This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Romanticism – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romanticism Quiz 51 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" uses which literary device? A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. How does the following line speak to the theme of the poem "Thanatopsis" ? "Earth, that nourish'd thee, shall claim/Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again." A) Life is a cycle as people return to the earth in death. B) The earth provides life. C) After leaving the earth, eternal life is in heaven. D) The earth is where people will sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life is a cycle as people return to the earth in death. 3. Term for the first practical photographs A) Papyrustype. B) Daguerreotypes. C) Silvertype. D) Glass type. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daguerreotypes. 4. Truth A) Romanticism. B) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realism. 5. Which term is NOT associated with Romantic opera? A) Nice singing. B) Neutered. C) Realism. D) Lead motive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutered. 6. What does the quote "chartered street [ ..... ] chartered Thames" from London show? A) Blake has no idea where he is going. B) Even a river that is often a symbol of freedom is owned. C) Man has become a monster. D) They are good at making maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even a river that is often a symbol of freedom is owned. 7. What does the woman remind Byron of in "She Walks in Beauty" ? A) A black snake. B) A night sky with lots of stars. C) Moonlight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A night sky with lots of stars. 8. Number of Benjamin Franklin's virtues. A) 3. B) 10. C) 13. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13. 9. Which of the following is one of the most famous Gothic literature writers? A) Arthur Miller. B) Walt Whitman. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allan Poe. 10. In, "She Walks in Beauty", what does "which waves in every raven tress, / Or softly lightens o'er her face" mean? A) The "raven tress" refers to her dark Dress and eyes, and "softly lightens o'er her face" suggests a woman of fair complexion. This continues the contrast between light and dark that Byron has established throughout the poem. B) The "raven tress" refers to her dark hair, and "softly lightens o'er her face" suggests a woman of fair complexion. This continues the contrast between light and dark that Byron has established throughout the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The "raven tress" refers to her dark hair, and "softly lightens o'er her face" suggests a woman of fair complexion. This continues the contrast between light and dark that Byron has established throughout the poem. 11. What is the letter-writer's goal? A) To find the monster. B) To get married. C) To see part of the world no one has ever seen before. D) To make friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To see part of the world no one has ever seen before. 12. Which of the following Romantic ballet dancers is known for her more full figured body shape and using her torso more throughout her dances in dips and turns? A) Marie Camargo. B) Fanny Ellsler. C) Marie Taglioni. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fanny Ellsler. 13. Because of the industrial revolution, there was a turn to ..... A) Self. B) Nature. C) Simple parts of life, truth, and beauty. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Emphasis on using feelings and emotions over reason A) Natural selection. B) Romanticism. C) Secularization. D) Organic evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romanticism. 15. What is the significance of experimentation within Romanticism? A) In science and in institutions. B) Polarization of north versus south. C) Vast expanse, freedom, no geographic limitations. D) Immigrants in large numbers arrive in US. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In science and in institutions. 16. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was written by ..... A) Washington Irving. B) Frederick Douglas. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washington Irving. 17. What leading intellectual figure had a deep respect for nature? A) Emerson. B) Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thoreau. 18. In "In Defense of Poetry" Shelley says In paragraph 2, A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." In context, the best interpretation of that statement would be ..... A) Flowers fade, but poetic truth is eternal. B) It is not given to all men to write poetry. C) Poetry is inspired and cannot be willed into being. D) Poetry is sacred and would be profaned by such utterances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry is inspired and cannot be willed into being. 19. "The Fall of the House of Usher":Where did the narrator first meet Roderick? A) School. B) Family friends. C) Friend from childhood. D) They're related. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Friend from childhood. 20. "The Devil and Tom Walker":What is the main lesson of the story? A) Money = happiness. B) Marriage is sacred. C) Greed leads to misery. D) Isolation leads to madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greed leads to misery. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRomanticism Quiz 1Romanticism Quiz 2Romanticism Quiz 3Romanticism Quiz 4Romanticism Quiz 5Romanticism Quiz 6Romanticism Quiz 7Romanticism Quiz 8Romanticism Quiz 9Romanticism Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books