This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > Literary Movements – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Movements Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote the poem Hope is a Thing with Feathers? A) WB YEATS. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Dickinson. 2. All of the following are tenets of Romanticism EXCEPT: A) Authors valued the individual in their writing. B) Authors looked to nature for inspiration. C) Authors feature just themes of love. D) Authors valued emotion and the imagination in their writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Authors feature just themes of love. 3. Romanticism A) Realism. B) Modernism. C) Contemporary Period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. 4. ..... is the literary movement that celebrates African American art, literature, and culture. A) The Modern Movement. B) The Houston Rebirth. C) The Harlem Renaissance. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Harlem Renaissance. 5. A period when individuals began to question Puritan beliefs about God's grace as the determining factor in their lives. They began to reason within themselves about the importance of moral choice. A) The Romantic Period. B) Puritanism. C) The Age of Reason. D) Naturalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Age of Reason. 6. Puritan writings: A) Portrayed humans as flawed. B) Were about individualism. C) Were formal and disciplined. D) Were sermons or religious writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sermons or religious writings. 7. The following are all characteristics of Realism EXCEPT: A) It is only nonfiction. B) Explores key social issues. C) Uses rhetorical devices. D) Portrays ordinary settings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is only nonfiction. 8. How is nature portrayed in Romantic literature? A) As a source of fear and danger. B) As a source of inspiration and healing. C) As a mechanical and rational force. D) As a source of conflict and violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As a source of inspiration and healing. 9. This movement emphasized how instinct and environment affect human behavior. Strongly influenced by Charles Darwin's ideas, they believed that the fate of humans is determined by forces beyond their control. They are ..... A) Realists. B) Darwinists. C) Romanticists. D) Naturalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naturalists. 10. Identify the movement this is from: "Shaking off from my spirit what must have been a dream, I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building. Its principal feature seemed to be that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had been great. Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation." A) Puritanism. B) Rationalism. C) Romanticism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticism. 11. Born from the debate of "new light" and "old light" A) Transcendentalists. B) Local colourists. C) Literary comedians. D) New Englands Brahmins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transcendentalists. 12. Rebirth of African American arts A) Harlem Renaissance. B) Beat Movement. C) Postmodernism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harlem Renaissance. 13. After war, especially lads who are not that old and resent the contemporary world. A) In yer face theatre. B) Absurdism. C) Existentialism. D) Angry young Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angry young Men. 14. The Rationalists believed that people were able to ..... A) Pray alone. B) Perfect themselves. C) Get a job. D) Ruin a society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perfect themselves. 15. The modern times are getting more and more difficult day by day and people get alienated and isolated. WWII A) Modernism. B) Post-modernism. C) Closet drama. D) Deism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Post-modernism. 16. What is a characteristic of Romanticism poetry? A) Animals. B) Use of nature. C) Traveling. D) Romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of nature. 17. Characters in Realist writing were A) Extraordinary people. B) Ordinary people. C) Known citizens. D) Famous people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordinary people. 18. Which movement most emphasized science? A) Naturalism. B) Harlem Renaissance. C) Enlightenment. D) Beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enlightenment. 19. The writers during the Rationalism period valued religion over everything else. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. Realists built their plots and characters around A) Legends. B) Ordinary Life. C) Mysteries. D) The Supernatural. 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