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