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23.5 Romanticism & Realism

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

[Preview] Survey: To which of these sources are you more likely to look for solutions to your life's problems?

a)

Science & technology

b)

Faith & religion

2.

[p1] Romanticism emphasized using _____ as sources of knowing.

a)

Feelings & emotions

b)

Reason & rational logic

c)

Mathematics & the scientific method

3.

[p1] Which of these describe the 19th century romantics? Select THREE from this list.

a)

Rebels against middle-class conventions (wore their hair long)

b)

Valued individualism

c)

Had a passionate interest in past ages, especially the Middle Ages

d)

Played classical orchestral instruments (such as violins & flutes)

e)

Valued "the needs of the many" over those of the few or one

4.

[p1] Who was one of the most famous composers of the romantic era, whose powerful melodies "created dramatic intensity"?

a)

Ludwig von Beethoven

b)

Eugene Delacroix

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

5.

[p2] Many romantic writers, such as Walter Scott in "Ivanhoe," created stories that expressed their strong...

a)

racism

b)

nationalism.

c)

religious devotion.

6.

[p2] Which of these novels were examples of the romantics' attraction to the exotic & unfamiliar? Use close reading to learn the correct choices.

a)

Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

b)

Edgar Allan Poe's short stories of horror

c)

Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species"

d)

Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist"

7.

[p2] "Frenchman Louis (a)   proposed the germ theory of disease."

8.

[p2] "British scientist and inventor Michael (a)   put together a primitive (electric) generator."

9.

[p3] What term means "indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration"?

a)

Secularization

b)

Realism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Evolution

10.

[p3] The theory of organic evolution states that...

a)

...organisms evolved from complex to simpler organisms.

b)

...organisms evolved from simpler to complex organisms.

c)

...God created the universe in six 24-hour days about 6000 years ago.

11.

[p3] What theory (key term) states that some organisms are more adaptable to their environment than other organisms?

a)

Natural selection

b)

Realism

c)

Secularization

d)

Controversy

12.

[p4] What did realist authors want to write about?

a)

Brave heroes in exotic settings.

b)

Ordinary characters from life.

c)

Scientific evolution.

13.

[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?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

David Copperfield

d)

Jules Verne

14.

[p4] The realist novels of Flaubert & Dickens...

a)

portrayed the world using the author's emotions & imagination.

b)

criticized aspects of 19th-century life.

c)

argued for "survival of the fittest."

d)

condemned Darwin as "godless."

15.

[Review] Why did the 19th century become more secular?

a)

People looked increasingly to science for answers rather than to faith.

b)

People believed in progress as demonstrated by the Industrial Revolution.

c)

People lost faith in the ideals of romanticism.

d)

Scientific discoveries led to stronger religious beliefs.