Romanticism Quiz 95 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which literary movement explores conflicts between good and evil, guilt and sin, and madness?

Correct Answer: C) Gothic.

2. Sophie spends all of her allowance on ..... purchases that she either breaks or loses within a week.

Correct Answer: D) Frivolous.

3. Rip sleeps through

Correct Answer: D) American Revolution.

4. Thoreau believes that technological advances lead to a better way of life?

Correct Answer: A) False.

5. What event inspired Eugene Delacroix's painting 'Freedom Leads the People'?

Correct Answer: A) The French Revolution of 1830.

6. During Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Beethoven knew to stop conducting.

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. Mystery and religion are the main topics of

Correct Answer: A) W. Blake.

8. Compound instrumental form for soloist and orchestra.

Correct Answer: A) Concerto.

9. What is the primary purpose of a thesis statement in an argumentative essay?

Correct Answer: B) To present the writer's opinion on the topic and the main points that will be argued.

10. Which author devoted his life to the abolition of slavery? He also risked his own life for the cause.

Correct Answer: C) John Greenleaf Whittier.

11. He was one of the leading exponents of Neo-Romanticism and wrote "To Autumn" published in 1820.

Correct Answer: A) John Keats.

12. Romantics believed that imagination, emotion, ....., feelings, and ..... were more important than rational thought.

Correct Answer: C) Spontaneity, nature.

13. What is the essence of Romanticism?

Correct Answer: A) The ability to wander and reflect.

14. What is the setting of this tale?

Correct Answer: D) Kaatskill Mountains; Pre-Revolutionary War.

15. Transcendentalism is.....

Correct Answer: D) A religion of philosophy to love nature and trust emotions rather than reason.

16. When a word makes the sound it represents:

Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia.

17. Select the correct word to complete the sentence.Although she is quite young, she has a mature .....

Correct Answer: A) Demeanor.

18. Jean Jacques Rousseau, Romanticism's "spiritual father, " believed that individuals .....

Correct Answer: C) Are naturally good and have value.

19. What literary device is used in John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Snowbound" when he uses opposites (unfamiliarity vs familiarity) in each stanza?

Correct Answer: D) Antithesis.

20. Which line in 'The Tyger' refers to the story of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun with his wax wings?

Correct Answer: B) 'On what wings dare he aspire?.