Romanticism Pop Quiz

The mirror is a longstanding metaphor for the mimetic view of art. What metaphor does M.H. Abrams propose for the expressive view?

• A mountaintop

• A supernova

• A lamp

• A whirlwind

"It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to recreate…. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead." Coleridge is speaking here about…

• The Primary Imagination

• The Secondary Imagination

• The creative process

• Fancy

Which genre does J.S. Mill locate at the top of the literary hierarchy?

• Tragedy

• The novel

• The epic poem

• The lyric poem

Recall Abrams's scheme, in which the Artwork is surrounded by three vectors: the Universe, the Audience and the Artist. Which vector gets the most emphasis in the mimetic view of art?

• Artwork --> Universe

• Artwork --> Artist

• Artwork --> Audience

• Artist --> Audience

Which vector is emphasized in the expressivist/Romantic view?

• Artwork --> Universe

• Artwork --> Artist

• Artwork --> Audience

• Artist --> Audience

The actual composition of a poem, claims Wordsworth, begins when?

• In the midst of a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”

• When the poet contemplates a powerful experience that she had had in the past

• When the poet comes across a powerful image or an engaging story that is drawn from someone else’s experience

• When it is no longer possible to ignore the deadline

According to Mill, there are two kinds of poets in the world

• Male poets and female poets

• Born poets and made poets

• Upbeat poets and gloomy poets

• Serious poets and merely popular poets

For Mill, one major difference between true poetry and mere eloquence is that…

• True poetry tries to educate its audience to become better people whereas eloquence merely tries to entertain them

• True poetry is impassioned speech while eloquence is passionless

• True poetry is an account of the mind conversing with itself whereas eloquence is composed with an audience in mind

• True poetry has rhyme and meter; eloquence is written or spoken in prose

According to Mill, a poet who describes a lion must…

• Make sure that her account remains faithful to the objective reality of lions

• Make sure that her account is faithful to her subjective reaction to the lion

• Make sure that her account is faithful to what most people would feel when they encounter a Lion

• Make sure that her account is faithful to traditional poetic descriptions of lions

How does J.S. Mill describe the effect of strong emotions on the poet's creative process?

• Strong emotions distract the poet from creating meaningful work.

• Strong emotions are irrelevant to the poet's creative process.

• Strong emotions are the primary originator of the poet's associations and ideas.

• Strong emotions make the poet less capable of coherent thought.