This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Whose wife was the author of Frankenstein? A) Lord Byron. B) Percy Bysshe Shelley. C) William Wordsworth. D) John Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Percy Bysshe Shelley. 2. In "The Soul selects her own society" on page 425 The literary device that can be found in the title is: A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. In the first practical process of reproducing photographs for books, on what were photographs printed? A) Wood. B) Paper. C) Gold. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper. 4. What BEST explains why the narrator talks about the construction of the house to the police at the end of the story?: A) He is nervous about the police looking all over the house. B) He is proud and confident because of how well he has hidden his wife's body. C) The police asked about it and he answered the question. D) He had just confessed to the murder and showed them how he hid the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is proud and confident because of how well he has hidden his wife's body. 5. At the end of "Ode on a Grecian Urn, " who is the poet addressing? A) Himself. B) A painting. C) The reader. D) The urn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The urn. 6. Which of the following is NOT a place from which Romantics find inspiration? A) Myths. B) Legends. C) History. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) History. 7. Poetry is the immediate expression of the poet's feelings as soon as they come up in his soul. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. Fill in the words that make this statement true:Emily Dickinson's poems are titled A) By numbered sonnets. B) By numbered chapters. C) By the names she chose. D) After the first line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After the first line. 9. True or False:Romantics rejected all logic and reason. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Free verse was a popular poetic form during the Romantic period mainly because ..... A) Romantics rejected traditional education and schooling, so they often did not know many other poetic forms. B) Walt Whitman was the most famous Romantic poet and he wrote only in free verse. C) Romanticism rejected structure and established customs, in favor of individualism and creativity. D) It was believed that free verse best mimicked the unstructured flow and ebb of the natural world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticism rejected structure and established customs, in favor of individualism and creativity. 11. Romantic architecture was designed to do what? A) Deliver efficiency. B) Evoke emotion. C) Present problems. D) Create masterpieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evoke emotion. 12. Who was the first major American writer to make a living solely on his writing? A) Washington Irving. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washington Irving. 13. Interpretation of Dark Romanticism texts:How does Dark Romanticism use the concept of sin and guilt to explore the human condition? A) Dark Romanticism uses the concept of sin and guilt to promote a sense of optimism and hope. B) Dark Romanticism uses the concept of sin and guilt to explore the complexities, struggles, and darker aspects of the human condition. C) Dark Romanticism uses the concept of sin and guilt to emphasize the importance of humor and laughter. D) Dark Romanticism uses the concept of sin and guilt to advocate for societal conformity and obedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dark Romanticism uses the concept of sin and guilt to explore the complexities, struggles, and darker aspects of the human condition. 14. Which of the following statements about Unitarians is best supported by the text? A) They believed in adhering to strict Christian tradition, such as regular church services and male clergy. B) They claimed that art and literature distracted individuals from religious spirituality. C) They believed that the inherent sin in human nature could only be purified through the natural world. D) They were positive about the possibility of human beings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They believed that the inherent sin in human nature could only be purified through the natural world. 15. ..... was the highest literary form in Romanticism movement A) Novel. B) Poetry. C) Ballad. D) Short Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 16. What do the writers Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, and William Wordsworth all have in common? A) They were all men. B) They were all English. C) They were all French. D) They were all Romantic writers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were all Romantic writers. 17. The second generation of Romantic poets travelled to ..... A) France. B) Italy. C) Ireland. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 18. Which of the following elements are NOT an example of Romanticism writing? A) Ambition. B) Nature. C) Supernatural/Spirituality. D) Emotions & Passion. E) An appreciation for creativity and imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambition. 19. What is the main theme of "A Psalm of Life?" A) Nature moves on even when you die, so make an impact on the world while you're living. B) Nature is a source of joy, however the cities take away from the joy. C) Nature is super important. D) All humans are at the same level as everything in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature moves on even when you die, so make an impact on the world while you're living. 20. The series of events in a story and the order in which they happen A) Transcendentalism. B) Storyline. C) Essay. D) Climax. E) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storyline. 21. Which 3 categories of "arts" are referred to when discussing the Romantic Period? A) Oil painting, pastel, charcoal. B) Romantic novels, pop music, drawing. C) Art, drawing, painting. D) Art, literature, music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Art, literature, music. 22. [p3] What term means "indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration" ? A) Romanticism. B) Secularization. C) Realism. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secularization. 23. When was the poetry "Hope is the Thing with feathers" first published? A) 1887. B) 1891. C) 1886. D) 1893. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1891. 24. Which British architect designed the new British parliament building, defending it as Noble because it harks back to the country's pre-industrial past? A) Thomas Cole. B) Francisco Goya. C) Charles Baudelaire. D) Augustus Pugin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Augustus Pugin. 25. What years did this era take place in? A) 1691-1827. B) 1690-1819. C) 1867-1981. D) 1789-1843. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1789-1843. 26. Romantics writers rejected ..... and instead embraced ..... A) Intuition, reason. B) Reason, intuition. C) Religion, Science. D) Science, Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reason, intuition. 