Deck 27: The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In J.M.W.Turner's paintings,human figures are usually

A) represented nude.
B) small in size.
C) large and placed in the foreground.
D) drawn in chalk over the paint.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Romantics revered Prometheus for

A) being a suffering but noble champion of human freedom.
B) being the Greek god of wisdom and creativity.
C) refusing to obey the laws of the Titans.
D) being able to be restored after suffering cruel treatment.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Francisco Goya became angered by Charles IV for

A) abandoning Charles III's liberal reforms.
B) banning his print series, the Caprichos.
C) brutally executing French soldiers.
D) refusing to side with Napoleon.

Question 5

Which poem by William Wordsworth is considered to be the fullest statement of the Romantic imagination?

A) "The Daffodils"
B) "The World Is Too Much with Us"
C) "The Rainbow"
D) "Tintern Abbey"

Question 6

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the Mariner's killing of the albatross represents

A) Coleridge overcoming opium addiction.
B) an attack on nature.
C) salvation for his shipmates.
D) Christ's crucifixion.

Question 7

The Romantics worldview was most informed by

A) empirical observation.
B) divinely revealed truth.
C) objective reality.
D) subjective experience.

Question 8

The term "Romanticism" was originally coined by

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

Question 9

In Lyrical Ballads,William Wordsworth focused on people from "humble and rustic life," because he regarded them to be

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

Question 10

The Romantic artists primarily reacted against

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

Question 11

William Wordsworth's co-writer for Lyrical Ballads was

A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
B) Dorothy Wordsworth.
C) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
D) John Keats.

Question 12

The night appealed to the Romantics more than the day,because they felt it was less

A) knowable.
B) spiritual.
C) moral.
D) political.

Question 13

The Romantics were attracted to the sublime,foremost,because it

A) offered a new challenge that had not been explored.
B) offered an opportunity to explore a contrast against nature.
C) allowed them to explore that which is limitless and unbounded.
D) allowed them to explore that which is both religious and spiritual.

Question 14

In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust,the title character sells his soul to the devil out of

A) disappointment with love.
B) lust for vast riches.
C) profound boredom.
D) desire to benefit mankind

Question 15

What Percy Bysshe Shelley work is the poet's answer to the mistakes of the French Revolution?

A) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
B) The Cenci
C) Prometheus Unbound
D) The Prisoner of Chillon

Question 16

In many of his paintings,John Constable included a cathedral to

A) remind viewers of the Church's importance.
B) symbolize God's permanence in nature.
C) celebrate his profession as a minister.
D) make his landscapes more likely to sell.

Question 17

In "Tintern Abbey," why does William Wordsworth believe that he looks at the world differently than he did five years earlier?

A) The losses he endured have made him more sensitive.
B) He now sees the unity among all things.
C) His memory becomes sharper as he matures.
D) He has a closer relationship with his sister.

Question 18

In "Ode on a Grecian Urn" the vase fascinates John Keats,because of its

A) its superior craftsmanship.
B) the classic lines of its shape.
C) its complete focus on nature.
D) the eternal beauty of its art.

Question 19

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,the creature embarks on a quest for revenge against Dr.Frankenstein for

A) creating him from dead body parts.
B) abandoning him to fend for himself.
C) not giving him a soul.
D) leaving him in the Arctic Ocean.

Question 20

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

A) He was ostracized from the city society.
B) He made a pact with the devil.
C) He killed his pregnant mistress.
D) He fell in love with a married woman.

Question 21

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

Question 22

Citing at least two examples,show how and why the later English Romantics (Byron,Shelley,and Mary Shelley)utilized the Promethean idea in their works.

Question 23

Frédéric Chopin's most famous pieces-his ballades-focus on

A) the exploration of the mood or character of a person.
B) isolation, lack of self-sufficiency, and suicidal thoughts.
C) formal inventiveness within the framework of Classical clarity.
D) melodramatic romance, supernatural events, and stormy emotion.

Question 24

List,explain,and provide specific examples for three developments in music during the Romantic age.

Question 25

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.

Question 26

Ludwig van Beethoven eventually viewed his deafness as positive,believing that it

A) gave him more time to compose.
B) distinguished him from his peers.
C) was necessary for creativity.
D) allowed him to ignore criticism.

Question 27

The lieder of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann were inspired by

A) setting poetry to music.
B) the revival of folk songs.
C) fairy tales.
D) folk dance steps.

Question 28

Ludwig van Beethoven concluded his Ninth Symphony with a

A) long, sustained crescendo.
B) vocal chorus.
C) four-movement sonata.
D) waltz.

Question 29

List and describe three beliefs of the Romantic artists.

Question 30

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

Question 31

Francisco Goya painted The Third of May,1808,with considerable graphic reality to

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

Compare Goethe's Faust's reasons for forming a pact with the devil to Shelley's Dr.Frankenstein's reasons for creating the creature.Then discuss the two characters' outcomes.

Question 34

In Saturn Devouring One of His Children,the gruesome image seems to symbolize

A) Napoleon defeating Spain.
B) Charles IV's Inquisition.
C) Charles IV's ban on books.
D) Spain devouring itself.

Question 35

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

Question 36

What term did Hector Berlioz give to the leading theme or melody in his symphonies?

A) scherzo
B) fortissimo
C) idée fixe
D) étude

Question 37

Ludwig van Beethoven's post-Heiligenstadt works often called "heroic" and considered to mark the first expression of a genuinely Romantic style,because they are

A) less reliant on Italian forms.
B) less focused on religious themes.
C) more inclusive in their integration of poetry.
D) more emotionally expressive.

Question 38

In his series of portraits of the insane,Théodore Géricault might have aimed to capture the

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

Question 39

Explain the sublime's appeal to the Romantics,exemplifying your response with at least two works of visual art or literature.

Question 40

Citing at least two specific examples,explain how Beethoven's "heroic" music evokes subjective feeling.