This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Songs of Experience was published in A) 1793. B) 1792. C) 1794. D) 1795. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1794. 2. Romanticism values feeling over reason. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which of the following does NOT fit Romanticism A) Love story. B) Nature as an escape. C) Quest for self discovery. D) Characters who find freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love story. 4. What art movement came before the romantic art period? A) Cubism. B) Surrealist. C) Baroque. D) Impressionist. E) Expressionist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baroque. 5. James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and John Greenleaf Whittier were part of a group called: A) The ScAvengers. B) The Fireside Poets. C) The Dark Romantics. D) The Romantic Writers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Fireside Poets. 6. What is true about Transcendentalism? A) It seeks for the Absolute Truth in sociology. B) It sees cities as the answer to mankind's progress. C) It believes in the inherent goodness of a person. D) It corrupts the purity of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It believes in the inherent goodness of a person. 7. Type of French comical opera with humorous plots and spoken fragments. A) Opera. B) Operetta. C) Operetta. D) Comedian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Operetta. 8. Mass society emerges in Europe as a result of: A) Rapid economic and social changes. B) Nationalism. C) Warfare. D) Lots of thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rapid economic and social changes. 9. Romantics value ..... over reason A) Ambition. B) Society. C) Education. D) Intuition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intuition. 10. What is the literary period that followed the Age of Reason in America? A) Realism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Gothic. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romanticism. 11. Unlike Wordsworth, Blake's poetry tended to draw moral lessons from the observation of nature. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. What is the theme to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life" ? A) How nature can affect your mood. B) Expectations in society. C) Purpose in life. D) That you can easily be forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose in life. 13. Romantics tended to ..... A) Be passionate. B) Have a love of nature. C) Make things better than they really were. D) Always be in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make things better than they really were. 14. Favorite struck string instrument of the Romanticism, due to its capabilities of expressing feelings. A) Viola. B) Piano. C) Harpsichord. D) Guitar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piano. 15. Name three composers from Classicism A) Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Clara Schumann. B) Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. C) Bach, Beethoven, and Wagner. D) Wagner, Verdi and Beethoven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. 16. Which of the following is NOT a Transcendentalist work of literature? A) "Self-Reliance". B) "Nature". C) "Speech in the Virginia Convention". D) "Walden". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Speech in the Virginia Convention". 17. Which of the examples is a digressive poem? A) The Lilies. B) Beniowski. C) The sorrows of Young Werther. D) Swiss woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beniowski. 18. Which of the following was NOT a common subject in Romantic paintings? A) Famous figures from Greek and Roman mythology. B) Tranquil and harmonic landscapes portraying the beauty of the countryside. C) Scenes portraying the mystery and destructive force of nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famous figures from Greek and Roman mythology. 19. What was the difference between the Gothic and Transcendentalist beliefs about human nature? A) Gothics believed people are occasionally bad; Transcendentalists believe people are occasionally good. B) Gothics believed people can choose to be good; Transcendentalists believed people are always bad. C) Gothics believed people were born evil; Transcendentalists thought people were born good. D) Gothics believed people were capable of evil; Transcendentalists believed people were inherently good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gothics believed people were capable of evil; Transcendentalists believed people were inherently good. 20. The poem juxtaposes the immortality of thestar with A) The moon's effect on tide. B) The beauty of nature. C) The fleeting nature of love. D) The imperfection of human perception. E) The reality of human death. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The reality of human death. 21. All of the following were values of the Romantic writers EXCEPT: A) Integrity. B) Intuition. C) Individuality. D) Scientific Progress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scientific Progress. 22. Who wrote "I heard a fly buzz" ? A) Emily Dickinson. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) Percy Shelley. D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emily Dickinson. 23. What were the years of this era? A) 1860-1900. B) 1800-1860. C) 1700-1800. D) 1680-1860. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1800-1860. 24. Interpretation of Dark Romanticism texts:Analyze the use of symbolism in a Dark Romanticism text of your choice and its significance in conveying the theme of the work. A) The use of historical facts in conveying the theme of the work. B) The use of humor in conveying the theme of the work. C) The answer will vary depending on the specific Dark Romanticism text chosen by the student. D) The use of science fiction elements in conveying the theme of the work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The answer will vary depending on the specific Dark Romanticism text chosen by the student. 25. This genre is a short, one-movement composition designed to improve one or more aspects of a performer's technique. A) Violin virtuoso. B) Character pience. C) Etude. D) Incidental music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Etude. 26. Characteristics of a Romantic Hero include ..... A) Worldly and well-read/ well-educatedSophisticatedBent on making a name for himself in the big citySets the laws, foundations of countryCharming to women. B) Youthful, innocent and pureIntuitive Close to NatureFollows his principles, not lawsAwkward with women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Youthful, innocent and pureIntuitive Close to NatureFollows his principles, not lawsAwkward with women. 27. Transcendentalists believed that society and its institutions corrupt the purity of the human soul. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. In Stanza two of "The Soul Selects Her Own Society, " the phrase "unmoved" is repeated. Who or what is unmoved? A) Emily Dickinson. B) The rock. C) The soul. D) The door. