Romanticism Review

the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant; also a major aspect of Romanticism

• ambivalent

• aesthetic

• individualism

• frivolous

Romanticism is the name given to schools of thought that value __________and ________ over reasoning.

• logic and ideas

• feelings and intuition

• nature and nurture

• imagination and reason

Romantics wanted to avoid what Edgar Allan Poe called...

• beauty and truth

• logical reasoning

• boring writing

• dull realities

True or False: The American novel developed hand-in-hand with the idealization of frontier life.

• true!

• false!

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

True or False: Reason, logic, and sophistication had greater value than imagination, individual feelings, and wild nature.

• true!

• false!

Romanticism is a reaction to which of the following?

• colonialism

• rationalism

• naturalism

• puritanism

Romantic authors sought a higher realm of truth by writing about which of the following?

• the "natural" world

• the industrial age

• escapism

• the supernatural

The Romantic period focused on the inspired creator instead of the 

• qualities of the individual.
• politics of the past.
• technical master.
• inspired creator.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Romantic Writers liked to focus on-

• the community

• the individual

• the powerful

• the people in love

A story about a young person abandoning society to explore the wilderness is an example of Romanticism.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.1