THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Which is NOT a characteristic of the Romantic period?

• a return to nature

• appreciation of the individual

• love of philosophy

• turning against industrialization

What poets were part of the first generation of English poets?

• William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge

• Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley

• Shakespeare and Samuel Coleridge

• Lord Byron and John Keats

In the Romantic period, a lot of people moved from ...

• urban to rural area

• country to town

• downtown to suburb area

A basic idea behind Romantic movement is...

• Development

• Submission

• Rebellion

Who was not a Romantic poet?

• John Keats

• William Wordsworth

• Jane Austen

• William Cowper

The emphasis of Romantic art and literature was on...

• Chivalry and Bravery

• Emotion and Imagination

• Hierarchy and Royalty

Who, among the following, is a second-generation writer?

• William Blake

• Lord Byron

• William Wordsworth

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the sublime?

• awesome and vast landscapes

• extreme situations that elicit fear and admiration

• rationality

• the state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror.

Which of the following is true about the Romantics?

• They believed in rationalism above all.

• They criticized poetry and poets.

• They rejected medieval literature

• They highlighted the healing power of imagination.

Shelley was exiled from Oxford for...

• criticizing the monarchy

• not being an aristocrat

• advocating atheism

• his public scandals after his wife's suicide