectations of society. 42. What messages did Nathaniel Hawthorne communicate in his writing that specifically contradicted Romantic ideals? A) We are sinful by nature, and we all keep sinful secrets. B) We are One with nature. C) We are a nation of demigods. D) We must transcend every day human experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We are sinful by nature, and we all keep sinful secrets. 43. What does the veil symbolize in the "Ministers Black Veil?" A) Sin and Sorrow. B) Darkness. C) Secrecy. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 44. What did the development of the Romantic tutu allow for? A) Slipper shoes. B) Pointe shoes. C) Freeing the legs for more intricate movements. D) Flexing of the feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freeing the legs for more intricate movements. 45. The Raven is told from which point of view? A) 3rd person objective. B) 1st person. C) 3rd person omniscient. D) 3rd person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st person. 46. According to Emerson, what quality would society most value in a person? A) Individuality. B) Conformity. C) Optimism. D) Pessimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conformity. 47. Characteristic Feature:Popular during the first two decades of the 20th century. A) Rococo. B) Neoclassism. C) Romanticism. D) Revival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revival. 48. Wordsworth is best known for ..... ? A) Novels. B) Short stories. C) Plays. D) Lyrical ballads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyrical ballads. 49. "The artist's feeling is his law, " relates to ..... A) Modern art. B) Baroque art. C) Prehistoric art. D) Romantic art. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romantic art. 50. Romanticism rose as a movement in response to the Industrial Revolution. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 51. There was a manifestation against the rules that prevailed the art. For example: A) The three rules of theater:The day should be in a single day, place, and have one main problem. B) Writers used any rules they wanted. C) The six rules of theater. The play must be one week long, played by royal members, and must not be too expensive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The three rules of theater:The day should be in a single day, place, and have one main problem. 52. The Romantic literary era was bounded by: A) The Revolutionary and Civil Wars. B) WWI and WWII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Revolutionary and Civil Wars. 53. Similar to a freethinker. A) Renegade. B) Libertarian. C) Libertine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Libertine. 54. What years are associated with American Romanticism? A) 1800-1840. B) 1720-1800. C) 1920-1980. D) 1600-1680. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1800-1840. 55. Not caring; lack of interest A) Prone. B) Zeal. C) Prevalent. D) Indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indifference. 56. The Romantics valued all of the following EXCEPT: A) The government. B) The individiual. C) Nature. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The government. 57. Which of these people would be least likely to appreciate Transcendentalist ideas? A) A minimalist. B) An abolitionist. C) A wildlife conservationist. D) A Puritan preacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Puritan preacher. 58. The narrator describes the raven as "ebony" . What does "ebony" mean? A) Old. B) Rainbow colored. C) Dark black in color. D) Strange or creepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark black in color. 59. Which of the following art forms was NOT influenced by Romanticism? A) Literature. B) Music. C) Architecture. D) Painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Architecture. 60. Romanticism started in Europe as a reaction to the A) Industrial Revolution. B) The Revolutionary War. C) The Protestant Reformation. D) Baroque Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial Revolution. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRomanticism Quiz 1Romanticism Quiz 2Romanticism Quiz 3Romanticism Quiz 5Romanticism Quiz 6Romanticism Quiz 7Romanticism Quiz 8Romanticism Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books