Worksheets23.5 Romanticism & Realism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
[Preview] Survey: To which of these sources are you more likely to look for solutions to your life's problems?
Science & technology
Faith & religion
[p1] Romanticism emphasized using _____ as sources of knowing.
Feelings & emotions
Reason & rational logic
Mathematics & the scientific method
[p1] Which of these describe the 19th century romantics? Select THREE from this list.
Rebels against middle-class conventions (wore their hair long)
Valued individualism
Had a passionate interest in past ages, especially the Middle Ages
Played classical orchestral instruments (such as violins & flutes)
Valued "the needs of the many" over those of the few or one
[p1] Who was one of the most famous composers of the romantic era, whose powerful melodies "created dramatic intensity"?
Ludwig von Beethoven
Eugene Delacroix
Edgar Allan Poe
[p2] Many romantic writers, such as Walter Scott in "Ivanhoe," created stories that expressed their strong...
racism
nationalism.
religious devotion.
[p2] Which of these novels were examples of the romantics' attraction to the exotic & unfamiliar? Use close reading to learn the correct choices.
Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
Edgar Allan Poe's short stories of horror
Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species"
Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist"
[p2] "Frenchman Louis (a) proposed the germ theory of disease."
[p2] "British scientist and inventor Michael (a) put together a primitive (electric) generator."
[p3] What term means "indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration"?
Secularization
Realism
Romanticism
Evolution
[p3] The theory of organic evolution states that...
...organisms evolved from complex to simpler organisms.
...organisms evolved from simpler to complex organisms.
...God created the universe in six 24-hour days about 6000 years ago.
[p3] What theory (key term) states that some organisms are more adaptable to their environment than other organisms?
Natural selection
Realism
Secularization
Controversy
[p4] What did realist authors want to write about?
Brave heroes in exotic settings.
Ordinary characters from life.
Scientific evolution.
[p4] Who was a British author whose novels showed the (dirty & miserable) realities of life for the poor & middle classes in the early Industrial Age?
Charles Darwin
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Jules Verne
[p4] The realist novels of Flaubert & Dickens...
portrayed the world using the author's emotions & imagination.
criticized aspects of 19th-century life.
argued for "survival of the fittest."
condemned Darwin as "godless."
[Review] Why did the 19th century become more secular?
People looked increasingly to science for answers rather than to faith.
People believed in progress as demonstrated by the Industrial Revolution.
People lost faith in the ideals of romanticism.
Scientific discoveries led to stronger religious beliefs.
