Romantic Era and Writers

What is the time period for the Romantic Era?

• 1820-1910

• 1850-1950

• 1750-1820

• 1810-1920

What three characteristics make up Romantic music?

• Moody

• Emotional

• Personal

• Rigid

Romantics wrote about situations and settings from the more natural past.

• True
• False

During the romanticism, the feelings and the passions from the characters were: ______________.

• unrelevant

• important

• immortalized.

• illogical,

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One recurring theme of the romantic era was:

• exotic

• supernatural

• creepy

• deathly

During the romantic era gothic literature emerged, which of the following are examples of this theme:

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

• Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

• Beowulf

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The Miserables or Les Misérables was written by:

• Hugh Jackman

• Victor Hugo

• Russell Crowe

• Anne Hathaway

Which poet married Mary Shelley?

• a. Lord Byron
• b. John Keats
• c. William Wordsworth
• d. Percy Shelley

How is the Romantic period a lot like the time period we are living in?

• a. We are supporting a French Revolution.
• b. We celebrate the voices of individuals.
• c. They had electricity.
• d. Gothic literature is new.

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Robert Burns and Joanna Baillie wrote in which dialect?

• a. Dutch
• b. Irish
• c. Scottish
• d. Anglo-Saxon

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