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American Romanticism

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What years are associated with American Romanticism?

a)

1600-1680

b)

1720-1800

c)

1800-1860

d)

1920-1980

2.

Romantics value ____________ over reason

a)

Ambition

b)

Education

c)

Intuition

d)

Society

3.

Romantics were inspired by supernatural tales and myths

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Romantics believed that nature = corruption

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Romantics believed that youthful _________ is better than educated sophistication

a)

beauty

b)

innocence

c)

ignorance

d)

energy

6.

What are the two major categories of American Romanticism?

a)

Gothic Romantic & Religiousness

b)

Realism & Transcendentalism

c)

Gothic Romantic & Transcendentalism

d)

Realism & Regionalism

7.

Who wrote Nature & Self-Reliance?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

c)

Arthur Miller

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

8.

Transcendentalists believed that society and its institutions corrupt the purity of the human soul

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Transcendentalists had faith in organized religion and political parties

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What author is know for writing Gothic Romantic works such as the Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Harper Lee

c)

Herman Melville

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

11.

What did the Romantics value more?

a)

City Life

b)

Life in Nature

12.

What did the Romantics value more?

a)

Well-read, educated, sophistication

b)

Youthful, Innocent, Intuitive

13.

The fireside poets included one of the first writers to add hints of ____________ to his writing as a subtle way to get people thinking and plant seeds of a movement.

a)

women's rights

b)

anti-slavery

c)

atheist

d)

democratic

14.

What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?

a)

nature is "just there"

b)

nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

c)

nature is unstable and changes too much

d)

nature is the origin of evil

15.

Transcendentalism encourages:

a)

following the rules

b)

being like everyone else

c)

joining the majority opinion

d)

not conforming to what others do and say

16.

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

a)

True

b)

False

17.
Who was the founding father of Transcendentalism?
a)
Thoreau
b)
Whitman
c)
Emerson
d)
Waldo
18.

The values of Transcendentalism starts with ______________________

a)

Intuition

b)

Liberty

c)

Work

d)

Conformity

19.

Two sub-genres of Romanticism are

a)

guilt and sin

b)

good and evil

c)

dark romanticism and transcendentalism

d)

sin and psychology

20.

Gothic Literature is another name for Dark Romanticism

a)

true

b)

false