Question 1

In Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what does the Mariner's killing of the albatross represent?

Accepted Answer

A) Coleridge overcoming opium addiction 
B) An attack on nature 
C) Salvation for his shipmates 
D) Christ's crucifixion 
A) Coleridge overcoming opium addiction 
B) An attack on nature 
C) Salvation for his shipmates 
D) Christ's crucifixion

Question 2

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson,what was transcendentalism's fundamental principle?

Accepted Answer

A) The spirit's oneness with nature 
B) Obeying nature's laws 
C) Following one's conscience 
D) The ability to live in nature 
A) The spirit's oneness with nature 
B) Obeying nature's laws 
C) Following one's conscience 
D) The ability to live in nature

Question 3

Why did the night appeal to the Romantics more than the day?

Accepted Answer

A) Less knowable 
B) More knowable 
C) Less moral 
D) More moral 
A) Less knowable 
B) More knowable 
C) Less moral 
D) More moral

Question 4

Describe the setting of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey," explaining how that setting exemplifies the Romantic ideas.

Accepted Answer

The setting of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abb

Question 5

With what great innovation did Beethoven end his Ninth Symphony?

Accepted Answer

A) A long,sustained crescendo 
B) A vocal chorus 
C) A four-movement sonata 
D) Addition of a piccolo to the woodwinds 
A) A long,sustained crescendo 
B) A vocal chorus 
C) A four-movement sonata 
D) Addition of a piccolo to the woodwinds

Question 6

Why in Constable's paintings are human figures usually so small?

Accepted Answer

A) To provide a focal point for the scene 
B) To emphasize nature's immensity and indifference 
C) To stand out from the atmospheric perspective 
D) To show man's place in God's view 
A) To provide a focal point for the scene 
B) To emphasize nature's immensity and indifference 
C) To stand out from the atmospheric perspective 
D) To show man's place in God's view

Question 7

Why did Romantic artists such as Thomas Cole see America as having so much potential?

Accepted Answer

A) Its native American population 
B) Its freedom of worship 
C) Its pristine rivers and lakes 
D) Its vast tracts of wilderness 
A) Its native American population 
B) Its freedom of worship 
C) Its pristine rivers and lakes 
D) Its vast tracts of wilderness

Question 8

In Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther,why does the hero commit suicide?

Accepted Answer

A) For being ostracized from the city society 
B) For making a pact with the devil 
C) For killing his pregnant mistress 
D) For falling in love with a married woman 
A) For being ostracized from the city society 
B) For making a pact with the devil 
C) For killing his pregnant mistress 
D) For falling in love with a married woman

Question 9

As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,what might Théodore Géricault have aimed to capture in his series of portraits of the insane?

Accepted Answer

A) The creative spark of madness 
B) The downtrodden and forgotten 
C) The shape of an insane person's head 
D) The Romantic anti-hero 
A) The creative spark of madness 
B) The downtrodden and forgotten 
C) The shape of an insane person's head 
D) The Romantic anti-hero

Question 10

In A Defense of Poetry,what did Percy Shelley claim was the role of poets?

Accepted Answer

A) To entertain with words 
B) To document human ideas 
C) To verbalize human emotions 
D) To change the world 
A) To entertain with words 
B) To document human ideas 
C) To verbalize human emotions 
D) To change the world

Question 11

Identify and explain the main theme of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

Accepted Answer

The main theme of Keats' "Ode on a Greci

Question 12

How did Herman Melville's view of nature differ from that of other Romantics?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a challenge,not an inspiration 
B) It distracted man from important tasks 
C) It was to be tamed,not preserved 
D) It was to be exploited for personal gain 
A) It was a challenge,not an inspiration 
B) It distracted man from important tasks 
C) It was to be tamed,not preserved 
D) It was to be exploited for personal gain

Question 13

Identify and explain three techniques Goya uses in The Third of May,1808,to convey his message about the horrors of war.

Accepted Answer

In The Third of May, 1808, Goya uses sev

Question 14

Which historic figure was considered the personification of the Romantic hero?

Accepted Answer

A) John Keats 
B) Julius Caesar 
C) Napoleon 
D) Louis XVI 
A) John Keats 
B) Julius Caesar 
C) Napoleon 
D) Louis XVI

Question 15

What were the Romantic artists reacting against?