27. Who is an example of a Gothic Literature / Dark Romanticism writer? A) Emily Dickinson (wrote over 1, 000 poems). B) Walt Whitman (wrote "Song of Myself"). C) Edgar Allen Poe (wrote "The Black Cat"). D) Ralph Waldo Emerson (wrote "Self Reliance"). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allen Poe (wrote "The Black Cat"). 28. Romantics viewed the ..... as a place of moral ambiguity, corruption, and even death. A) City. B) Country. C) West. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) City. 29. Why does Thoreau believe that a majority are permitted to rule? A) It is the fairest solution in a democracy. B) The majority are most likely in a pursuit of justice. C) The majority are physically the strongest. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The majority are physically the strongest. 30. The United Kingdom (UK) consists of: A) Great Britain + France. B) Great Britain + Northern Ireland. C) Great Britain + Netherlands. D) Great Britain + Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Great Britain + Northern Ireland. 31. Two sub-genres of Romanticism are A) Guilt and sin. B) Good and evil. C) Dark romanticism and transcendentalism. D) Sin and psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark romanticism and transcendentalism. 32. TRUE OR FALSE:Landscapes had been significant for a long time before the Romantic period. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 33. What event led to the Romanticism/Gothic/Dark Romanticism Period A) The Civil War. B) WWI. C) The Cold War. D) The American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The American Revolution. 34. Who is Not considered as part of the age of Revival? A) Charles Wren. B) August Welby Pugin. C) John Ruskin. D) William Burges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Wren. 35. Who had the original vision for Central Park? A) James Fennimore Cooper. B) Ben Franklin. C) William Cullen Bryant. D) Edgar Allan Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Cullen Bryant. 36. The idea that we can make the world a better place: A) Intuition. B) Imagination. C) Inspiration. D) Idealism. E) Individuality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idealism. 37. By the 1840s, most states in the North, Midwest, and the South had joined the public school movement. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 38. Henry David Thoreau A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 39. American Romanticism, the literary movement, ranged from ..... to ..... A) 1600-1655. B) 1700-1776. C) 1800-1855. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1800-1855. 40. ..... is the use of an object, place, or person to represent something beyond its literal meaning. A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 41. What religion did Transcendentalism stem from? A) Islam. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Unitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unitarianism. 42. In Germany, the bel canto took precedence, which by the end of the century was replaced by verismo. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 43. Nathaniel Hawthorne A) Romanticism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Dark Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark Romanticism. 44. Romanticism appealed to the American public because it offered a starkly realistic (black and white) view of life A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 45. Where is there a paradox in the poem below? This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me ..... The simple News that Nature told ..... With tender Majesty Her Message is committedTo Hands I cannot see ..... For love of Her ..... Sweet ..... countrymen ..... Judge tenderly ..... of Me A) The idea of a letter written to a world that didn't write to the speaker. B) The idea of tender majesty. C) The idea of committing a message to hands that can't be seen. D) The idea of sweet countrymen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The idea of a letter written to a world that didn't write to the speaker. 46. Something that evokes pity or sympathy A) Pathos. B) Prostrate. C) Emblem. D) Avert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 47. Which of the following is an example of the poet's use of oxymoron? A) I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1). B) "And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3). C) "The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8). D) "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16). 48. True or False:The American novel developed hand-in-hand with the idealization of frontier life. A) False!. B) True!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True!. 49. In the Brit Lit & History lesson, what literary movement is being described? A) Classicalism. B) Enlightenment. C) Modernism. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romanticism. 50. Where was she born? A) Amherst. B) Plymouth. C) Hampton. D) Seattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amherst. 51. Movement that appeared in the mid-1900s and sought to emphasize the individuality of each country by means of its folklore. A) Nationalism. B) Operetta. C) Opera. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nationalism. 52. Sometimes called naturalism, in the arts. A) Naturalist. B) Natural. C) Realism. D) Realistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realism. 53. Romanticism explored the idea of finding truth and meaning from city life A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. What is Kinship? A) A genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance. B) A tendency to expect the best possible outcome. C) A person whose behavior or views do not conform to prevailing ideas or practices. D) A feeling of being close or connected to other people; family ties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A feeling of being close or connected to other people; family ties. 55. Which is said in Self-Reliance A) In order to be revolutionary you need to be misunderstood. B) All humans are at the same level as everything on Earth. C) Self-Isolation will cause insanity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In order to be revolutionary you need to be misunderstood. 56. What is a characteristic of romanticism? A) Love of Individual. B) Nature celebration of individual. C) Nature Individual sublime aesthetic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature Individual sublime aesthetic. 57. Long hours, low wages, harsh working conditions-describes the ..... A) Industrial Revolution. B) The Great Awakening. C) Transcendentalist movement. D) Agrarian society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial Revolution. 58. Romanticism developed in part as a reaction against ..... A) Rationalism. B) European traditions. C) American Gothic Literature. D) Puritanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rationalism. 59. Why were they in awe of nature? A) Life exploration. B) Loss and grief. C) Because it was beautiful. D) Industrial revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial revolution. 60. "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" is written by A) Edgar Allan Poe. 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