Romanticism Review

Question 1

Who is the author of Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Coleridge

Question 2

The monument bears an inscription that reads, "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair." What literary device is this?

Accepted Answer

Irony

Question 3

The publication of what text marked the beginning of this movement?

Accepted Answer

Lyrical Ballads

Question 4

What period directly preceded the Romantic movement?

Accepted Answer

Restoration

Question 5

What causes the albatross to come off of the mariner&#x27;s neck?

Accepted Answer

It just falls off when he admires nature&#x27;s beauty.

Question 6

Percy Bysshe Shelley also wrote that poetry is "the center and circumference of knowledge." What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A paradox.

Question 7

What happens to the bodies of his crewmates?

Accepted Answer

Angels reanimate their bodies and help him sail to safety.

Question 8

What genre of poetry is "Ozymandias"?

Accepted Answer

A sonnet.

Question 9

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is meant to represent the soul's journey from sin to redemption. It is an _______.

Accepted Answer

An allegory.

Question 10

What was NOT one of the values of Romanticism?

Accepted Answer

Industry

Question 11

What device does Coleridge use when he repeats the phrase "Water, water everywhere" at the beginning of multiple lines?

Accepted Answer

Anaphora

Question 12

Who was the author of the poem "She Walks in Beauty"?

Accepted Answer

Lord Byron

Question 13

What kind of bird brings the ship good luck?

Accepted Answer

An albatross.

Question 14

Who is the author of Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience?

Accepted Answer

William Blake

Question 15

Who were the authors of that text? (Choose TWO)

Accepted Answer

William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge

Question 16

What type of person did the poems we read from William Blake focus on?

Accepted Answer

A chimney sweeper

Question 17

Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

Accepted Answer

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 18

What two figures does the mariner see on the skeleton ship?

Accepted Answer

Life-in-Death and Death

Question 19

What does the mariner do to the bird?

Accepted Answer

He kills it.

Question 20

What is the moral of this story?

Accepted Answer

True faith is shown by loving people, animals, and nature.

Question 21

When the ship gets stuck, what do the men need the most?

Accepted Answer

Water.

Question 22

William Wordsworth wrote that poetry should be "emotion recollected in tranquility." What did he mean by this?

Accepted Answer

Poetry can help people work through the emotions they experience.

Question 23

What happens to the ship the mariner is on?

Accepted Answer

It sinks.

Question 24

What group of people was NOT idealized during this movement?

Accepted Answer

Noblemen

Question 25

What does the dead albatross represent?

Accepted Answer

Guilt

Question 26

How do the sailors punish the mariner?

Accepted Answer

They make him wear the albatross around his neck.

Question 27

TRUE/FALSE: Romanticism refers to a discreet period of time.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

TRUE/FALSE: "She Walks in Beauty" praises the woman&#x27;s physical appearance.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What is the central image of "Ozymandias"?

Accepted Answer

A monument in ruins.

Question 30

What was NOT one of the values of Romanticism?

Accepted Answer

Organized Religion

Question 31

When did the Romantic movement start?

Accepted Answer

1798

Question 32

Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote that a man cannot sit down and decide, "I will write poetry." What did he mean by this?

Accepted Answer

Poetry should be based on spontaneous emotion.

Question 33

What is the definition of a paradox?

Accepted Answer

A contradiction that communicates truth.

Question 34

Who is Ozymandias?

Accepted Answer

A forgotten ruler from the past.

Question 35

What word refers to the "spirit of the age"?

Accepted Answer

Zeitgeist

Question 36

What did William Wordsworth say about the difficulty of reading poetry?

Accepted Answer

He said the struggle contributes to the pleasure of reading.

Question 37

What was the phrase used to describe the "spirit" of Romanticism?

Accepted Answer

"Imaginative simplicity"

Question 38

Who does NOT save the mariner?

Accepted Answer

The Captain

Question 39

What was different about the protagonist of "The Chimney Sweeper" poems?

Accepted Answer

He was a child.

Question 40

What does the mariner have to do for the rest of his life?

Accepted Answer

Tell his story.

Question 41

Who is the narrator of this poem?

Accepted Answer

A wedding guest.

Question 42

What happens to all of the sailors except for the mariner?

Accepted Answer

They die.

Question 43

TRUE/FALSE: The three people who save him are a representation of the Holy Trinity.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

What structure does the poem use?

Accepted Answer

A frame narrative.

Question 45

What kind of poem is Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

Accepted Answer

A narrative poem.

Question 46

Where does the ship sail?

Accepted Answer

To Antarctica.

Question 47

According to "She Walks in Beauty," what is the most important feature a woman can possess?

Accepted Answer

Passion

Question 48

Why is this movement named Romanticism?

Accepted Answer

Because it focused on elements of common life.

Question 49

What is unusual about the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

Accepted Answer

It does not follow a set pattern.

Question 50

What is the central paradox of "Upon Westminster Bridge"?

Accepted Answer

It praises the natural beauty of the city of London.

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