WorksheetsAmerican Romanticism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
What years are associated with American Romanticism?
1600-1680
1720-1800
1800-1860
1920-1980
Romantics value ____________ over reason
Ambition
Education
Intuition
Society
Romantics were inspired by supernatural tales and myths
true
false
Romantics believed that nature = corruption
true
false
Romantics believed that youthful _________ is better than educated sophistication
beauty
innocence
ignorance
energy
What are the two major categories of American Romanticism?
Gothic Romantic & Religiousness
Realism & Transcendentalism
Gothic Romantic & Transcendentalism
Realism & Regionalism
Who wrote Nature & Self-Reliance?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Arthur Miller
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendentalists believed that society and its institutions corrupt the purity of the human soul
True
False
Transcendentalists had faith in organized religion and political parties
True
False
What author is know for writing Gothic Romantic works such as the Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven
Walt Whitman
Harper Lee
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
What did the Romantics value more?
City Life
Life in Nature
What did the Romantics value more?
Well-read, educated, sophistication
Youthful, Innocent, Intuitive
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.
women's rights
anti-slavery
atheist
democratic
What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?
nature is "just there"
nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality
nature is unstable and changes too much
nature is the origin of evil
Transcendentalism encourages:
following the rules
being like everyone else
joining the majority opinion
not conforming to what others do and say
The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.
True
False
The values of Transcendentalism starts with ______________________
Intuition
Liberty
Work
Conformity
Two sub-genres of Romanticism are
guilt and sin
good and evil
dark romanticism and transcendentalism
sin and psychology
Gothic Literature is another name for Dark Romanticism
true
false
