This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Romantic > Romanticism – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The sun smiled down on us." This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. Among Blake's famous symbols, there are urban and industrial landscapes and machines which represent rationalism and oppression A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Why was Ichabod Crane feeling sad when he left the party at the Van Tassel's home? A) He lost a bet (and a lot of money) on a racehorse he was certain would win. B) He realized Katrina Van Tassel did not have any romantic interest in him. C) Ichabod was asked to leave by Mr. VanTassel who thought he was treating Katrina poorly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He realized Katrina Van Tassel did not have any romantic interest in him. 4. The Romantics' worldview was opposed to the ideals of ..... A) The Industrial Revolution. B) The Enlightenment. C) The French Revolution. D) The Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Enlightenment. 5. Dr. Heidegger invites his guests to his home to ..... A) Drink water from what is believed to be the Fountain of Youth in Florida. B) Join him for a 5-course meal prepared by a professional chef. C) Ask them for permission to use their photos in the new advertisements for his medical clinic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drink water from what is believed to be the Fountain of Youth in Florida. 6. It is build of wood-unfettered artistic expression in the patterns and details. A) Early Victorian. B) High Victorian. C) Queen Anne Style. D) Eclectic Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen Anne Style. 7. Widely existing; most common A) Uppermost. B) Prevalent. C) Prone. D) Notorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevalent. 8. Why did Thoreau decide to build a cabin on Walden Pond? A) Thoreau's brother died, so he decided he did not like city life; he wanted a simple life of solitude. B) Thoreau wanted to see if he could live alone for two years. C) Thoreau loved to fish and swim in a pond. D) Thoreau built the cabin for his fiance to live in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoreau's brother died, so he decided he did not like city life; he wanted a simple life of solitude. 9. Sepulcher A) An act of revealing or communicating divine truth. B) An action or effect given or exerted in return:a reciprocal action or effect; consequence. C) A place of burial:TOMB. D) Marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A place of burial:TOMB. 10. Transcendentalists believed in: A) The Power of the Government. B) The Power of Technology. C) The Power of the Individual. D) The Power of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Power of the Individual. 11. A literary and artistic movement of the 18th and 19th centuries that placed value on emotion or imagination over reason, the individual over society, nature and wildness over human works, the country over the city, common people over the ruling class, and freedom over control or authority. A) Storyline. B) Climax. C) Romanticism. D) Essay. E) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticism. 12. Which artist was an English landscape artist known for using sweeping brushstrokes to capture the power of nature? A) J.M.W. Turner. B) Caspar David Friedrich. C) Francisco Goya. D) Thomas Cole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.M.W. Turner. 13. Which facet of "Thanatopsis" make it a good example of Romantic poetry? A) The natural environment has provoked deep emotions and insights in the speaker. B) The poem is written in unrhymed lines and focuses on the supernatural. C) The poet is absorbed in thoughts of dying. D) The poet applies logic and rational thinking to human concerns about life and death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The natural environment has provoked deep emotions and insights in the speaker. 14. Who is NOT a Romantic artist? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Benjamin Franklin. C) Charles Brockden. D) James F. Cooper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin. 15. Who wrote "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" A) Ralph Emerson. B) Edgar Allen Poe. C) Henry Longfellow. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph Emerson. 16. Whitman's personal beliefs most closely resembled Transcendentalism and he was well versed in the work of Emerson, but he also had a broad understanding of American and European religious traditions, language, and symbolism, which he used stylistically in his poetry. He employed traditional symbols such as the stars, moon, and earth, but also created his own symbology, which included lilacs, the calamus plant, and, of course, grass. Whitman's tone was exuberant and his diction, or word choice, is notable for its eccentricities; he used colloquial words, foreign words, technical words, and sometimes even made up his own words. Which of the following statements most closely summarizes the central idea of the above passage? A) Walt Whitman was a revolutionary American poet who embodied the characteristics of the Romantic movements through his work. B) Walt Whitman's work was very different from other poets of the time and he enjoyed experimenting with language in unusual ways. C) Walt Whitman was one of the first artists to popularize the ideas of Romanticism and Transcendentalism in Europe. D) Walt Whitman's work was a direct rejection of popular movements within Romanticism, as he believed that they oppressed artists' natural expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walt Whitman was a revolutionary American poet who embodied the characteristics of the Romantic movements through his work. 17. In the end, most of the inhabitants of Rip's village A) Doubt his truthfulness. B) Believe, enjoy, and retell his tale. C) Consider him deluded. D) Ignore his story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believe, enjoy, and retell his tale. 18. Which of the following Romantic period writers wrote "Frankenstein" ? A) Alexandre Dumas. B) Victor Hugo. C) Mary Shelley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mary Shelley. 19. Which of the following did NOT drive the Romantic writers in both purpose and style? A) Religion. B) A unique American identity. C) Freedom. D) Reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religion. 20. Based on the information in the poem, who was Ozymandias? A) A writer. B) A king. C) A sculptor. D) A traveler. 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