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Persistence of Romanticism (Article by Eldrige)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Commentators of Romanticism usually emphasize one of the three elements at the expense of the other two; nature-place, prophetic ordinary language and (a)  

2.

Fundamentally, Romanticism aims to provide one with the

a)

Authority to direct one's life

b)

The opportunity to recover from social or political dispair

c)

The chance to develop concrete meaning of the world

d)

Specific and verifiable answers

3.

In Romanticism, the process of imagining has been criticised of being too objective.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Romanticism has NOT criticised for being_____

a)

Too subjective

b)

An opportunity for self-indulgence

c)

Able to engage with the real world in a new and refreshing way

d)

The chance for evasion

5.

Levinson argues that the imagination's encounter with nature suppresses the (a)   making it a weapon in the class struggle.

6.

Romanticism is criticised to only be relevant to a time and when social change occurs, the works it produces die.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Hartman suggests that Romanticism, in the case of Wordsworth, expresses a desire for immunity from pain and loss.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Romantic is always strongly aware that the "realm of the ideal" may (a)  

9.

Eldridge presents a conflict resident for all Romantics, between ....

a)

present knowledge and past experiences

b)

Class structures

c)

the irrepudiable and the unrecognizable

d)

Religious and the scientific

10.

According to Eldridge, both Romantics and modern writers live out a standing fear of (a)   .

11.

Romanticism is seen as attempting to capture freedom but never truly securing it.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

One of these do not mark Romanticism literature:

a)

Failure to arrive

b)

Moment of gratitude

c)

Fragments and less closed forms

d)

Confident assertions