Deck 12: Romanticism: Nature, Passion, and the Sublime

Question 1

Of nineteenth-century music, it is correct to say that

A) personalized expression was avoided.
B) the orchestra grew to grand proportions.
C) the classical forms and rules were rigorously followed.
D) All these answers are correct.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following persons was a male counterpart to the abolitionist Sojourner Truth?

A) Emerson
B) Thoreau
C) Catlin
D) Douglass

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Goethe's hero, Faust, is symbolic of the Western

A) veneration of class.
B) urge to transcend limitations.
C) desire to conform to societal norms.
D) emphasis on knowledge over experience.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A hallmark of Delacroix's style is

A) strict symmetry of composition.
B) the use of muted colors.
C) pictorial license.
D) exacting realism.

Question 5

Which of the following people is considered to be one of the first Realists in the English novel-writing tradition?

A) William Wordsworth
B) John Keats
C) Jane Austen
D) Mary Shelley

Question 6

The fact that the nineteenth century was "the age of the virtuoso" is most evident in the work of

A) Schubert.
B) Berlioz.
C) Chopin.
D) Beethoven.

Question 7

The American writer Henry Thoreau

A) praised the U. S. government for its commitment to human liberty.
B) valued nature as a source of information.
C) viewed industrialization as key to perfecting human society.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 8

Romanticism might be said to have rebelled against all of the following EXCEPT

A) religious authority.
B) reason.
C) industrialization.
D) individualism.

Question 9

Whose "Ode on a Grecian Urn" concludes that "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"?

A) Shelley
B) Keats
C) Emerson
D) Wordsworth

Question 10

Which of the following former slaves learned to write and personally authored a memoir with his or her own hand?

A) Sojourner Truth
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Nat Turner
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 11

The landmark work that marked the birth of the Romantic movement in England was William Wordsworth's

A) On the Origin of Species.
B) Leaves of Grass.
C) Defense of Poetry.
D) Lyrical Ballads.

Question 12

One of the main characteristics of Whitman's landmark poetry is that it

A) is written in free verse.
B) is modeled after Shakespeare.
C) takes its themes from Milton.
D) is both modest and self-effacing.

Question 13

In his landmark symphonies, Beethoven made use of

A) strong contrasts of loud and soft sound.
B) the scherzo.
C) dramatic motifs.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 14

In Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, the artist featured those whom he considered the heroes of revolutionary France, including

A) aristocracy sympathetic to the cause.
B) members of the French military.
C) members of the middle and working classes.
D) the Catholic clergy.

Question 15

Goya immortalized the history of the French occupation of Spain in a landmark series of etchings and aquatints known as

A) The Raft of the "Medusa."
B) The Disasters of War.
C) The Third of May.
D) The Departure of the Volunteers.

Question 16

By "sublime," romantics like Wordsworth were referring to

A) awe-inspiring nature.
B) the Hegelian dialectic.
C) the promises of industrialization.
D) secret messages encoded in the works of Ancient scholars.

Question 17

London's Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of

A) Neomedievalism.
B) Neoclassicism.
C) Indian Gothic.
D) Eclecticism.

Question 18

J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of

A) native peoples.
B) natural landscapes.
C) heroic actions.
D) historical events.

Question 19

Which of the following statements about George Catlin is FALSE?

A) His paintings of Native Americans show a deep respect for them as people.
B) He helped to develop the image of Native Americans as ecologically-minded.
C) He used his paintings to garner support for the government's policy of relocating Native Americans to reservations.
D) His paintings and written descriptions of Native Americans were based on first-hand experience gained by living with numerous Native American peoples.

Question 20

Darwin contributed to the study of biology chiefly by

A) developing the theory of natural selection.
B) introducing the concept of biological evolution.
C) applying evolutionary theory to human society.
D) insisting that religion and science could not be reconciled.

Question 21

Heroism, nationalism and passion are themes associated with Romanticism. Which landmarks of the nineteenth century are most representative of these themes?

Question 22

Nature and the sublime inspired many artists and thinkers of the Romantic era. Which landmarks are most representative of these themes?

Question 23

Compare Neoclassicism and Romanticism as styles and sensibilities. What do their differences reflect about patronage, popular taste, and historical change?

Question 24

The independent art song originated by Franz Schubert that united music and poetry was called the

A) idée fixe.
B) arpeggio.
C) lied.
D) scherzo.

Question 25

The nineteenth century was an important time in African history because

A) African music and literature came to be recorded.
B) Africans produced some of their most notable textile and beadwork artifacts.
C) medieval advances against malaria permitted increased contact with Western explorers.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 26

Which of the following best describes the Romantic architecture at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton?

A) Neoclassical
B) Neogothic
C) Heroic
D) Eastern exotic

Question 27

The most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya depicted

A) fairy tales.
B) the natural landscape.
C) scenes from contemporary novels.
D) current events.

Question 28

Romantic ballets such as La sylphide derived their plot lines from

A) fairy tales and folk legends.
B) contemporary novels.
C) art songs.
D) real life events.