WorksheetsBeginnings of Romanticism Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
Read this excerpt from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. What characteristic of romantic literature does it contain?
Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle, and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself? For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, thou canst never return!
Nature is a source of uncertainty and creativity for humans.
Nature can provide a means to achieve monetary wealth.
Nature works as a tool for introspection and comfort for humans.
Nature challenges humanity to strive for progress and equality.
Which of the following is a prominent theme in romanticism?
an appreciation for science
a respect for civilized society
the individual against society
the surroundings of an individual
What trait typical of the romantic era is featured in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle"?
the emphasis on the beauty of nature
the emphasis on individual choice
the emphasis on human optimism
the emphasis on the importance of society
What important fact about Rip Van Winkle comes to light in this excerpt from Irving's story?
"The great error in Rip’s composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor. It could not be for want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar’s lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. He would carry a fowling-piece on his shoulder, for hours together, trudging through woods and swamps, and up hill and down dale, to shoot a few squirrels or wild pigeons. He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man in all country frolics for husking corn, or building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible."
Rip Van Winkle was often nagged by his overbearing wife.
Rip Van Winkle neglected his friends and family by working too much on his farmland.
Rip Van Winkle was loved by all the women and children in the village.
Rip Van Winkle neglected his own work and responsibilities by doing any other task.
What effect does the omniscient narration have on the meaning and structure of the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
The narrator reveals the thoughts of some of the main characters of the story.
The narrator is removed from the story and gives details about all the characters.
The narrator discusses the actions of some of the main characters in the story.
The narrator provides intimate details of the events in the main character’s life.
What is the main difference between the limited and omniscient third-person narrative point of view?
An omniscient point of view provides readers with knowledge about all characters, as well as past and future events.
A limited point of view is told only from the point of view of a minor character of the story, including past and future events.
An omniscient point of view allows the reader access to only the thoughts of the main character of the story.
A limited point of view allows the reader access to the thoughts of only the main characters of the story.
Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the underlined word:
The children obstinately refused to leave the playground.
stubbornness
determination
greediness
stinginess
Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the underlined word:
Her resolution to win the contest at any cost could not be swayed.
stubbornness
determination
greediness
stinginess
Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the underlined word:
His avaricious nature led him to make many choices in the pursuit of money.
stubbornness
determination
greediness
stinginess
Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the underlined word:
The businessman was a parsimonious person, who could not bear to part with even a single dollar.
stubbornness
determination
greediness
stinginess
Which clause in this sentence is restrictive?:
The girl who owns a red car is the one we are looking for.
The girl
who owns a red car
is the one
we are looking for
Which clause in this sentence is restrictive?:
The dog that ate my homework is called Henry.
The dog
that ate my homework
is called Henry
none of these
Which clause in this sentence is restrictive?:
I’m saving the muffins that have cherries for my sister.
I'm saving
the muffins
that have cherries
for my sister
Which clause in this sentence is restrictive?:
The smile that she gave them was beautiful.
The smile
that she gave them
was beautiful
none of these
Which two sentences contain a restrictive clause?
We fed the kittens that we found in the shed.
My grandmother, who was growing crankier by the day, scolded him harshly.
This is the house that I grew up in.
Our teacher, who was always ready to share in a good joke, laughed with us.
Which two sentences or phrases from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The House of Seven Gables provide direct characterization?
He was ready to encounter an evil spirit on his own ground.
Endowed with commonsense, as massive and hard as blocks of granite...
fastened together by stern rigidity of purpose
He followed out his original design, probably without so much as imagining an objection to it.
Which sentence or phrase from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The House of Seven Gables provide direct characterization?
On the score of delicacy, or any scrupulousness which a finer sensibility might have taught him, the Colonel, like most of his breed and generation, was impenetrable.
He therefore dug his cellar, and laid the deep foundations of his mansion
Matthew Maule, forty years before, had first swept away the fallen leaves.
He followed out his original design, probably without so much as imagining an objection to it.
