Romantic Movement Test

Question 1

2 of the meanings of Romantic

Answer 1

romantic signifies a fascination with youth and innocence.

Western societies reached the conditions necessary for industrialization.

Question 2

laissez faire definition

Answer 2

let the people do as they please

Question 3

what Romantics embrace

Answer 3

imagination

naturalness

Question 4

Romantics preferred poetry that _____?

Answer 4

spoke of personal experiences and emotions

Question 5

Thinks of nature as?

Answer 5

transformative

Question 6

4 of the 6 dominant poets

Answer 6

Lord Byron
William Wordsworth
Percy Shelley
John Keats

Question 7

poet that launched the romantic literary movement

Answer 7

Wordsworth

Question 8

Wrote Tentur Abbey

Answer 8

Wordsworth

Question 9

Best known for his writing with Coleridge

Answer 9

Wordsworth

Question 10

Tried to start a Utopian society

Answer 10

Colerdige

Question 11

Left his family to follow Wordsworth

Answer 11

Coleridge

Question 12

He was addicted to Laudanum

Answer 12

Coleridge

Question 13

What does the albatross represent

Answer 13

good luck/ good fortune

Question 14

what do critics think the rime of the ancient mariner is

Answer 14

tale of sin and Christian redemption

Question 15

had visions

Answer 15

william blake

Question 16

had an angel tree

Answer 16

William Blake

Question 17

was a painter

Answer 17

William Blake

Question 18

wrote the lamb and the tyger

Answer 18

William Blake

Question 19

Greek National Hero

Answer 19

Lord Byron

Question 20

had a pet bear

Answer 20

Lord Byron

Question 21

had other exotic animals

Answer 21

Lord Byron

Question 22

Wrote Don Juan

Answer 22

Lord Byron

Question 23

Define Byronic Hero

Answer 23

Critics think it relates to Lord Byron’s persona. It is a brooding figure whose ironic attitude and hidden sorrow add to his charm

Question 24

Figurative Language

Answer 24

The lowered pulses of the river bear
personification
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes
metaphor
The fields were patched like one wide crazy quilt
simile
Drowsy lights along the path/ are dim and pearl
metaphor
The twigs are snapping like brittle bones
Simile

Question 25

3 ways Don Juan us a mock epic

Answer 25

homeric simile
elaborate descriptions
social commentary

Question 26

wrote Frankenstein

Answer 26

Mary Shelley

Question 27

outcast of England

Answer 27

Percy Shelley

Question 28

died in a boating accident

Answer 28

Percy Shelley

Question 29

Was an outspoken atheist

Answer 29

Percy Shelley

Question 30

Wrote Ode to the West Wind

Answer 30

Percy Shelley

Question 31

Know how Ode to the West Wind is similar to the divine comedy

Answer 31

They use the form terza rima. It is 14 lines in length and uses the rhyming pattern aba bcb cdc ded ee

Question 32

died of tuberculosis

Answer 32

John Keats

Question 33

studied to be a surgeon

Answer 33

John Keats

Question 34

Wrote Ode to a Grecian Urn

Answer 34

John Keats

Question 35

Wrote an Ode to Autumn

Answer 35

JOhn Keats

Question 36

Know the famous quote in an Ode to a Grecian Urn

Answer 36

Beauty is truth, truth is beauty

Question 37

Discuss Ode to a Grecian Urn

Answer 37

Keats directly addresses a Grecian Urn in the work
He contrasts the Urns pictures of life in contrast with reality
The overwhelming message of the poem, “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty”
The main focus of the poem is the topic of an idealized world which is depicted on the urn
Within the picture of the urn there is no passage of time
He contrasts the ideal love with that of human passion
The final lines of the poem are a source of much debate