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- 1. Multiple Choice
Romanticism was a reaction against:
The nobility of old Europe
New tariffs on farm goods
Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment
A burgeoning middle class
- 2. Multiple Choice
What Enlightenment values did Romantics disagree with?
increasing the size of the family unit
technological advancement and urbanisation
rising opportunities for women
cultural movements favoring public song and dance
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did the Romantics prefer?
the countryside
industrial towns
wealth and power
travel opportunities
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is typical of Romanticism?
Stress on individual thoughts and personal feelings
Stress on universal thoughts and ideas
- 5. Multiple Choice
The most important genre of literature to Romantic era writers was:
prose
short stories
poetry
novels
- 6. Multiple Choice
English Romanticism developed in part as a reaction against ____________________.
Puritanism
American Gothic Literature
Rationalism
European traditions
- 7. Multiple Choice
Approximately when did the English Romantic literary movement take place?
1570-1650
1670-1750
1770-1850
1870-1950
- 8. Multiple Choice
Poets of the Romantic epoch did not care much for:
imagination
logical, lengthy problem analysis
feelings and intuition
wild nature
- 9. Multiple Choice
Often, Romantic artists believed one needed to explore ideas through ___________________ because the ___________ mind could not understand all of the important truths of life.
novels, poetic
history, fictional
deep contemplation, spontaneous
imagination, rational
- 10. Multiple Choice
In British literature, the Romantic era engaged peoples'
political opinions
personal feelings
religious beliefs
educational backgrounds
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a value of the Romantic Period?imaginationinnocencereasonintuition
- 12. Multiple Choice
Romanticism viewed civilization as ...
Pure
Artificial
Unspoiled
Perfect
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the Romantic view of nature?
Nature is deceiving, unknown, and evil.
Nature is majestic, symbolic, and divine.
Science and reason can overcome the natural world to decide man's fate.
Evolution necessitates the destruction of nature, and eventually of mankind.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Wrote romances, but not a Romantic poet:
William Wordsworth
William Blake
William Shakespeare
John Keats
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Romantics believed that people could improve their lives by:
focusing on the problems and working for a solution
focusing on meditation and yoga
focusing on beauty, emotion and imagination as a means of escape
focusing on getting the right people elected to make change
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