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WorksheetsRomanticism, Transcendentalism and Realism
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Edgar Allan Poe
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
2.
Henry David Thoreau
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
3.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
4.
"The Raven"
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
5.
"Civil Disobedience"
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
6.
"The Devil and Tom Walker"
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
7.
Includes supernatural elements or beings
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
8.
Believed there is a connection between the universe and the individual soul
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
9.
Nature is seen as a source of knowledge, refuge, and revelation of God.
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
10.
One must go beyond everyday human experiences to determine reality
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
11.
Believed that people are inherently good.
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
12.
Value intuition over logic and reason
a)
Romanticism
b)
Transcendentalism
13.
Realists hoped to create a change in society by …
a)
exposing the realities of the working class and poor in order to create empathy for that group
b)
studying nature in the hopes of protecting the wilderness and a more rural lifestyle
c)
showing the reading public that the poor were lazy and inferior
14.
The Romantics believed that people could improve their world-view by …
a)
focusing on the problems and working for a solution
b)
focusing on meditation and yoga
c)
focusing on beauty, emotion and imagination as a means of escape
d)
focusing on getting the right people elected to make change
15.
Romantics responded specifically to which of the following aspects of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Children and the breakdown of the family
b)
Government’s lack of efficiency
c)
The industrial focus of the time and scientific writing
d)
The differences in the classes
16.
Realism began in
a)
1855
b)
1865
c)
1875
d)
1895
17.
Realists believed that humanities freedom of choices was limited by
a)
outside forces.
b)
the government.
c)
God.
d)
no one.
18.
American realists built their plots and characters around
a)
legends.
b)
ordinary life.
c)
mysteries.
d)
the supernatural.
19.
Upon close examination, we realize that realism planted the seeds for many of America's core values.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
American Transcendentalists did NOT like which of the following?
a)
Nature
b)
Independence
c)
Slavery
21.
True/False: American Transcendentalists liked organized religion?
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Which of the following IS a Transcendentalist work of literature?
a)
"The Declaration of Independence"
b)
"The Devil and Tom Walker"
c)
"Civil Disobedience"
d)
"Thanatopsis"
23.
Which of the following is a Transcendentalist author?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Arthur Miller
c)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
d)
William Cullen Bryant
24.
American Romanticism & Transcendentalism occur during which time period?
a)
1600-1720
b)
1720-1800
c)
1800-1860
d)
1860-1900
25.
True/False: American Romantics thought that poetry was the highest form of art?
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Which of the following IS a Romantic author?
a)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
b)
Arthur Miller
c)
Abigail Adams
d)
Washington Irving
27.
Where did American Romantics believe that you could find God?
a)
Nature
b)
Church
c)
Inside yourself
d)
At the flagpole (at 2:36)
28.
A literary battle raged between realists and
a)
rationalists
b)
naturalists
c)
puritans
d)
romantics
29.
American realists built their plots and characters around
a)
legends.
b)
ordinary life.
c)
mysteries.
d)
the supernatural.
30.
At its basic level, realism was grounded in
a)
religion.
b)
rational thought.
c)
human thinking.
d)
the faithful reporting of everyday life.
31.
Class is not important to the realist writer.
a)
False
b)
True
32.
The Realists tone may be
a)
comic.
b)
bitter.
c)
religious.
d)
hopeful.
33.
Mark Twain was born as
a)
William Brown.
b)
Saul Collins.
c)
Samuel Clemens.
d)
Robert Frost.
34.
True or False: Twain was once the pilot of a steamboat.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
What is a way of speaking that is localized geographically?
a)
conversation
b)
dialect
c)
linguistics
d)
diction
38.
True or false: Most scholars believe that Twain was a racist due to his portrayal of Jim.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Which physical feature stands out for Mark Twain?
a)
his mustache
b)
his beard
c)
his bright red hair
d)
his thick glasses
38.
True or false: Most scholars believe that Twain was a racist due to his portrayal of Jim.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Mark Twain protested the unfair and unethical treatment of which minority group in America?
a)
Chinese
b)
Irish
c)
Italians
d)
Germans
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