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1
What word refers to the romantic view of a perfect world?
Thanatopsis
culture
dystopia
utopia
2
Washington irving wrote for the clear purpose of ...
instruction
entertainment
craftmanship
satire
3
James Fenimore Cooper's perspective on the American past is primarily sentimental and escapist
False
True
4
What attitude toward death is specifically recommended in the conclusion of "Thanatopsis"?
Look forward to union with other men
Calmly accept death
Look forward to Union with nature
Live life to its fullest and ignore death
5
William Cullen Bryant's poetry is ...
romantic in form but classic in content
romantic
classic in form but romantic in content
relatively equal in terms of classic and romantic elements
6
Which of the following ideas was NOT central to Unitarianism
the leadership of Jesus
Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man
The depravity of man
salvation by character
7
The keyword that least describes an idea favored by the romantics is
Experimentation
Optimism
Rationality
Organicism
8
Irving was best known for all of the following
except
...
being America's first professional man of letters
creating new materials and direction for American literature
earning a medal from the English Royal Society of Literature
writing "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Knickerbockers"
9
Satire that is playful, less serious in intent, and used in "A Fable for Critics"
Juvenalian satire
Horatian satire
Senecan satire
Fenimorian satire
10
What imagery does Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" use to show the legacy we leave behind us?
A waterfall
A flowing river
Leaves blowing in the wind
Footprints
11
What two aspects of the sense of distance were employed by romantics?
space and length
place and time
depth and width
length and height
12
What does the Indian think of Natty Bumppo when he suggests they not try to kill each other?
He tries to stab Natty with his knife
He suggests wrestling to determine who gets the canoe
He asks Natty to come to his camp
He assumes Natty is a missionary
13
According to the romantics, God...
Is unknowable
Does not exist
Only saves the elect
is understandable only through nature
14
What significant career did Oliver Wendell Holmes have in addition to his writing?
A military surgeon
A shipmaker
Medical professor
Governor of Boston
15
It was during the time of American romanticism that American literature matured and won literary independence
True
False
16
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow did all of the following
except
...
become the first influential professor-poet
achieve remarkable popularity in both America and England
write epic-length works that draw on America's past
create the first well-respected American short story
17
What poem was inspired by the dismantling of the USS
Constitution
?
"Old Ironsides"
"Break, Break, Break"
"The Wreck of the Hisperus"
"Calpurnia"
18
Holmes's poem "The Chambered Nautilus" uses conceits
True
False
19
Romantics believed that the way to improve man was to...
Provide positive cultural and religious influences
both 1 and 2
neither 1 nor 2
Remove negative influences from his environment
20
Romanticism dominated American literature throughout what years?
1840-1900
1820-1865
1850-1885
1800-1850
21
The Quaker concept that all men possess within them the presence of God to guide them.
Inner light
Divine guidance
Inspiration
Moral purpose
22
What movement spawned some of the most radical ideas of the 19th century?
Coincadentalism
Cannibalism
Transcendentalism
Dispensationalism
23
What two elements did Edgar Allan Poe contribute to the short story?
metaphors and symbolism
characters and plot
brevity and unity
paragraphs and alliteration
24
The New England School was centered in Boston and focused on developing short stories and novels
True
False
25
Rip Van Winkle is round and unsympathetic, while his wife is flat and sympathetic
False
True
26
What event brought more attacks against the Bible than any other source?
publication of Darwin's Origin of Species
the creation of the big bang theory
Roe vs Wade
the writing of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
27
In "A Fable for Critics" who does Lowell accuse of creating "wooden and empty" characters?
Washington Irving
Himself
William Cullen Bryant
James Fenimore Cooper
28
Biblical thinking pervaded the literature of the Puritans, but secularism had made its way into US literature by 1776
True
False
29
Which author was the foremost voice in the literary war against slavery?
James Fenimore Cooper
John Greenleaf Whittier
William Cullen Bryant
Henry David Thoreau
30
The Second Great Awakening in America was driven by college revivals and camp meetings
False
True
31
After shooting the Indian, Deerslayer talks to him about all of the following topics
except
...
his superior skill in battle
his knowledge of the afterlife
his name
his understanding of forgiveness
32
Longfellow's lyric poem "Mezzo Cammin" is what type of poem?
Ballad
Haiku
Sonnet
Lymeric
33
Is "Rip Van Winkle" what is Rip's primary fault?
Disloyalty
Lack of perserverance
Selfishness
Distaste for profitable labor
34
Satire that is especially biting, savage, and more serious?
Horatian satire
Juvenalian satire
Fenimorian satire
Senecan satire
35
What is the Hebrew name for "no glory" or "inglorious"?
Ichabod
Ishmael
Gomer
Abdiel
36
The Major romantic writers...
Strove for universal themes and forms
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Felt that their literature must be distinctively American
