Romantics embraced (believed in)

Accepting and expressing emotions

Romantics and Transcendentalists would most likely believe:

People who retreat to nature become closer to themselves.

Transcendentalists and Romantics would most likely believe:

We should search for truth and be optimistic.

American Romantics and Transcendentalists believed there was

a need for connection between humanity and nature

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1
American Romantics thought that nature brought people closer to...
Animals
One's true self
Perfection
Others
2
The "father" of Transcendentalism was
Margaret Fuller
Herman Melville
Washington Irving
Ralph Waldo Emerson
3
In Romanticism and Transcendentalism, what was highly regarded?
Creativity
Getting one's work published
Correct punctuation
Following accepted patterns of writing
4
Transcendentalists criticized
Materialism
People who went to church
Owning land
One another
5
Romanticism and Transcendentalism focus on love of
Beauty
All of these
Nature
Truth
6
Walt Whitman thought poetry should be read
Outdoors
Aloud
Silently
In a group of people
7
American Romanticism and Transcendentalism are centered on a respect for
Religion
Nature
Humanity
Others
8
American Romantic poets popularized
Cinquains
Iambic pentameter
Free verse
Sonnets
9
Trusting intuition was important to Transcendentalists.
False
True
10
Romantics and Transcendentalists direct their love toward
Money
Fame
Another person
The natural world
11
Dark Romantics used which of the following in their writing?
Weather
Menacing animals
Tempestuous sea
All of these
12
Romantics embraced (believed in)
Writing poetry that followed strict patterns
Following rules carefully
Strict privacy
Accepting and expressing emotions
13
Romantics and Transcendentalists would most likely believe:
People who attend church more often are closer to God.
We should listen to the ideas of others and try to make them our own.
People who retreat to nature become closer to themselves.
Increasing industry in America should be a priority.
14
Transcendentalists and Romantics would most likely believe:
We should always put ourselves first.
We should try to make ourselves more like others.
We should own as many possessions as we can afford.
We should search for truth and be optimistic.
15
American Romantics and Transcendentalists believed there was
a need for connection between humanity and nature
a need for people to detach from nature
a need for people to attend church regularly
a need for more industrialism
16
Walt Whitman wrote
Huckleberry Finn
Leaves of Grass
Frankenstein
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
17
A well-known American Romantic was
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary Shelley
Mark Twain
William Wordsworth
18
What did the Romantics prize (value)?
Possessions
Privacy
Individualism
Industrialism
19
One important concept of Transcendentalism is the individual's relationship to
Other people's ideas
Nature
Art
Government
20
Romantic writers occasionally wrote about dark themes.
True
False

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