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Romanticism--Literary Terms

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The feeling created by a story's setting and details

a)

satire

b)

tone

c)

mood

d)

alliteration

2.

Literature written to poke fun at society or government in order to call attention to a fault or make a change

a)

parable

b)

satire

c)

refrain

d)

paradox

3.

A story in which characters stand for something deeper

a)

allegory

b)

parable

c)

fable

d)

short story

4.

Rhyme that occurs within the same line of poetry

a)

middle rhyme

b)

end rhyme

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

internal rhyme

5.

Sounds words, such as "bang"

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

refrain

d)

analogy

6.

Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in words close together

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

internal rhyme

d)

refrain

7.

A word, line, or groups of lines that repeats in a poem or song

a)

slant rhyme

b)

alliteration

c)

refrain

d)

analogy

8.

Words that don't have an exact rhyme but are close

a)

end rhyme

b)

middle rhyme

c)

internal rhyme

d)

slant rhyme

9.

Giving human qualities to nonliving things

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

10.

An object that has another, deeper meaning besides the obvious one

a)

parable

b)

symbol

c)

satire

d)

allusion

11.

Story where the main character suffers grief or death

a)

metaphor

b)

satire

c)

tragedy

d)

poem

12.

Comparison using like, as , or than

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

parable

13.

Brief story that teachers a moral lesson

a)

tragedy

b)

poem

c)

symbol

d)

parable

14.

Comparison that explains the relationship between two things

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

analogy

c)

satire

d)

archetype

15.

Comparison where one thing is called another

a)

metaphor

b)

mood

c)

simile

d)

parable

16.

The time period of Romantic literature was mostly

a)

1620-1700

b)

1725-1780

c)

1800-1860

d)

1860-1920

17.

Romantic writers viewed the city as a place of

a)

inspiration

b)

success and money

c)

peace

d)

corruption and sin

18.

Romantic literature evolved as a reaction against

a)

Rationalism

b)

Puritanism

c)

Naturalism

d)

Deism

19.

The "highest embodiment of the imagination" to Romantic writers

a)

novels

b)

poetry

c)

short stories

d)

songs

20.

"Romantic heroes" were

a)

Ugly, clumsy, but very smart

b)

Handsome, creative and skilled, well-loved

c)

Average- looking, not too bright, failed easily

21.

The Romantics valued this over all

a)

intuition

b)

reason

c)

science

d)

the Bible

22.

Most Romantic stories and poems are set

a)

In the country

b)

In the city

c)

In a made-up, faraway land

d)

During war

23.

Wrote "The Raven"

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

24.

Known mostly for his novel The Scarlet Letter

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

d)

Anne Bradstreet

25.

Lost most of his family to tuberculosis, causing depression

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

d)

Ben Franklin

26.

Wrote "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

27.

Father of the Detective Story

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

28.

Wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

29.

His comedy story collection The Sketch Book made him famous

a)

Washington Irving

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

30.

"Dark" Romantics wrote about

a)

Family

b)

Good role models

c)

Heroes

d)

Evil and sin

31.

Romantic literature involves

a)

True stories about real people

b)

Fiction stories with outlandish characters

c)

Stories based on the Bible and personal experience

32.

Puritan stories are based on

a)

Real people and their lives

b)

The Bible and personal experience

c)

Fiction and outlandish characters

33.

Stories during the Rationalism period involved

a)

True stories about real people or science facts

b)

Fiction and outlandish characters

c)

The Bible and personal experiences