Accepted Answer

A) Neoclassicism's order,control,and balance 
B) Guidance from the educated elite 
C) The brutality of revolution 
D) The movement away from God 
A) Neoclassicism's order,control,and balance 
B) Guidance from the educated elite 
C) The brutality of revolution 
D) The movement away from God

Question 16

Why did Francisco Goya paint The Third of May,1808,with such graphic reality?

Accepted Answer

A) To turn the Spanish against Napoleon 
B) To show the horrors of war 
C) To illustrate Romanticism's dark side 
D) To instigate riots against Joseph Bonaparte 
A) To turn the Spanish against Napoleon 
B) To show the horrors of war 
C) To illustrate Romanticism's dark side 
D) To instigate riots against Joseph Bonaparte

Question 17

List three characteristics of the Romantic hero,showing how Napoleon fit this character type.

Accepted Answer

The Romantic hero is often characterized

Question 18

Compare the human figures in Constable's The Upper Falls of the Reichenbach to Friedrich's The Wanderer above the Mists,focusing on placement,size,and detail.

Accepted Answer

In Constable's The Upper Falls of the Re

Question 19

Why in Lyrical Ballads did Wordsworth chose to focus on people from "humble and rustic life"?

Accepted Answer

A) They were more honest 
B) They were less educated 
C) They were closer to nature 
D) They were more like him 
A) They were more honest 
B) They were less educated 
C) They were closer to nature 
D) They were more like him

Question 20

Who originally coined the term "Romanticism"?

Accepted Answer

A) William Wordsworth 
B) Friedrich von Schlegel 
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
D) Immanuel Kant 
A) William Wordsworth 
B) Friedrich von Schlegel 
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
D) Immanuel Kant

In Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what does the Mariner's killing of the albatross represent?

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson,what was transcendentalism's fundamental principle?

Why did the night appeal to the Romantics more than the day?

Describe the setting of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey," explaining how that setting exemplifies the Romantic ideas.

With what great innovation did Beethoven end his Ninth Symphony?

Why in Constable's paintings are human figures usually so small?

Why did Romantic artists such as Thomas Cole see America as having so much potential?

In Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther,why does the hero commit suicide?

As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,what might Théodore Géricault have aimed to capture in his series of portraits of the insane?

In A Defense of Poetry,what did Percy Shelley claim was the role of poets?

Identify and explain the main theme of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

How did Herman Melville's view of nature differ from that of other Romantics?

Identify and explain three techniques Goya uses in The Third of May,1808,to convey his message about the horrors of war.

Which historic figure was considered the personification of the Romantic hero?

What were the Romantic artists reacting against?

Why did Francisco Goya paint The Third of May,1808,with such graphic reality?

List three characteristics of the Romantic hero,showing how Napoleon fit this character type.

Compare the human figures in Constable's The Upper Falls of the Reichenbach to Friedrich's The Wanderer above the Mists,focusing on placement,size,and detail.

Why in Lyrical Ballads did Wordsworth chose to focus on people from "humble and rustic life"?

Who originally coined the term "Romanticism"?

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The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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Exam 26: The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

In Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what does the Mariner's killing of the albatross represent?

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson,what was transcendentalism's fundamental principle?

Why did the night appeal to the Romantics more than the day?

Describe the setting of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey," explaining how that setting exemplifies the Romantic ideas.

With what great innovation did Beethoven end his Ninth Symphony?

Why in Constable's paintings are human figures usually so small?

Why did Romantic artists such as Thomas Cole see America as having so much potential?

In Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther,why does the hero commit suicide?

As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,what might Théodore Géricault have aimed to capture in his series of portraits of the insane?

In A Defense of Poetry,what did Percy Shelley claim was the role of poets?

Identify and explain the main theme of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

How did Herman Melville's view of nature differ from that of other Romantics?

Identify and explain three techniques Goya uses in The Third of May,1808,to convey his message about the horrors of war.

Which historic figure was considered the personification of the Romantic hero?

What were the Romantic artists reacting against?

Why did Francisco Goya paint The Third of May,1808,with such graphic reality?

List three characteristics of the Romantic hero,showing how Napoleon fit this character type.

Compare the human figures in Constable's The Upper Falls of the Reichenbach to Friedrich's The Wanderer above the Mists,focusing on placement,size,and detail.

Why in Lyrical Ballads did Wordsworth chose to focus on people from "humble and rustic life"?

Who originally coined the term "Romanticism"?

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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