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Review for American Romanticism/Gothicism Test.
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1
Where does Transcendentalism look for the ultimate truth of life and reality?
Civil Government
Religion
Personal conscience and opinion
Nature
2
The story ends with Tom ___.
losing his money
killing his wife
becoming a banker
riding off with the devil
3
Who does the majority of the speaking in William Bryant Cullen's poem, "Thanatopsis"?
Nature
The narrator
The protagonist
W. B. Cullen
4
The poem "Thanatopsis" means ___.
Dead and Dying
Song of Depression
View of Death
Life's Mysteries
5
To which literary period did Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau belong?
Knickerbockers
Romanticism
Transcendentalisim
Gothicism
6
What is the best understanding of the American Gothic literary period?
Stories with spooky moods
American stories written from 1815 to 1865
The dark side of Romanticism
Lots of stories about death
7
Which is NOT a common theme in Transcendental literature?
Nature
Withdrawal from society
Plight of the working class
Celebrating the individual
8
"The Minister's Black Veil" was written by ___.
Emerson
Hawthorne
Irving
Poe
9
Which work by Thoreau provides a collection of his observations as he lived "in nature"?
"Civil Disobedience"
Walden
"Self-Reliance"
"Nature"
10
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", what causes the narrator to reveal that he is the murderer?
The police's effective interrogation techniques
Hearing(?) the old man's heart beating
He could feel the old man's "vulture eye" watching him
The remorse he felt for the crime
11
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," the author used __ to show that items represented ideas.
symbolism
alliteration
similies
foreshadowing
12
Which of these authors was
NOT
one of the Fireside Poets?
William Bryant Cullen
Edgar Allen Poe
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
13
"Civil Disobedience" was written after the author ___.
lost his job
had his writing rejected
went to jail
served in the army
14
What is the raven's message in "The Raven"?
Despair
Nevermore
"Everything's gonna be all right"
Lenore
15
Finish the quote based on your knowledge of Transcendentalism: "This world is but a canvas..."
"to our hedonism"
"to our faults"
"to our imagination"
"to our sadness"
16
The veil was removed when the minister ___.
slept
it wasn't
died
married
17
All of the following referenced "Civil Disobedience" in their movements except ____.
Ghandi
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King, Jr.
18
The poem initially had ___.
40 more lines
a happy ending
a hopeless ending
lists of those who had died
19
Which types of characters are often found in Gothic literature?
Hero turned antagonist
Guilty victims
Manipulative villians
People at peace with their circumstances
20
After what time period did American Romanticism directly emerge?
Age of Reason / Enlightenment
American Colonial
Harlem Renaissance
Beat Poetry
21
The author was unhappy because he had to pay taxes for a war with ____.
Germany
Mexico
Canada
England
22
What was the Romantic writers' attitude toward the natural world?
Ewww, nature. Ick!
Humanity should control nature
It's pretty
Humanity should live in harmony with nature
23
Which is
NOT
a common characteristic in American Romanticism?
Focus on nature
Emphasis on emotion
Creativity and new forms of expression
Focus on reason
24
Roderick and Madeline have all the following sensitivities except ____.
walk
sight
touch
hearing
25
Which of the following elements did Gothic writers
NOT
focus on in their work?
Psychological issues
Death and decay
The innate goodness of humanity
The nature and representation of evil
26
"The Devil and Tom Walker" was written by ___.
Mark Twain
Washington Irving
Edgar Allen Poe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
27
In "The Fall of the House of Usher," the narrator is ____.
Roderick
unnamed
Madeline
Poe