Romanticism Revision

Question 1

What did the Romantics believe about imagination and poetry?

Accepted Answer

They have transcendent power

Question 2

Which era did the Romantics renounce (discredit and speak against)?

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment

Question 3

How did the Romantics view the collective materialistic culture of industrialized society?

Accepted Answer

As corrupt and degenerate

Question 4

Which of the following negative social outcomes came from the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Dehumanizing attitudes to workers (who were called "hands"), The growth of materialism

Question 5

Which of the following would you NOT associate with the Sublime?

Accepted Answer

A gentle running stream

Question 6

What is the key characteristic of a simile?

Accepted Answer

It is a direct comparative tool using 'like' or 'as'

Question 7

What does the concept of the "sublime" refer to in the Romantic movement?

Accepted Answer

Nature in her most powerful (and potentially terrifying) aspect

Question 8

According to the Romantics, why were children considered special?

Accepted Answer

Because they were innocent and uncorrupted

Question 9

According to the Romantics, what is of primary importance regarding individuals?

Accepted Answer

Emotions and sensory experiences

Question 10

True or false: Anaphoric repetition is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of consecutive lines of poetry

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

If the poem is structured by inconsistent stanzas or free, irregular verse, might this represent:

Accepted Answer

An attempt to free oneself from traditional social structure

Question 12

What is the purpose of enjambment in a poem?

Accepted Answer

Distablises traditional form as it becomes complex, fluid and prose-like

Question 13

What did the Romantics challenge?

Accepted Answer

The Establishment, Conventional ideals

Question 14

True or false: Broadly speaking, the Enlightenment led to the increase of faith in God and collective spirituality

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What is the purpose of the Volta Shift in poetry?

Accepted Answer

Suggests a turning point of a thought, mimicking traditional sonnets

Question 16

True or false: broadly speaking, the Enlightenment led to the Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which of the following statements most accurately defines Romanticism?

Accepted Answer

A philosophical movement that centered around a love of Nature

Question 18

What effect does a ceasura have in poetry?

Accepted Answer

Disrupts the flow of the poem

Question 19

What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza?

Accepted Answer

ABABCC

Question 20

According to the Romantics, what is the source of spiritual meaning and higher truth?

Accepted Answer

Nature

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