Mrs. Matuska's ENGL III: American Romanticisim and Transcendentalism

Question 1

True/False: Romanticism sprang up as a reaction to everything that had come before it.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

True/False: Novelists/short story writers tried to distance themselves from European traditions

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism

Accepted Answer

used classic literary forms from Greece and Rome as models

Question 4

a repeated sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables

Accepted Answer

meter

Question 5

True/False: Transcendentalists believed imagination allows a person to transcend himself.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Transcendentalist authors?

Accepted Answer

They were very religious and truly devoted to God.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of American Romantic literature?

Accepted Answer

a longing to return to the Medieval period

Question 8

a short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject

Accepted Answer

essay

Question 9

True/False: To summarize a piece of writing is to state it briefly in your own words.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

True/False: Transcendentalists believed everyone carries the universe within himself.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism?

Accepted Answer

placed great emphasis on the Medieval period

Question 12

the rhyming of words at the end of lines

Accepted Answer

end rhyme

Question 13

Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses are called:

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 14

Who was the first American writer to achieve international fame?

Accepted Answer

Washington Irving

Question 15

a type of poetry that does not conform to regular meter or rhyme

Accepted Answer

free verse

Question 16

True/False: Romantic sometimes equated Nature with God or "the spirit of the divine".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Romantic period artists?

Accepted Answer

The were more inspired by the worship of God than nature.

Question 18

True/False: The first distinctive American literature came from the Romantics.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Transcendentalists thought which of the following was more important than conscious thought:

Accepted Answer

intuition

Question 20

True/False: The majority of literary images are visual.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

True/False: Romanticism challenged the rational thinking of the Age of Reason.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Transcendentalist authors?

Accepted Answer

believed the Greek and Roman artistic standards were ideal

Question 23

the pattern of end rhyme in a stanza or an entire poem

Accepted Answer

rhyme scheme

Question 24

an artistic movement that emphasized and explored human emotions and found pleasure in nature

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 25

an artistic movement fascinated with stories of the past, the supernatural, and aloneness

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 26

Who wrote the first "American novel"?

Accepted Answer

James Fenmore Cooper

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Transcendentalist authors?

Accepted Answer

valued prayer and devotion to God

Question 28

an American literary and philosophical movement that lasted from the 1830s to the 1850s

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 29

a group of lines that form a unit in a poem

Accepted Answer

stanza

Question 30

True/False: One characteristics of American Romantics was viewing the common man as a hero.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

True/False: An essay usually presents the personal views of the writer.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

True/False: Romantic period artists were preoccupied with sentiment, optimism, and atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

a coming of age story specifically about a youth maturing to adulthood or an adult-like stature

Accepted Answer

bildungsroman

Question 34

a type of essay in which the writer uses firsthand observations of the natural world

Accepted Answer

nature writing

Question 35

Who was known as the "father of American literature"?

Accepted Answer

Washington Irving

Question 36

True/False: Romanticism produced fewer stories, novels, and poetry and more instructional texts

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a belief popular during the Romantic period?

Accepted Answer

The standard for right and wrong is very clear.

Question 38

brief statements that express general principles or truths about life

Accepted Answer

aphorisms

Question 39

Which author was at the heart of the Transcendentalist movement?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 40

Who was often called the father of free verse?

Accepted Answer

Walt Whitman

Question 41

an artistic movement fascinated with creativity, imagination, and human struggles

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 42

True/False: During the Romantic period, nature began to be viewed as a living spirit

Accepted Answer

True

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