WorksheetsRomanticism and Transcendentalism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
What LITERARY DEVICES are found here?
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
personification
d)
symbolism
2.
What element of dark romanticism is found here?
Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
a)
obsession with death and evil
b)
all nature is in a state of decay
c)
God is remote, people sin-filled
d)
setting is gloomy, horror-fillled
3.
Which elements of dark romanticism do you find?
...thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, ...
...thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, ...
a)
individuals prone to sin
b)
pessimism about world and afterworld
c)
nature is decaying
d)
settings are dark, melancholy, horror-filled
4.
Which elements of romanticism can be found here?
"From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the Northland,
From the land of the Ojibways,
From the land of the Dacotahs,
"From the forests and the prairies,
From the great lakes of the Northland,
From the land of the Ojibways,
From the land of the Dacotahs,
a)
optimism about human nature
b)
equality of all people
c)
reverence for nature
d)
fascination with Native Americans as raised in nature
5.
What elements of romanticism are found here?
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
a)
optimism about human nature
b)
faith in one's inner emotions, experiences
c)
reverence for nature
d)
faith in the power of one's imagination
6.
What elements of romanticism are found here?
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
a)
optimism about human nature
b)
faith in one's inner emotions, experiences
c)
reverence for nature
d)
faith in the power of one's imagination
7.
Which elements of romanticism are found here?
Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple,
Who believe that in all ages
Every human heart is human,
Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple,
Who believe that in all ages
Every human heart is human,
a)
optimism about human nature
b)
equality of all people
c)
reverence for nature
d)
fascination with Native Americans
8.
What elements of transcendentalism are here?
Chide (rebuke) me not, laborious band,
For the idle flowers I brought;
Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.
Chide (rebuke) me not, laborious band,
For the idle flowers I brought;
Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought.
a)
nature as a spiritual guide
b)
existence of an oversoul
c)
reliance on intuition
d)
government, society easily corrupted
9.
What elements of transcendentalism are found in this text?
Goodbye - To Wealth's greedy eye,
To supple Office low and high,
To crowded halls, to court, and street,
I'm going to yon green hills, alone,
A secret nook in a pleasant land,
Goodbye - To Wealth's greedy eye,
To supple Office low and high,
To crowded halls, to court, and street,
I'm going to yon green hills, alone,
A secret nook in a pleasant land,
a)
existence of an oversoul
b)
reliance on personal instinct
c)
reverence for nature, not society
d)
non-conformity
10.
What elements of transcendentalism are here?
I laugh at the lore and the pride of man,
At the schools, and the schoolmaster's fans;
For what are they all with their pride and conceit,
When man with God in the brush may meet
I laugh at the lore and the pride of man,
At the schools, and the schoolmaster's fans;
For what are they all with their pride and conceit,
When man with God in the brush may meet
a)
reliance on one's self
b)
disinterest in famous philosophers' ideas
c)
no desire to conform to society or its rules
d)
purity and equality of people
11.
What element of transcendentalism is here?
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome;
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome;
a)
unity of all people
b)
reverence for nature
c)
dislike of conformity
d)
reliance on intuition
12.
What LITERARY DEVICE is here?
Perched upon a bust of Pallas* just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
*(Athena, goddess of wisdom)
Perched upon a bust of Pallas* just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
*(Athena, goddess of wisdom)
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Alliteration
c)
Allusion
d)
Hyperbole
13.
What LITERARY DEVICE is here?
High walls make not a palace; full purses make not a king.
High walls make not a palace; full purses make not a king.
a)
Simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
Paradox
14.
What LITERARY DEVICE is here?
“Henry was a lion on the battlefield.”
“Henry was a lion on the battlefield.”
a)
metaphor
b)
foreshadowing
c)
illusion
d)
imagery
15.
What LITERARY DEVICE is here?
"He was my Romeo and I was his Juliet."
"He was my Romeo and I was his Juliet."
a)
aphorism
b)
paradox
c)
allusion
d)
hyperbole
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