Romanticism Quiz 23 (20 MCQs)

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1. Romanticism developed in part as a reaction against .....

Correct Answer: C) Rationalism.

2. Why were they in awe of nature?

Correct Answer: D) Industrial revolution.

3. "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" is written by

Correct Answer: B) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

4. Songs of Experience was published in

Correct Answer: C) 1794.

5. Romanticism values feeling over reason.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Which of the following does NOT fit Romanticism

Correct Answer: A) Love story.

7. What art movement came before the romantic art period?

Correct Answer: B) Baroque.

8. James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and John Greenleaf Whittier were part of a group called:

Correct Answer: A) The Fireside Poets.

9. Corpse

Correct Answer: A) A dead body especially of a human being.

10. What is true about Transcendentalism?

Correct Answer: A) It believes in the inherent goodness of a person.

11. Type of French comical opera with humorous plots and spoken fragments.

Correct Answer: A) Operetta.

12. Mass society emerges in Europe as a result of:

Correct Answer: A) Rapid economic and social changes.

13. "Walden's Pond"

Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism.

14. Romantics value ..... over reason

Correct Answer: C) Intuition.

15. What is the literary period that followed the Age of Reason in America?

Correct Answer: A) Romanticism.

16. Unlike Wordsworth, Blake's poetry tended to draw moral lessons from the observation of nature.

Correct Answer: B) False.

17. What is the theme to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life" ?

Correct Answer: D) Purpose in life.

18. Romantics tended to .....

Correct Answer: C) Make things better than they really were.

19. Favorite struck string instrument of the Romanticism, due to its capabilities of expressing feelings.

Correct Answer: A) Piano.

20. Name three composers from Classicism

Correct Answer: B) Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.