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The soul. 29. Small form for a foloist voice with piano accompaniment written upon a poetic text. A) Opera. B) Song. C) Lied. D) Operetta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lied. 30. An identifying mark or symbol A) Emblem. B) Obstinacy. C) Plausibility. D) Insuperable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emblem. 31. What English Romantic painter was also a noted philosopher and poet? A) J.M.W. Turner. B) Thomas Cole. C) Francisco Goya. D) Caspar Friedrich. E) William Blaque. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) William Blaque. 32. True or False:Reason, logic, and sophistication had greater value than imagination, individual feelings, and wild nature. A) True!. B) False!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False!. 33. What does Enlightenment promote that Romantics heavily disapprove? A) Progress and rationality. B) Individualism and spirituality. C) Hard work and obedience. D) Humanism and poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progress and rationality. 34. Focused on problems A) Realism. B) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. 35. Among Blake's famous symbols, there are children, flowers and particular seasons which represent experience A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 36. Not having any serious purpose or value A) Frivolous. B) Ambivalent. C) Aesthetic. D) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frivolous. 37. What is the role of a counterargument? A) To support the main argument. B) To introduce a new perspective. C) To challenge and address opposing viewpoints. D) To provide evidence for the thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To challenge and address opposing viewpoints. 38. Music in the classical period is much more closely linked to the arts and literature of that time than music written in the romantic period. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 39. Romantic artists like to focus on: A) Being powerful. B) Destroying communities. C) People in love. D) The individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The individual. 40. ..... is the word order, or the way in which the elements of language (words, phrases, clauses, etc.) are arranged to create well-formed sentences A) Diction. B) Mood. C) Voice. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 41. The Transcendentalists believed ..... A) The Divine Soul. B) English form. C) Slavery. D) In Manifest Destiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Divine Soul. 42. As a child, Beethoven traveled throughout Europe as a performer. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. GA11RL6:Discuss the influence of Romanticism on contemporary art, music, and literature. A) Emphasis on emotion, individualism, and the celebration of nature and the supernatural. B) Emphasis on technology, industrialization, and the celebration of urban life. C) Focus on logic, conformity, and the rejection of nature and the supernatural. D) Promotion of group thinking, uniformity, and the rejection of individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasis on emotion, individualism, and the celebration of nature and the supernatural. 44. American Romanticism characterized poetry as the highest expression of imagination. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 45. ..... is the use of language that conveys the distinctive personality of the writer or speaker, the narrator, or a particular character A) Tone. B) Voice. C) Diction. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 46. Romantics believed that youthful ..... is better than educated sophistication A) Energy. B) Beauty. C) Innocence. D) Ignorance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Innocence. 47. Reverend Hooper's parishioners were very much interested in his new veil, which is the opposite of (a) . A) Enshrouded. B) Bleak. C) Inordinate. D) A apathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A apathy. 48. Austin's Romantic Period soulmate is ..... A) Bjork. B) Becky Chambers. C) Anis Mogani. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walt Whitman. 49. Which of the Transcendentalists was considered one of the first environmentalists in America? A) Washington Irving. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Margaret Fuller. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry David Thoreau. 50. The years that encompass the Romantic period are characterized by a series of A) Puritanical restrictions. B) Religious disputes. C) Plagues. D) Revolutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolutions. 51. Romanticism took place between A) 1820 and 1910. B) 1600 and 1750. C) 1750 and 1820. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1820 and 1910. 52. Which of the following contains ALL of the 6 themes of American Romanticism? A) -Imagination-Human Spirit-Simple Living-Nature-Social/Political Reform-Nonconformity. B) -Imagination-Nonconformity-Social Reform-Human Capacity for Evil-Nature-Economic Prosperity. C) -Nonconformity-Human Rights-Human Spirit-Nature-Social/Political Reform-Imagination. D) -Gothics-Fireside Poets-Transcendentalists-Simple Living-Social Reform-Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -Nonconformity-Human Rights-Human Spirit-Nature-Social/Political Reform-Imagination. 53. When citing a source with multiple authors in MLA format, how should the in-text citation be formatted? A) (Smith et al. 45). B) (Smith, Jones, and Davis 45). C) (Smith and Jones 45). D) (Smith, 45). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (Smith, Jones, and Davis 45). 54. Marie-Henry Beyle was a Realistic A) Author. B) Artist. C) Singer. D) Architect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author. 55. What did Romantic writers emphasize? A) Emotion and sentiment. B) Coldness and rationality. C) Logic. D) Truth, justice, and the American way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotion and sentiment. 56. Which Romantic-era poet famously wrote about a nightingale in one of his poems? A) William Wordsworth. B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. C) John Keats. D) Percy Bysshe Shelley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Keats. 57. What did President Andrew Jackson advocate for in terms of the Native Americans? A) Indian Removal. B) Indian Reeducation. C) Indian Civilization. D) Indian Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Removal. 58. Mark Twain protested the unfair and unethical treatment of which minority group in America? A) Chinese. B) Germans. C) Italians. D) Irish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chinese. 59. In the novella "Love and friendship" , Jane Austin depicted the theme of ..... marriage and highlighted the elaborate relationship with parents A) Loveless. B) Elopement. C) Broken. D) Clandestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clandestine. 60. An American hero is defined as ..... A) Selfish and lazy. B) Good-hearted but flawed. C) Irresponsible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good-hearted but flawed. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRomanticism Quiz 1Romanticism Quiz 2Romanticism Quiz 3Romanticism Quiz 4Romanticism Quiz 5Romanticism Quiz 6Romanticism Quiz 7Romanticism Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books