Romantics MLN

The Romantic movement took place during which time period?

• 1500s-1600s

• The Victorian Era

• Late 1700s-1800s

• The Enlightenment

Which of the following events did NOT influence the Romantic poets

• The Industrial Revolution

• The French and American Revolutions

• World War I

• The Napoleonic Wars

True or False: the Romantics favoured reason over emotion

• True

• False

True or False: Romantics favoured individualism over collectivism

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a feature of Romantic poetry

• Praising nature

• Idealism

• Emotive language

• Praising technology

• Political activism

Who among the following is NOT a Romantic writer?

• Shakespeare

• Mary Shelley

• William Wordsworth

• Lord Byron

• William Blake

The Romantics believed that nature inspires awe beyond reason and description. They called this phenomenon:

• the divine

• God's gifts

• pastoralism

• the sublime

Glorifying the past or thinking about it fondly is known as

• Melancholy

• Nostalgia

• Pastism

• Yearning

• Presentism

Creating vivid images with words that appeal to the senses is called

• Imagery

• Imagination

• Inspiration

• Intuition

T or F: Romantics valued reason over intuition.

• True

• False