American Romanticism Pt 2

How did the Romantics attempt to rise above the dull realities?

• Search for exotic settings in natural past or away from industry

• Search for an answer in cities

• Study the recent books published

Who is the most notable American writer of the Gothic Novel?

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Edgar Allan Poe

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The Romantics sometimes used lyric poems to contemplate the natural world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The EUROPE writers were diffent from AMERICAN writers because EUROPE writers had a sense of a limitless frontier.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Who was the first American heroic figure created by James Fenimore Cooper?

• Natty Bumppo

• Rip Van Winkle

• Edgar A. Poe

What image did most Europeans have of Americans?

• They were unsophisticated

• They were civilized

• They were intelligent

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The American ____ is where Romantic writers tated that the American virtue came from.

• intelligence

• experience

• innocence

The RATIONALIST HERO was all of the following EXCEPT:

• worldly

• educated

• youthful

• sophisticated

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The American Romantic Hero was all of the following EXCEPT:

• innocent

• worldly

• close to nature

• youthful

The ____ were the most popular poets America ever produced.

• Romantic Revelers

• Fireside Poets

• Natty Bumppo Balladeers

• Sophisticated Satirists

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