Chapter 12
Romanticism: Nature, Passion, and the Sublime
Multiple Choice
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Romanticism might be said to have rebelled against all of the following EXCEPT
religious authority.
reason.
industrialization.
individualism.
2. 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.
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
By “sublime,” romantics like Wordsworth were referring to
awe-inspiring nature.
the Hegelian dialectic.
the promises of industrialization.
secret messages encoded in the works of Ancient scholars.
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Whose “Ode on a Grecian Urn” concludes that “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”?
Shelley
Keats
Emerson
Wordsworth
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Goethe’s hero, Faust, is symbolic of the Western
veneration of class.
urge to transcend limitations.
desire to conform to societal norms.
emphasis on knowledge over experience.
6.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Darwin contributed to the study of biology chiefly by
developing the theory of natural selection.
introducing the concept of biological evolution.
applying evolutionary theory to human society.
insisting that religion and science could not be reconciled.
7.
a.
b.
c.
d.
J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of
native peoples.
natural landscapes.
heroic actions.
historical events.
8.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The American writer Henry Thoreau
praised the U.S. government for its commitment to human liberty.
valued nature as a source of instruction.
viewed industrialization as the key to perfecting human society.
All these answers are correct.
9.
a.
b.
c.
d.
One of the main characteristics of Whitman’s landmark poetry is that it
is written in free verse.
is modeled after Shakespeare.
takes its themes from Milton.
is both modest and self-effacing.
10. 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
11. Which of the following persons was a male counterpart to the abolitionist Sojourner Truth?
a. Emerson
b. Thoreau
c. Catlin
d. Douglass
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. A hallmark of Delacroix’s style is
a. strict symmetry of composition.
b. the use of muted colors.
c. pictorial license.
d. exacting realism.
16. In Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, the artist featured those whom he considered the
heroes of revolutionary France, including
a. aristocrats sympathetic to the cause.
b. members of the French military.
c. members of the middle and working classes.
d. the Catholic clergy.
17. London’s Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of
a. Neomedievalism.
b. Neoclassicism.
c. Indian Gothic.
d. Eclecticism.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. The most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya depicted
a. fairy tales.
b. the natural landscape.
c. scenes from contemporary novels.
d. current events.
24. Which of the following best describes the Romantic architecture at the Royal Pavilion in
Brighton?
a. Neoclassical
b. Neogothic
c. heroic
d. Eastern exotic
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. medical advances against malaria permitted increased contact with Western explorers.
d. All these answers are correct.