American Romanticism Literature

Which of the following did Romantics NOT like/appreciate?

• Nature
• Formal Education
• Childlike Innocence
• Intuition & Imagination

Where did American Romantics believe that you could find God?

• Nature
• Church
• Inside yourself
• At the flagpole (at 2:36)

Which of the following is NOT a Romantic author?

• Arthur Miller
• Washington Irving
• William Cullen Bryant

Which of the following IS a Romantic author?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Arthur Miller
• Abigail Adams
• Washington Irving

Which of the following literary works is not an example of Romanticism?

• "Thanatopsis"
• "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
• "Self-Reliance"
• "The Devil and Tom Walker"

True/False: American Romantics thought that poetry was the highest form of art?

• True
• False

American Romanticism & Transcendentalism occur during which time period?

• 1600-1720
• 1720-1800
• 1800-1860
• 1860-1900

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Which of the following is a Transcendentalist author?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Arthur Miller
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• William Cullen Bryant

Which of the following is NOT a trait of the Transcendentalists?

• Self-reliance
• Appreciation of nature
• Fear of the devil
• Believing you could find God anywhere

Which of the following words best describes American Transcendentalists?

• Theist
• Deist
• Pantheist
• Atheist